IWashington igcine iphonse ithawula emizamweni yayo ende, ehlukumezayo yokusungula ukuthula phakathi kuka-Israel namaPalestine. Ngeke uthole noma yikuphi ukuvuma lokhu kurekhodi elisemthethweni. Ngokusemthethweni, i-US isaseseka isixazululo semibuso emibili kulengxabano. Kepha uhulumeni ka-Obama iminyaka eyi-10 yakamuva, $ 38-billion isithembiso sokuvuselela izikhali zakwa-Israyeli, kuyilapho ngokusobala ephishekela โukuthula,โ senza kucace ukuthi lowo mgomo uphelelwe amandla kangakanani.
Iminyaka engamashumi amabili, abaholi bakwa-Israel kanye nabasekeli babo be-neoconservative kuleli zwe, abazimisele ngokwakha nokwandisa izindawo zokuhlala emhlabeni wasePalestine, basebenzele ukubukela phansi imizamo yaseMelika eshiwo - futhi abakhokhi lutho. Manje, ngalokho irekhodi iphakethe lezikhali, i-US ikwenze kwacaca ukuthi ngeke kudingeke. Njalo.
Umfelandawonye wezempi phakathi kwe-United States ne-Israel sekuyisikhathi eside uphikisana nezinhloso ezishiwo zokuphatha ngokulandelana eWashington ukugqugquzela ukuthula eZweni Elingcwele. I-White House ngemva kwenye ikhethe โisixazululoโ sokuba nazo zombili izindlela: ukusekela isixazululo semibuso emibili kuyilapho sivuza ngokucebile, ngezikhali ezibulalayo, izwe lekhasimende elingenakulungiseka elalisebenza ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ukubukela phansi isixazululo esinjalo.
Lokhu kubili okuqhubekayo kubonakale kusezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Okokuqala, uMongameli u-Obama umemezele isivumelwano esisha sezempi, kanye nokulethwa kwayo okuthenjisiwe kwezindiza zempi nezinye izinto zokwakha, ecaphuna "ayinakunyakaziswaโ Umfelandawonye wezempi waseMelika no-Israyeli. Ngesonto elilandelayo, eNhlanganweni Yezizwe, wamemezela, "u-Israyeli kufanele aqaphele ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukuhlala unomphela futhi ahlalise izwe lasePalestine." Okulandelayo, wandizela kwa-Israyeli emngcwabeni kaShimon Peres, futhi ehlonipha lowo owayengumongameli wakwa-Israel owawina uMklomelo kaNobel, okukhulunywe ngakho indoda eyaqonda ukuthi โabantu bamaJuda babengazalelwanga ukubusa abanye abantuโ futhi yaveza โibhizinisi elingaqediweโ lenqubo yokuthula yase-Israel-Palestine. (I-Peres ukhunjulwe ngokwehluke kakhulu ngamaPalestine njenge iphayona lokuqala wesakhiwo sokuhlaliswa kanye nombhali we-brutal Operation Amagilebhisi of Ulaka Ukuhlasela kweLebanon ngo-1996.) Kungakabiphi ngemva komngcwabo, uhulumeni kaNdunankulu uBenjamin Netanyahu wagunyaza ngokudelela ukumisa indawo entsha eWest Bank, okwabangela ukuba uMnyango Wezwe โlahla kakhuluโ isenzo โnjengesikhathaza kakhulu.โ
Nokho, amazwi anjalo okuthethisa ayancipha abe yize uma kubhekwa inombolo eyodwa: 38 billion. Ngesithembiso sayo sakamuva sosizo lwezempi, i-United States empeleni ikuvumele ukungajeziswa kuka-Israyeli, ukuqoqwa kwayo okungapheli kwezwe lasePalestine, ukuthatha kwayo amasosha eWest Bank, kanye nokuhlasela kwayo ngezikhathi ezithile yizindiza zempi ze-F-16 kanye nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ze-Apache zisebenzisa imicibisholo ye-Hellfire on the abantu baseGaza.
