Isijeziso sakamuva saseGaza singase sibukeke njengelinye itulo elijwayelekile lokululaza isiqephu ngendlela egculisayo u-Israel, iPalestinian Authority kaMahmoud Abbas, kanye nohulumeni waseGibhithe olawulwa amasosha. Kodwa kunento embi nakakhulu eyafufusayo.
Kulokhu, isijeziso esihlangene saseGaza sifika ngendlela yendle eluhlaza ekhukhula omakhelwane abaningi esifundeni esimpofu nesigcwele ugesi esingu-360 km2 (139 sq mi) kanye nezakhamuzi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.8. Ngisho nangaphambi kwenhlekelele yakamuva ebangelwe ukushoda okukhulu kukagesi kanye nophethiloli wedizili ovame ukushushumbiswa e-Egypt, iGaza yenziwa yangahlalwa kancane kancane. Umbiko ophelele we-UN ngonyaka odlule wathi uma kungekho sinyathelo esiphuthumayo esithathwayo, iGaza izobe 'ingasaphili' ngo-2020. Kusukela lo mbiko wakhishwa ngo-August 2012, isimo siye saba sibi kakhulu.
Eminyakeni edlule, ikakhulukazi kusukela ekuqinisweni kuka-Israyeli ekuvinjezelweni kweGaza ngo-2007, umhlaba usujwayele amaqiniso amabili: uhlelo oluqhubekayo lwamaqembu amaningi lokunciphisa nokunqoba iHamas eGaza, kanye nekhono elimangalisayo leGaza lokumelana nesijeziso esingenabuntu senhlangano eqhubekayo. ukuvimbezela, ukuvinjelwa kanye nempi.
Izimpi ezimbili ezinedumela elibi ziwufanekisa lo mbono: Eyokuqala impi yakwa-Israyeli yezinsuku ezingama-22 ka-2008-9 (yabulala abantu basePalestine abangaphezu kwe-1,400 futhi yalimaza abanye abangaphezu kuka-5,500) kanti eyesibili impi yayo yakamuva kaNov 2012 - izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili zokulwa ezabulala amaPalestine ayi-167. kanye nama-Israyeli ayisithupha. Empini yesibili, umengameli wokuqala wase-Egypt okhethwe ngokwentando yeningi, uMohammed Morsi, wayesaphethe. Ngokokuqala ngqรก eminyakeni eminingi, i-Egypt ichema nabasePalestine. Ngenxa yalokhu nokuqina kokumelana kwamaPalestine eGaza, umdweshu wanqoba ngokuyisimangaliso. IGaza igubhe ukunqoba kwayo, futhi i-Israel yasala kancane - ngenkathi kunjalo, yehluleka kakhulu ukuhlonipha uhlangothi lwayo lwesivumelwano esenziwa yiCairo sokudambisa ubunzima bezomnotho baseGaza.
Uma kuqhathaniswa, izinto zazibonakala ziyihambela kahle iGaza. Ukuwela umngcele waseRafah phakathi kweGaza neGibhithe kwavulwa kakhulu, futhi bobabili ohulumeni baseGibhithe noHamas babenezingxoxo eziqhubekayo mayelana nokuthola isisombululo esimeme sezomnotho ezinkingeni eziningi zaseGaza. Kepha ukuxoshwa kukaGeneral Abdel Fatah al-Sisi kukaMongameli Morsi kuqhubeke July 3 kwashintsha konke lokho. Amasosha aseGibhithe aziphindiselela ngokuvala ukuwela umngcele futhi acekela phansi amaphesenti angama-90-95 awo wonke amahubhe, ayesebenza njengomthombo omkhulu weGaza futhi wayivumela ukuthi imelane nokuvinjezelwa kwama-Israel.
Amathemba ashabalala ngokushesha, futhi isimo saseGaza saba sibi kakhulu kunanini ngaphambili. Ngokwemvelo, iCairo yathola eRamallah umfelandawonye ozimisele ongazange ayeke ukusebenzisana no-Israyeli ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi izimbangi zabo zeHamas ziyajeziswa, kanye nenani labantu bakulesi siqephu.
Icaphuna izikhulu zaseGaza, i-New York Times yabika ngoNovemba 21 ukuthi iziteshi zendle ezingu-13 eGaza Strip ziye zachichima noma seziseduze nokuchichima, kanti indle engu-3.5 million cubic ft yendle eluhlaza ithola indlela eya oLwandle iMedithera nsuku zonke. "Umnyango wezokuthuthwa kwendle ungase ungeke usakwazi ukumpompa amanzi okuphuza ezindlini zaseGaza," kubika iphephandaba.
UFarid Ashour, onguMqondisi wezokuthuthwa kwendle eGaza Coastal Municipality Water Utilities, utshele izikhathi ukuthi isimo 'siyinhlekelele'. โAsikaze sibhekane nesimo esiyingozi njengalesi sikhathi,โ usho kanje. Kodwa isimo akudingeki sibe yingozi noma sibe yinhlekelele njengoba sinjalo njengamanje. Empeleni kuye kwaklanywa ukuba kube njalo.
