Ibanga phakathi kweGaza neRamallah ngamamayela ambalwa alibalulekile. Kodwa empeleni, womabili amadolobha amele amaqiniso amabili ahlukene ezepolitiki, anezilinganiso zamasiko nenhlalo-mnotho ezingabalekeleki. Izimo zabo zezwe zihluke kakhulu futhi - iGaza isendaweni ezungezile yama-Arab kanye nesiyaluyalu, kuyilapho iRamallah igxile entshonalanga ezintweni eziningi kakhulu ukuba zibalwe. Eminyakeni yamuva, igebe liye landa ngendlela engakaze ibonwe ngaphambili.
Vele, iGaza neRamallah zazihlale, ngandlela thize, zifana. Izibalo zabantu, usayizi, isimo sendawo kanye nokusondelana kwezwe emazweni ama-Arab anokubaluleka okuhlukile kwezepolitiki bekulokhu kuwenza ahluke futhi ahluke. Kodwa ukuthatha kuka-Israyeli i-East Jerusalem, iWest Bank kanye neGaza ngo-1967 kwase kuyisusile iRamallah endaweni yayo yaseJordani, kanye neGaza endaweni yayo yezepolitiki yaseGibhithe. Nakuba womabili engamadolobha asePalestine, amashumi eminyaka ezungeza ngemuva kweqoqo lezindaba zama-Arab kwadala ibanga ngezinye izikhathi elalizwakala likhulu kakhulu ukuba lingafinyela. Ukuhlala kwama-Israel nokho kwavuselela lokho okwenzeka kumaPalestine omzabalazo owabiwe ngokumelene nesitha esisodwa. Naphezu kokushiyeka kwayo okuningi, i-Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) yagcina igcwalise igebe lobuholi, ngaleyo ndlela yahlanganisa izigaba zamaPalestina eRamallah, eGaza, kanye nasePalestine Diaspora.
Naphezu kwenkohlakalo yayo egcwele kanye neziqinisekiso zentando yeningi ezingabazekayo, i-PLO yenze okungaphezu kokuhlanganisa abantu basePalestine mayelana neqoqo lemibono yezombusazwe kanye 'nama-constants', kodwa kuyo yonke iminyaka iye yasiza ekuhlanganiseni inkulumo yezepolitiki yasePalestine eyingqayizivele, egcwele izinkomba zoguquko, emhlabeni jikelele. ukufinyelela kwayo futhi nokho kuphela iPalestine ngesimo sayo sengqondo. Kwaba khona ngempela isikhathi lapho uthisha wasePalestine eKuwait ayenemibono efanayo kumbaleki ovela eLebanon, kumfundi waseRussia, nesisebenzi saseGaza.
Lezo zikhathi sezadlula kudala futhi izinto eziningi zaba nomthelela ekubhujisweni kwengxoxo eqoqwe yiPalestine. Izimo zesifunda nezamazwe ngamazwe ziholela ekuhlukaneni kwe-PLO kanye nokukhuphuka kwenkathi yase-Oslo ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwe-United States kanye nabanye ohulumeni basentshonalanga. Hhayi ukuthi ukuvuma kobuholi basePalestine ngoSep. 1993 kwakungalindelekile nhlobo, kodwa isivinini kanye nendlela yalokho kuhlehla kwakudlulele futhi kujezisa, okwakumele ubunzima obulinganayo obuqhathaniswa nokunqotshwa kwangaphambili kwezempi yama-Arab. Ukuhlulwa empini kuvame ukuholela ekushintsheni okukhulu kwezwe, kodwa i-Oslo yayiwukuzithoba nokwamukela, uma kungehlangani nayo yonke imiphumela yabo. Ukunqotshwa ngokwengqondo kubi kunokunqotshwa kwenkundla yempi.
Ngezinye izikhathi ngokusobala, nangezinye izikhathi ngobuqili, izingxoxo ezahlanganisa umphakathi wasePalestine ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane zaqala ukushabalala. I-PLO yasheshe yabekwa eceleni yavuna ikhophi yayo yendawo, i-Palestinian Authority eneqembu elibi. Amaqembu angaphandle kwe-PLO akhula ekuhlobeni kwawo nasekufinyeleleni abantu emzamweni wokuvala igebe. Amaqembu afana neHamas, nokho, ayengakulungele ukukhuphuka kwawo okungazelelwe. Nakuba babemelene nokumelana okwakumelene nokuzinikela kwe-PA, babentula inkulumo yezombusazwe ebanzi kanye nolimi oluhlanganisayo. Banxuse izwe lamaSulumane elingekho ngokoqobo njengamandla epolitiki, futhi bagcina sebezimisele ngokuncika ngokuphelele ezifundazweni ezimbalwa zama-Arab ezinezinhlelo ezididekile, kodwa ezinobugovu, ezizicabangela bona.