Yebo, i-Hamas iluhlaza futhi iyabulala ngezikhathi ezithile amakhredethi ngezinye izikhathi zisiza ukuvusa umlilo wakwa-Israel, futhi uphenyo lwamalungelo abantu luye lwathola lokho zombili benze amacala empi. Kodwa Amandla ka-Israyeli aqhumayo empini yaseGaza yangowezi-2014, eyagqugquzelwa kakhulu wusizo lwezempi yaseMelika kanye nokwesekwa kwezepolitiki, yadlula leyo yeHamas ngabalinganiselwa ku-1,500 kuya ku-1. Ngokwesilinganiso esithile, wonke amarokhethi e-Hamas, akalwa ngamandla aqhumayo, ayenjalo ilingana ne I-12 yamabhomu ethani elilodwa u-Israyeli awawisa eGaza. Futhi yakhulula amakhulu alezo, futhi yadubula amashumi ezinkulungwane zamagobolondo, amarokhethi nezinsimbi. Ngohlelo, cishe izikhathi 250 kwafa izakhamuzi eziningi zasePalestine kunezakhamuzi zakwa-Israyeli.
Manje, njengoba iGaza ihlukanisiwe neWest Bank, kanye namaPalestine ebhekene namagagasi amasha ezifiki phakathi nengxenye yekhulu leminyaka yokuhlasela kwezempi, i-US ikhethe ukungafaki ingcindezi kumlingani wayo ongaphandle kokulawula, kodwa esikhundleni salokho ukuthi iphinde inikeze izikhali zayo. amandla ngendlela enkulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ekugcineni sesifike entweni eyingqophamlando (uma singanakiwe). Ngemuva kwawo wonke lamashumi eminyaka, isisombululo semibuso emibili, inamaphutha abalulekile njengoba kwakunjalo, manje kufanele kumenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ufile - futhi ucabangele i-United States njengesandla ekubulaweni kwayo. Ngamanye amazwi, abaphathi baka-Obama banikeze abaholi bakwa-Israyeli kanye nama-neoconservatives asebenesikhathi eside belwela le ndlela ukunqoba asebekufuna iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili.
Izingane ze-Chaos
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, i-pro-Israel eqinile eMelika yaklama isu eliwumongo elasiza ekuholeni kulokhu kuthunjwa kweMelika. Ngo-1996, ithimba eliholwa yi-neocons uRichard Perle (usihlalo wesikhathi esizayo we- Ibhodi Lenqubomgomo Yezokuvikela), uDavid Wurmser (ikusasa umeluleki omkhulu waseMpumalanga Ephakathi kuPhini likaMongameli uDick Cheney), uDouglas Feith (ikusasa unobhala ongaphansi wezokuvikela), nabanye bakhipha a iphepha lomgomo okuhloswe ngayo ukungena kukaNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBenjamin Netanyahu. "Ikhefu Elihlanzekile: Isu Elisha Lokuvikela Umbuso" likhuthaze ukuthi i-Israel isuke ekwamukeleni kwayo inqubo yokuthula yase-Oslo kanye nokugxila kwe-Oslo ekuvunyelweni kwezindawo. Izithako ezibalulekile zephepha zihlanganisa ukwenza buthaka omakhelwane bakwa-Israel ngokushintsha umbuso e-Iraq kaSaddam Hussein kanye โnokubuyela emuvaโ eSyria nase-Iran. Izincomo zababhali kuvele ukuthi zifana nje nohlu lwezifiso njengoba idlanzana labo lizobanjwa maduze izikhundla ezinethonya ekuphathweni kukaGeorge W. Bush.
Njengentatheli uJim Lobe wabhala ku-2007:
"[T] ithimba labasebenzi, elaliholwa nguPerle, lathi ukuguqulwa kombuso e-Iraq - lapho uFeith ephakathi kwabameli abashiseka kakhulu ngaphakathi kwePentagon - kuzokwenza u-Israyeli kanye ne-US ukuthi bashintshe ngokunenzuzo ibhalansi yamandla esifundeni. ukuze u-Israyeli enze 'ikhefu elihlanzekile' enqubweni yase-Oslo (noma yiluphi uhlaka oluzodinga ukuthi anikele 'ngomhlaba ukuze kube nokuthula') futhi, ngokwenza kanjalo, 'avikele umbuso' ngokumelene nezimangalo zendawo yasePalestine."
