I-'deal of the century' iyinkohliso. Besikusola lokho, kodwa, ekubuyeni kwakhe eWashington, uNdunankulu wakwa-Israel, uBenjamin Netanyahu wembule kabanzi ukuthi kungani uhlelo osekukudala lulindelwe lokuphatha kukaMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump lungenasisekelo eqinisweni.
Netanyahu utshele iKhabhinethi yakhe ukuthi "ayikho imininingwane ebambekayo" yokubika ngohlelo lokuthula lwase-US. Umuntu kufanele asole ukuthi 'icebo', ngaso sonke isikhathi, laliwukuchitha i-US lokho okubizwa ngenqubo yokuthula kanye nokwehliswa kwesenzo 'somdayisi wokuthula oqotho'.
Eqinisweni, lokho kuningi osekuzuziwe, ikakhulukazi ngesinqumo saseMelika ngoDisemba odlule sokwamukela ukuthathwa kuka-Israyeli ngokungemthetho kwe-Occupied East Jerusalem kanye nesivumelwano sokuthutha Inxusa laseMelika lisuka eTel Aviv liye eJerusalema.
Kusukela lapho, u-Israyeli uye waqala isu elicacile loku ukuhlanganisa eWest Bank. Izikhulu zayo eziphezulu zithi 'isixazululo semibuso emibili' asifanele ngisho nokuba kukhulunywe ngaso.
“Sesiqedile ngalokho,” kusho uNgqongqoshe wezeMfundo wakwa-Israel, e amazwi akamuva kubafundi baseNew York. "Banezwe lasePalestine eGaza."
I-Palestinian Authority (PA) ka-Mahmoud Abbas, ngaleyo ndlela, ishiywe nesikhundla esingenakulinganiswa. Ishaya ngesinxele nesokudla, idlikize njengesilwane esilimele.
Kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi, okwamanje, u-Abbas uzungeza ngaphakathi kwesu elikhulu lanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Izitatimende ezingahleliwe, ukuhlaselwa kwezimbangi zakhe zasePalestine, ama-Israel kanye nabaseMelika - ikakhulukazi ngokumkhaphela - konke okubonakala kugcina igama lakhe ezindabeni.
“Kwangathi uNkulunkulu angawudiliza umuzi wakhe,” kwakungesinye salezi zinkulumo kuthiwa kumholi wasePalestine, ephendula isinqumo sikaTrump mayelana neJerusalema.
Kwaqhubeka lokho January 14. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, Abbas okukhulunywa ngakho kuDavid Friedman, iNxusa le-US elishisekayo kanye neNxusa lika-Israyeli laseMelika kwa-Israyeli, “njengendodana yonondindwa.”
UFriedman ungumsekeli oshisekayo wezindawo zokuhlala zamaJuda ezingekho emthethweni, kodwa ukubizwa ngamagama akulona uphawu oluthembisayo lwesu elakhayo lasePalestine.
U-Abbas uzizwa ekhungathekile, ephikwa uWashington kanye nesisulu setulo eliningilizayo lase-US-Israel elidle abantu basePalestine isikhathi esiyigugu nomhlaba omningi, ngenkathi eshiya u-Abbas engenalutho ngaphandle kwefa lezepolitiki elihlazozayo.
U-Abbas akathukutheli ngempela ngoba i-US ithengise indima yayo 'enqubweni yokuthula.' Uthukuthele ngoba sekuyiminyaka ezibona eyilungu lekamu laseMelika 'labaphakathi nendawo' eMiddle East. Manje, nokho, akanandaba. Uhulumeni wase-US udume kabi ngokukhaphela abalingani bakhe.
I-US, manje ephethwe ngabaphathi abasekela u-Israyeli kakhulu eminyakeni, ayinayo indima u-Abbas okufanele ayidlale. Bamlahla, kanjalo, futhi baqhubeka nokucabanga 'isixazululo' ePalestine esisebenzela izithakazelo zakwa-Israyeli kuphela.
A umhlangano wakamuva, eholwa yizikhulu ezihamba phambili ze-pro-Israel eWashington, kuhlanganise noJared Kushner, yabizwa ngokuthi "isikhathi sokucabanga" mayelana nendlela yokuxazulula inkinga yaseGaza. Akekho umPalestine obambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni.
Njengoba u-Abbas ewalengise wonke amathemba akhe eWashington, usele engenalo icebo B. AbaseYurophu abanayo intando, isifiso noma amandla ezombusazwe okuthatha isikhundla se-US. Sekukaningi besebenza njengezisebenzi zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US, futhi bekungeke kube lula, uma kungenzeka, kunoma yimuphi uhulumeni waseYurophu ukuba athathe isikhundla se-US 'njengomdayisi wokuthula oqotho.'