Akusacaci ukuthi iGaza neRamallah basafana ngani. Kusobala ukuthi izilimi ezikhulunywa kula madolobha womabili zihlukene, izikhalo ziyehluka, futhi okulindelwe kwezepolitiki akusahambelani. Lokhu empeleni kuyingozi kakhulu kunodaba lokwehluleka kobuholi, ngoba kuwukuhlakazeka kwenkulumo yesizwe noma okubi nakakhulu, ukuhlakazeka kobunikazi bezwe.
Yebo, abantu abaningi basePalestine ezindaweni eziningi basayikhathalela ngokujulile iPalestine, kodwa abanandaba ngendlela efanayo, noma ikakhulukazi, abahlanganisi 'isizathu sasePalestine' mayelana nesethi yemigomo efanayo, ephuma isethi yemibono evamile. Lokhu mhlawumbe kungesinye sezizathu esenze ukuthi inhlangano ye-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) ikhule ngokuphawulekayo eminyakeni yamuva nje yaba ngaphezu kwamaqembu ezishoshovu ezifuna ukudubelwa kwempahla yakwa-Israel nokunye. Kunokoma okucacile kwezinye izindlela. I-Oslo yenze okungaphezu kokuhlukanisa abantu basePalestine babe yimicu eminingi yezepolitiki. Kuphinde kwadida futhi kwahlukanisa abalandeli babo.
Ngenkathi umholi wasePalestine ongasekho u-Yasser Arafat esayina izivumelwano zase-Oslo eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, inkulumo-mpikiswano yabe iphathelene nemibono nezindaba ezisabalulekile nanamuhla: ukuxoxisana ngokuthula phakathi nokukhula kwezindawo zokuhlala ngokungemthetho futhi ngaphansi kokuqashwa kwezempi, ukuntuleka kuka-Arafat kokuziphatha nepolitiki. igunya lokusayina amalungelo omlando esizwe sonke, ubuqotho bakwa-Israyeli kanye nokuthambekela kweMelika ukusekela u-Israyeli ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo, njll. abakhi bozungu abasekho.
Imibuzo enesibindi futhi enzima kakhulu kufanele ibuzwe futhi iqondiswe ngaphandle kokudideka nokuhlukana okuqhubekayo. Kuyoze kube nini abantu basePalestine bangakwazi ukugcina umuzwa wabo wobuzwe ngaphansi kobandlululo lwezepolitiki, ukuhlukana ngokwezindawo, ukuhlukana, izinkulumo zemithombo yezindaba ezingaphezi, ukuqashwa kwenkululeko yezombangazwe yasePalestine emazweni anikelayo kanye namazwe aseGulf, ukubandlululwa kwePalestine ngemuva kwezinxushunxushu zama-Arab kanye nomphakathi. izimpi, nokunye okuningi? Ngabe amaPalestine kufanele alindeleke ukuthi agcine umuzwa wawo wobuntu obufanayo ngokusekelwe emuzweni wabo wokungabi nabulungiswa owamenywa ukuqashwa kwama-Israel, ubandlululo kanye nokucwasa?
I-Palestine ingaphezu kwefulegi neculo, futhi amaPalestine ahlanganiswe ngaphezu kokuhlangana kweqembu, ukuzwelana kwezombusazwe noma ukuzonda isosha lakwa-Israel kanye nendawo yokuhlola yezempi. Kepha abaholi bezepolitiki eRamallah, noma eGaza abakwazi ukuchaza noma ukumela ubunjalo bangempela basePalestine obuthatha isikhathi nendawo. Ukuhlukaniswa kobunikazi basePalestine ngeke kuphele, kodwa kuzoqina, uma indlela yesithathu ezalwa ngentando ehlangene yamaPalestina, ingaziswa emphakathini wasePalestina futhi ikhuthazwa ngokuzimisela okungaguquki. Le ndlela yesithathu ayikwazi ukuba yi-elitist futhi kufanele ivele emigwaqweni yaseGaza naseRamallah, hhayi amaphepha emfundo noma izingqungquthela zabezindaba. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela, i-Gaza ne-Ramallah ingathola ubuhlobo babo obungokomlando, futhi.
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ungumxhumanisi wemidiya, umlobeli wephephandaba odidiyelwe emhlabeni jikelele kanye nomhleli we PalestineChronicle.com. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi: My Father was A Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto Press).
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