Ngamanye amazwi, kusukela ngo-1996, lawa ma-neocons ayesevele ecabanga ukuthi yini eyayizoba ukuhlasela okuyinhlekelele kwe-Iraq ngo-2003. Ungaphikisa, yiqiniso, ukuthi ama-neocons noma uNetanyahu babengeke babone kusengaphambili isiphithiphithi esasizolandela, njengoba i-Iraq icishe ibe yinhlekelele. Ukuqhekeka okuvulekile futhi iSyria yawela empini yombango enyantisayo nodlame, izakhamizi eziboshwe ngaphansi kokuqhuma kwamabhomu okungapheli, kanye inkinga enkulu yababaleki kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II yadlanga iYurophu nomhlaba. Kepha, okungenani, ngandlela thize, ungaba nephutha, ngoba abathile babameli be-neocon bombuso bashintsha isiphithiphithi njengengxenye ebalulekile yenqubo kusukela ekuqaleni.
"Umuntu angathemba kuphela ukuthi sizoguqula isifunda sibe i-caldron, futhi ngokushesha, ngiyacela," wabhala UMichael Ledeen we-American Enterprise Institute Buyekeza National ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwe-Iraq. (Ngo-1985, njengomeluleki woMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuphepha kanye no-Oliver North, u-Ledeen wayesize umthengisi wezikhali ezingekho emthethweni ukuze abhekane ne-Iran ngokumisa imihlangano phakathi kwabadayisi bezikhali nabakwa-Israel.) โImpi ngeke iphele Baghdad,โ uLedeen kamuva wabhala, In the Wall Street Journal. "Kumele futhi siketule izifundazwe zamaphekula eTehran naseDamaseku."
Ama-neocons athole okungaphezulu kakhulu kwalokho abekuhlosile e-Iraq, futhi okuncane kakhulu kunalokho abekufuna eSyria nase-Iran. Imizamo yabo yakamuva - noNetanyahu njengomkhulumeli wabo omkhulu - ukuvimba isivumelwano senuzi sika-Obama sase-Iran, ngokwesibonelo, sagqamuka amalangabi. Noma kunjalo, kuyamangaza ukucabanga ukuthi isu labo lokushintsha umbuso kanye nezinxushunxushu lisize kangakanani ekuguquleni umhlaba wethu kanye ne-Greater Middle East yaba kubi kakhulu, futhi ukukhunjuzwa ukuthi inhloso yayo enkulu, okungenani ngalezo zinsuku zakuqala, yayiyingxenye enkulu gcina u-Israyeli ekuphishekeleni isivumelwano sokuthula namaPalestine. Vele, bekukhona ezinye izinzuzo ama-neocons ayezicabanga ngaleso sikhathi njengengxenye yomzamo wawo womlando woku dweba kabusha ibalazwe laseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ukulawula ezinye zezinqolobane zikawoyela eziwudedangendlale zaleso sifunda kwakungenye yazo, kodwa-ke lokho akuzange kuvele kube umzuzu โwokufezwa komsebenziโ. Ingxenye yakwa-Israyeli yohlelo kuphela eyabonakala iphumelela njengoba kwakucatshangwa.
Ngakho sesineminyaka engu-20 kamuva. Kuzo zonke iZwe Elingcwele, izifunda ziyawa noma okungenani izisekelo zazo ziyabhidlika, futhi izenzo zika-Israyeli zenza kucace ukuthi akazimisele ukusiza ukuthuthukisa isimo nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ngokusobala ihlose ukulandela inqubomgomo ye ikoloni, amalungelo abantu ahlala njalo ukwephulwa, kanye nokubusa okuphelele phezu kwamaPalestina. Lawa amaqiniso asekelwe ekutheni owayenguNdunankulu u-Ariel Sharon, uNetanyahu, uphiko lwesokudla lakwa-Israel, kanye nalabo mboni baseMelika be-neocon balwe kanzima ukuze basungule. Ukulandelana kwabaholi eWashington - okungenani labo abebengaklami le nqubomgomo ngokwabo - kudlalelwe iziwula.