Ukuthandwa kuka-Abbas - kanye nalokho kweGunya lakhe - phakathi kwamaPalestine kuyinto encane. Eqinisweni, amaphesenti angama-70 abantu basePalestine bafuna ehle esikhundleni ngokushesha. Lokho bekungokokuvota kwenziwa ngoDisemba odlule. Kodwa-ke, eneminyaka engama-83 futhi egula, u-Abbas usabambelele ngokuqinile esihlalweni sakhe.
Kungase kubonakale sengathi, ngalesi sikhathi sokungaqiniseki kwezombusazwe kanye nokuhlukaniswa, kungaba inzuzo ku-Abbas ukufinyelela kwamanye amaqembu asePalestina. Nokho, okuphambene kuyiqiniso. U-Abbas usola imbangi yakhe enkulu, i-Hamas, ngomzamo wokubulala obhekiswe kuNdunankulu we-PA, u-Rami Hamdallah.
Ngemuva kwesivumelwano ebesithembisayo, esasayinwa eCairo phakathi kukaFatah – iqembu lika-Abbas – neHamas, wonke amathemba aseshabalele futhi. Engqungqutheleni ehlanganyelwe noMongameli waseBulgaria ovakashele, uRumen Radey, eRamallah, U-Abbas wamemezela "IGaza Strip idunwe yiHamas."
"Kumele banikeze ngokushesha konke, okokuqala nokuvikeleka, kuhulumeni wezwe wasePalestine wokuvumelana," esho.
Imuphi 'uhulumeni wokuvumelana kazwelonke' u-Abbas abhekisela kuwo, noma kunjalo? Alukaze lube khona ukhetho lukazwelonke selokhu iHamas yanqoba iningi ephalamende ngo-2006. U-Abbas ngokwakhe ubusa ngegunya eliphelelwe yisikhathi. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 9, 2009, u-Abbas walahlekelwa ukuba semthethweni kwentando yeningi.
Okuxakayo ukuthi ukungqubuzana phakathi kwakhe neHamas okuvumela izinhlangothi zombili ukuthi zizifake emphakathini wasePalestine - osala udangele, ungenabaholi futhi ubhekene nobunzima boMsebenzi kanye nobandlululo ngokwalo.
Esikhundleni sokulungisa uthango nabantu basePalestine, u-Abbas uyaqhubeka nombukiso wakhe wezombangazwe womuntu oyedwa, ekhuthazwa ngabasizi bakhe ku-PA, ababhekene necala ngokulinganayo kulo monakalo odalwe ohulumeni base-US kanye no-Israel.
Noma kunjalo, ubuholi basePalestine (kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ku-PA noma i-PLO) buyaqhubeka nemizamo yabo yokuzama ukuvuselela 'inqubo yokuthula', amaqhawe anesizungu ngokukhohlisa kwezombusazwe okuye kwashiywa ngisho nabaphathi bawo.
Ku-Abbas kanye ne-PA, ukubamba iqhaza kuphrojekthi eholwa yi-US kwaba ibhuloho lokugcina ababefisa ukuthi lingashi. Isinqumo sikaTrump sokuthutha ihhovisi lenxusa lezwe lakhe sibonise ukuthi ibhuloho lokugcina lalivutha amalangabi, kodwa u-Abbas usazoqiniseka ngaleli qiniso elisobala.
Ngokwemibono yaseMelika neyakwa-Israel, 'inqubo yokuthula' ingathathwa njengeyimpumelelo. Kuvumele i-US ukuthi ichaze i-ajenda yezepolitiki eMpumalanga Ephakathi kanye nokuthi i-Israel ilolonge iqiniso elingokoqobo Lezindawo Ezithathiwe nganoma iyiphi indlela etholakala ifanelekile.
Ubuholi basePalestine buvele njengobehluliwe kakhulu. Iqale yahlala 'etafuleni lokuxoxisana' ukuze ikhulume ngemingcele, ababaleki, amanzi, izindawo kanye neJerusalema, kodwa yasala ingenalutho ekugcineni.
Ilahlekelwe kokubili ukwethembeka nokuba semthethweni. Isikhala obekuvunyelwe ukuxoxisana kuso sabuna unyaka nonyaka.
Manje, abantu basePalestine kumele bacabange ngaleli qiniso elinzima lamanje, kodwa futhi banethemba ngesiqalo esisha esibikezelwe ngobumbano, ukuvezwa kabusha kwezinto ezibalulekile kuzwelonke, kanye neqhinga elisha.
URamzy Baroud uyintatheli, umbhali kanye nomhleli wePalestine Chronicle. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi 'Umhlaba Wokugcina: Indaba YasePalestine(Pluto Press, London, 2018). U-Baroud uneziqu ze-Ph.D. ezifundweni zasePalestine ezivela eNyuvesi yase-Exeter futhi uyiSifundiswa Esingesona Isakhamuzi e-Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia Santa Barbara. Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.ramzybaroud.net.
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