Isizinda sikagesi saseGaza okuwukuphela kwayo kube yisona esibaluleke kakhulu ezindizeni zempi zakwa-Israel iminyaka. Ngo-2006 yacekelwa phansi esitelekeni sezindiza sakwa-Israel, ezovulwa ngemuva konyaka, yaphinde yacekelwa phansi. Futhi nakuba ibingakafiki ngokugcwele ngesikhathi isebenza ekugcineni, iqhubekile nokuhlinzeka iGaza ngamaphesenti angama-30 ezidingo zayo zikagesi wamamegawathi angama-400. Amamegawathi angu-120 afika kwa-Israyeli, futhi cishe amamegawathi angama-30 afika eGibhithe. Inani eliphelele lashoda ezidingweni eziyisisekelo zeGaza, kodwa ngandlela thize iGaza yaphila. Kulandela ukuxoshwa kukaMorsi kanye nokuhlasela kwamasosha aseGibhithe, ukushoda sekumi kumaphesenti angama-65 engqikithi.
Engxoxweni nesikhungo sezindaba ze-UN, i-IRIN, uJames W. Rawley, umxhumanisi wezosizo lwendawo yasePalestine Ehlaselwe, ubonise isimo esiphazamisayo lapho umthelela wale nhlekelele usufinyelele khona "zonke izinsizakalo ezibalulekile, okuhlanganisa izibhedlela, imitholampilo, indle. neziteshi zokumpompa amanzi.โ
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-Israel abelokhu enza kahle kusukela ngesikhathi egcina ukuhlangana ne-Hamas. โUnyaka odlule ube muhle kakhulu,โ i-Economist icaphuna umlawuli wephiko lakwa-Israel 'elibuka' iGaza, uBrigadier Michael Edelstein. Ngenxa yokwehla okukhulu kwenani lamarokhethi aqhunyiswa eGaza eziphindiselela ekuhlaselweni kuka-Israyeli nokuqhubeka nokuvinjezelwa (amarokhethi angu-50 kulo nyaka, uma kuqhathaniswa nangu-1500 ngonyaka odlule), โizingane ezisemadolobheni asemngceleni wakwa-Israyeli zingalala emibhedeni yazo, hhayi ezindaweni zokukhosela; futhi abasayi esikoleni ngamabhasi ahlomile,โ ngokusho kwe-Economist ngoNovemba 16.
โKodwa isithembiso sika-Israyeli esivumelanayo sokusiza ukuvuselela umnotho waseGaza asikagcinwa,โ kubika leli phephandaba. I-Israel yenze konke okusemandleni ayo ukugcina iGaza isesimweni esibucayi, kusukela ekwenqabeni ama-solar panel ukuze bakwazi ukukhiqiza ugesi wabo ukuvimba ukuthunyelwa kweGaza kwamanye amazwe. "Okwamanje, iGaza iyabola."
Enesifiso sokuthola amakhambi asheshayo, uNdunankulu waseGaza u-Ismail Haniyeh ukhiphe izingcingo ezintsha ku-Mahmoud Abbas ngohulumeni wobumbano. โAsibe nohulumeni oyedwa, iphalamende elilodwa nomongameli oyedwa,โ kusho uHaniyeh enkulumweni yakamuva, njengoba ecashunwe yiReuters. Khonamanjalo, i-PA yanquma ukuvala uxhaso lwayo kunoma yimuphi uphethiloli othunyelwa eGaza nge-Israel, inyuse intengo yaba ngu-$1.62 ilitha isuka kumasenti angu-79. Ngokuka-Ihab Bessisso we-PA, isinqumo sokuhoxisa ukukhululwa kwentela yaseGaza kuphethiloli sathathwa ngoba ukuthumela. uphethiloli oshibhile oya eGaza โwawungenabulungisa ezakhamuzini zaseWest Bank,โ ngokwezikhathi.
Kodwa ukulunga akuhlangene nakho. Imibiko ye-Economist, i-Al Monitor kanye neminye imithombo yezindaba ikhuluma ngemizamo yaseGibhithe yokubuyisela owayeyinhloko yezokuphepha eGaza kanye nomholi we-Fatah uMohammed Dahlan ukusheshisa ukuwa kukahulumeni we-Hamas. I-Al Monitor yabika ngoNovemba 21 ukuthi uDahlan, umkhuzi weFatah owaziwayo owahlulwa yiHamas ngo-2007 ngenxa, phakathi kwezinye izizathu, ubudlelwano bakhe obuseduze nezobunhloli bakwa-Israel, uhlangane noGeneral al-Sisi eCairo. Ngokusobala, inhloso iwukuxosha iHamas eGaza Strip. Kodwa umbuzo uthi kanjani? Abanye "baphakamisa ukuthi ibutho lasePalestine elibuthelwe e-al-Arish lingamasha libheke eGaza futhi, ngokusekelwa kwaseGibhithe, linqobe inqwaba yamabutho e-Hamas adalwe kule minyaka eyishumi edlule."
Njengoba i-Muslim Brotherhood kaMorsi ingasekho, okungenani okwamanje, iGaza isengcupheni kakhulu kunangaphambili. Abanye babalandeli baka-Abbas futhi ngokuqinisekile abakwaDahlan bangase bakholwe ukuthi umzuzu wokunqoba abafowabo eGaza manje.
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ungumxhumanisi wezindaba, umlobi wephephandaba ohlanganiswe ngamazwe ngamazwe 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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