Emashumini amabili nangaphezulu kusukela ngo-1993 Isivumelwano sase-Oslo, abanye ababekholelwa ukuthi kuzobeka u-Israyeli kanye namaPalestine endleleni yokuthula, futhi lowo mbhalo othi โClean Breakโ owawubhalelwe ukuwucekela phansi, inani labahlali baseWest Bank likhule lisuka ku-109,000 laya cishe cishe ku- 400,000 (okulinganiselwa ukuthi u-15% wabo bangaseMelika). Inhloko-dolobha yezwe lasePalestine, i-East Jerusalem, manje isizungezwe 17 izindawo zokuhlala zamaJuda. Abantu basePalestine balawula nje kuphela 18% weWest Bank (owaziwa nangokuthi Indawo A), noma u-4% wawo wonke umhlaba wase-Israel/Palestine.
Izwe labasePalestine ababezoba yikhaya manje kuhlafunwe ngezisekelo zamasosha, izindawo zokuhlala, imigwaqo yabantu abahlala kuleli kuphela, namakhulu ezindawo zokuhlola nemigoqo - konke ku-West Bank elingana ne-Delaware, izwe lethu elesibili ngobukhulu. Isilinganiso 40% kwabesilisa abadala basePalestine, kanye nezinkulungwane zezingane, babone ingaphakathi lamajele namajele akwa-Israel; abaningi babo bayaphela lapho ngaphandle kwamacala.
U-Israyeli, empeleni, udale a UJim Crow-like iqiniso elihlukene nelingalingani lapho: โisixazululoโ sombuso owodwa esilawulwa yiyo yodwa. I-United States yenze cishe Lutho ngalokhu (ngaphandle kokulala ngokucophelela, ngezikhathi ezithile Amazwi okukhalaza oMnyango Wezwe), ngenkathi umlingani wawo eqhubekela phambili engahloliwe. Hhayi njengoba uJames Baker engunobhala wezwe ngaphansi kukaMongameli Bush wokuqala ngaphambili - ikakhulukazi ngokwanele - ukusayinwa kwezivumelwano zase-Oslo kunanoma yimuphi umholi wase-US. esongelwa ukubamba izimali ngaphandle uma i-Israel iyeka ukwakha izindawo zokuhlala emhlabeni wasePalestine. Inkulumo ethi โabangane abavumeli abangani bashayele bedakiweโ ayisasebenzi ebudlelwaneni base-US-Israel. Kunalokho, esikuzwayo kuyizithembiso ezivamile โzesibopho esiphelele, esiphelele, esingaguquki ekulondekeni kukaIsrayeli.โ Lawo kwakungamazwi ePhini likaMongameli uJoe Biden ngesikhathi evakashele kwa-Israel ngo-2010 - isifungo esanikezwa, njengoba kwenzeka, emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba uhulumeni weNetanyahu umemezele ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo. 1,600 amafulethi amasha eMpumalanga yeJerusalema.
