โNgazizwa ngithuthumela futhi ngingakhululekile usuku lonke, ngilungiselela le nkulumoโ - UJehad Abusalim, umPalestine ovela endaweni yaseGaza
UJehad Abusalim, umPalestine manje ohlala e-United States, wakhulela eGaza. E-Chicago ngeledlule, ekhuluma nezishoshovu ezizinikele ekwephuleni ukuvinjezelwa kweGaza, ubambe inqwaba yamaphepha angama-31. Ekhasini ngalinye kwakunamagama abantu basePalestine abayi-1,254 abahlala eGaza ababulawa enyangeni eyodwa nje yokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli โI-Operation Protective Edgeโ eminyakeni emihlanu edlule.
โNgazizwa ngithuthumela futhi ngingakhululekile usuku lonke ngilungiselela le nkulumo,โ etshela iqembu. Wachaza ukudumala kwakhe lapho ebheka uhlu lwamagama, ebona enye insizwa yasedolobheni lakubo.
โUbehlale enobungani kimi,โ kusho u-Abusalim. โNgikhumbula indlela ayengibingelela ngayo endleleni eya e-mosque. Umndeni nabangane bakhe babemthanda, bemhlonipha.โ
U-Abusalim ukhumbule umfutho wokulahlekelwa abathandekayo namakhaya; yokubona indlela yokuziphilisa nengqalasizinda icekelwa phansi ukuhlasela kwezindiza; yokungakwazi ukuvikela abasengozini enkulu. Uthe imvamisa kuthatha iminyaka eyishumi nangaphezulu ngaphambi kokuba imindeni yasePalestine ehlukumezeke ngokuhlaselwa kuka-Israel iqale ukukhuluma ngokwenzekile. Ukuqaphela okukhulu kwa-Israyeli ukuhlasela kwezindiza ngo-2009, 2013, 2014 kanye okwakamuva ukuhlasela kwabulala abahlanganyeli โkuMashi Omkhulu Wokubuya,โ wakhuluma ngokwesaba okuqhubekayo mayelana nalokho okungase kwehlele izingane zaseGaza ngokuzayo lapho kwenzeka ukuhlasela.
Abantu abangamashumi ayisishiyagalombili babuthana ukuzolalela u-Abusalim kanye noColonel Retired Ann Wright, we Izikebhe zase-US eziya eGaza, njengoba besiza ekuqaliseni i-"Free Gaza Chicago River Flotilla," izinsuku ezintathu zesenzo ezifinyelela umvuthwandaba ngoJulayi 20 ngokubonisa umoya "ngama-kayactivists" kanye nabagibeli bezikebhe, kanye nababhikishi base-onshore, bebiza ukuphela kokuvinjezelwa kweGaza. U-Wright wesula esikhundleni sakhe njengenxusa laseMelika ngenkathi i-United States yethula ukuqhuma kwamabhomu e-Iraq ngo-2003 Shock and Awe. Njengoba ubambe iqhaza emidlalweni emine edlule yamazwe ngamazwe ama-flotillas ehlose ukudelela ukuvinjwa kwemikhumbi yakwa-Israyeli ogwini lwaseGaza, uWright unikela ngamandla akhe elungiselela yesihlanu e 2020.
Omunye umhleli futhi oyilungu le-US Boat to Gaza, u-Elizabeth Murray, nowake wasebenzela uhulumeni wase-US njengoWright, ukhumbule ukuthi seminar exhaswe ithimba labacabangi elihlonishwayo eWashington, DC, lapho ilungu lesigungu liqhathanisa ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli kwabasePalestine ngemizamo evamile โyokugunda utshani.โ Uphinde walandisa ngokuzwa umsindo omncane ngesikhathi amalungu e-DC ekhombisa ukujabula. Kodwa, uMurray uthe, "Akekho noyedwa umuntu ophikise okushiwo yiqembu." Lokhu kwakungo-2010, kulandela i-Operation Cast Lead yakwa-Israel yango-2009, eyathi wabulawa Bayi-1,383 basePalestine, abangama-333 kubo bekuyizingane.
Uzakwabo ka-Abusalim e Ikomidi lezinkonzo zaseMelika, uJennifer Bing, wayexwayise abahleli be-flotilla baseChicago ukuthi bacabangele ngokucophelela ithoni yezenzo zabo. Umcimbi omibalabala nojabulisayo phakathi nempelasonto ematasa yasekuseni eduze komfula odumile wase-Chicago ungase ujabulise futhi, yebo, ube mnandi.