โUkuzinikela okungaguqukiโ ngo-2016 kusho ukuthi amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-38 ngalokho u-Obama akubiza ngokuthi โubuchwepheshe bezikhali obuphambili kakhulu emhlabeni.โ Lokho kubandakanya 33 of LockheedIzindiza ze-F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-200 indiza ngayinye, ingxenye ye ukukhathazeka $ 1.5 isigidintathu uhlelo lwezikhali oluxhaswe ngabakhokhi bentela base-US. Ezinye izinto eziyingozi ezibheke kwa-Israel: izindiza ezithwala impahla, izindiza zempi ze-F-15, amathangi empi, abathwali bezisebenzi ezihlomile, isigaba esisha semikhumbi yempi okungangabazeki ukuthi imicibisholo yayo eqondisiwe yayizoqondiswa ngqo eGaza, kanye nokunye okucitshwayo kwe-Lockheed's Hellfire. Uma umlando wakamuva noma iyiphi inkomba, uzodinga ukwengeza izinsiza ezintsha zamabhomu, amabhomu, ama-torpedo, iziqhumane zamarokhethi, ama-mortars, ama-howitzers, izibhamu zemishini, izibhamu, izibhamu nama-bayonet. Njengengxenye yesivumelwano, Abakhiqizi bezikhali base-US maduzane izohlinzeka nge-100% yaleso zikhali, kuyilapho abakhiqizi bezikhali bakwa-Israel bazokhishwa osizweni lwezempi lwase-US. "Kuyinzuzo enkulu kwezokuphepha kwa-Israel kanye nomnotho wase-US," umsizi we-White House esho ngenjabulo iphephandaba lakwa-Israel Ha'aretz.
I-Clinton (Trump) White House kanye ne-Israel
Inqubomgomo yamanje, uma kuyigama elilungile lelo, mhlawumbe ingafingqwa njengezikhali, izikhali, nezinye izikhali, kuyilapho iWashington igeza izandla ngalokho okwakwaziwa njalo ngokuthi โinqubo yokuthulaโ (naphezu kwalelo qabunga lomkhiwane lisasebenza). Namuhla, ngokusebenza, ayikho inqubo enjalo esele. Futhi lokho ngeke kushintshe ngaphansi kukaMongameli Clinton noma uMongameli Trump. Uma kukhona, kungase kube kubi nakakhulu.
Ngesikhathi somkhankaso wokuqala weDemocratic Alliance, isibonelo, u-Hillary Clinton wathembisa ukumema uNetanyahu e-White House โphakathi nenyanga yami yokuqala ehhovisiโ ukuze โaqinisekise kabushaโ โubudlelwane obungenakunqamukaโ bukaWashington no-Israyeli. Enkulumweni yakhe ku-American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), okuyinto izilebula yona "I-American pro-Israel lobby," akazange akhulume ngodaba lokuxazululwa kwe-Israel, ngaphandle nje kokwethembisa ukuvikela u-Israyeli kowakhe. ukwephulwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Yena wahlasela uTrump ukusuka kwesokudla, egxeka isifiso sakhe esake sazwakalisa ukuhlala โengathathi hlangothiโ odabeni luka-Israel nePalestine.
Ngawo-1990, njengonkosikazi wokuqala, uClinton wasusa ingxabano ngokubiza igama elithi "Palestine" futhi kissing Umfelokazi ka-Yasser Arafat, u-Suha, esihlathini. Manje usebamukela ngokugcwele labo abakholelwa ukuthi u-Israel ngeke enze okubi, okuhlanganisa ne-mogul yaseHollywood Haim Saban, onikele okungenani $ 6.4 million emkhankasweni wakhe, kanye nezigidi ezengeziwe kuClinton Foundation kanye neDemocratic National Committee. Saban, umIsrayeli-waseMelika ozigidigidi zakhe ziphuma kakhulu I-Mighty Morphin I-franchise ye-Power Rangers, izichaza ngokuthi "umuntu onenkinga eyodwa, futhi indaba yami i-Israel."
Ngonyaka odlule, wabiza umhlangano "oyimfihlo" waseLas Vegas nomunye usozigidi uSheldon Adelson, umgcini webhange we-panoply yabaqokelwe iRiphabhulikhi kanye nomsekeli omkhulu wephrojekthi ye-Israel yokuxazulula. Inhloso yabo: ukuvala shaqa, uma kungenjalo enze icala, inhlangano esekela iPalestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, noma BDS. Leyo nhlangano yokuduba igxile ezikhungweni zamasiko namabhizinisi okuhlanganisa nalawo inzuzo kusukela emsebenzini weWest Bank. Indlela yayo ifana nenhlangano yokufaka unswinyo eNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi sobandlululo.