Kepha abantu basePalestine eGaza babhekana nokushuba okungapheli, waphawula. Njengoba benqatshelwe inkululeko yokuhamba, bahlala ejele elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni elivulekile, ngaphansi kwezimo iNhlangano Yezizwe enazo kwabikezelwa bazowenza umhlaba wabo ungasahlali muntu ngonyaka wezi-2020. Imindeni ithola ugesi wamahora amane kuya kwayisithupha ngosuku. Ngokusho kwe-UNICEF, "izindawo zokukhuculula indle ayikwazi ukusebenza ngokugcwele futhi okulingana namachibi okubhukuda angange-Olympic angama-43 anendle eluhlaza noma ehlanzwe ngokwengxenye impontshelwa olwandle nsuku zonke.โ
Bebhekene nokuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu okunonya nsuku zonke, abagqugquzeli banxusa ubumbano ngendlela yokuduba, ukuhlukaniswa, kanye nezijeziso. Izakhamizi zase-US zinesibopho esikhethekile sokuhlasela kwamasosha akwa-Israyeli ngokumelene nezakhamuzi, ziphawula, njengoba i-United States inikeze u-Israyeli izigidigidi zamadola ukuze kwakhiwe amasosha.
Izinkampani zase-US zenza inzuzo enkulu ngokuthengisela u-Israyeli izikhali. Isibonelo, iBoeing, enendlunkulu eChicago, uyathengisa Izindiza ezinophephela emhlane zakwa-Israel, imicibisholo ye-Hellfire ne-Harpoon, izinhlelo eziqondisayo ze-JDAM kanye namabhomu ama-Diameter Amancane aletha izikhali ze-Dense Inert Metal Explosive. Zonke lezi zikhali zisetshenziswe kaningi ekuhlaselweni kwe-Israel ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi.
Phakathi ne-Operation Cast Lead yangowezi-2009, ngangiseRafah, eGaza, ngilalele izingane zichaza umehluko phakathi kokuqhuma kwezindiza zempi ze-F-16 eziwisa amabhomu angu-500-pound kanye nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ze-Apache zidubula imicibisholo ye-Hellfire.
I-Israel iyaqhubeka nokusebenzisa lezo zikhali, futhi ukuthenga kuka-Israel kukhuluphalisa izikhundla zezezimali ze-Boeing.
NgoJulayi 19, abasePalestine abasebasha ngaphandle kwe-consulate yakwa-Israyeli bafunda ngokuzwakalayo amagama labantu, eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, ababulawa eGaza. Salalela ngesizotha sabe sesidlulela ekomkhulu le-Boeing e-Chicago, saphinde salalela njengoba abantu abasha befunda amagama engeziwe, afakwe insimbi enesizotha ngemva kokukhumbula isisulu ngasinye. Ekugcineni, abantu basePalestine abangu-2,104, abangaphezu kwengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu kubo ababeyizakhamuzi, kuhlanganise nezingane ezingu-495, babulawa ngesikhathi sokuhlasela okwathatha amasonto ayisikhombisa eGaza Strip ngo-2014.
Ngesikhathi se-Free Gaza Chicago River flotilla ngoJulayi 20, u-Husam Marajda, we-Arab American Action Network, wayehlezi esikebheni esincane eduze kukamkhulu wakhe, owayevakashele evela ePalestine. Ingoma yakhe ethi, โUkusuka ePalestine kuya eMexico, zonke izindonga kufanele zihambe!โ kwenanela ukusuka emanzini ukuya ogwini. Izibhengezo zehliswa emabhulohweni angenhla, okufundeka kakhulu, โIsrael, Stop Killing Palestinians.โ
AbakwaKayaker babegqoke izikibha ezibomvu ezimemezela umkhankaso othi โI-Gaza Unlockedโ futhi bakwazi ukubonisa amafulegi, axhunywe ngentambo, ebhala ngokuthi โI-Gaza Yamahhala.โ Abagibeli kwezinye izikebhe babephanyaza izimpawu ezikhuthaza ukuthula nezithupha. Labo abasebenza ngasogwini lolwandle, bephethe amabhanela nezimpawu, bahamba wonke umzila esasiwuhlelile ngaphambi kokuba kufike usayitsheni ovela eMnyangweni Wamaphoyisa aseChicago ezothi sidinga imvume.
Asikwazi ukuzivumela ukuthi sithule. Ngemva komsebenzi we-flotilla onamandla, ngahlala nabangane abaningana endaweni ethulile. โAmagama angaka,โ kusho omunye umngane, ecabanga ngohlu ayeluphethe u-Abusalim. โIzimpilo eziningi kakhulu,โ kusho omunye.
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