Njengoba izigidi zika-Saban zihlelelwe isifuba sakhe sempi yomkhankaso, uClinton wabhala kumsizi wakhe ukuzwakalisa โi-alamuโ yakhe nge-BDS, โefuna imicabango nezincomo zakhoโ ukuze โsisebenzisane ukulwa ne-BDS.โ Nokho kuyinhlangano engenalo udlame ehlose ukubhekana nokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu bakwa-Israel ngengcindezi eqondile yezomnotho nezepolitiki, hhayi izibhamu noma ukuhlasela kwamaphekula. Ngabe uClinton angakhetha amabhomu azibulalayo namarokhethi? Ungakhohlwa ukuthi ukunyakaza okunesizotha kuye kwagunyazwa izinhlobonhlobo zamazwe ngamazwe izinyunyana zabasebenzi, izinhlangano zezazi, amaqembu esonto, Izwi lamaJuda lokuthula, kanye nomnqobi weNobel Peace Prize Desmond Tutu. Emsuka we-BDS, uClinton uye waveza okumnyama, ukuphikiswa kwamaJuda. โEsikhathini lapho ukucwaswa kwamaJuda kwanda khona emhlabeni wonke,โ kubhala uSaban, โsidinga ukwenqaba imizamo enamandla yokunyundela nokubukela phansi u-Israyeli nabantu abangamaJuda.โ
Ngokuqondene noTrump, abanye abantu basePalestine bakhuthazwa nguye isitatimende kuJoe Scarborough we-MSNBC ukuthi angaba โuhlobo lwensizwa engathathi hlangothiโ odabeni. Yena utshele i-AP: โNginombuzo wangempela wokuthi izinhlangothi zombili ziyafuna yini ukwenza noma cha. Kuningi okuzophathelene no-Israyeli nokuthi u-Israyeli uyafuna yini ukwenza isivumelwano - noma ngabe u-Israyeli uzimisele ngokudela izinto ezithile noma cha." Kodwa-ke uTrump kamuva wawela ngokuvumelana ne-Orthodox ye-Republican, ethembisa phakathi kwezinye izinto ukuthutha Inxusa laseMelika eJerusalema, ukuhlolwa kwe-litmus kwabasekeli belungelo eliqinile kwa-Israyeli, kanye nesiqinisekiso sokuthi i-East Jerusalem, enkabeni yephupho lasePalestina. statehood, iyohlala ezandleni zika-Israyeli.
Khona-ke, esikhathini esifushane, ithemba lokuthula okudalwe yiMelika lingase libe lififi njengoba lalinjalo - nakuba izikhulu zase-US zazi kahle ukuthi isisombululo esinobulungiswa kule ngxabano sizosusa ithuluzi eliyinhloko lokuqasha ama-jihadists. Eminyakeni emine kuya kweyisishiyagalombili ezayo, ubuholi baseMelika, ngazo zonke izinkomba, buzothuthukisa isimo, okusho ukuhlanganisa zonke lezo zikhali kanye de facto ukuvuma ezweni lakwa-Israel kubamba, mhlawumbe, isitatimende soMnyango Wezwe esinyakazisa isandla.
โNgokubekezela, Ushintsho Luyofikaโ
Kodwa-ke, njengoJim Crow, njengobandlululo lwaseNingizimu Afrika, isimo esikhona kulesi sikhathi ngeke siqhubeke unomphela. Ekugcineni, ikusasa lesifunda ngeke lishiyelwe kwabazibiza ngokuthi โabathengi abaqothoโ baseWashington abafundisa abantu basePalestine ngezindlela ezifanele zokungabi nodlame, kuyilapho benganikezi ezinye izindlela zangempela zokuzinikela. Uma kubhekwa umlando omude wokumelana ne-Palestine, kuwubuwula ukulindela ukuzinikela okunjalo manje futhi ikakhulukazi okungahlakaniphile ukunyundela ukunyakaza okungahambisani nobudlova - ikakhulukazi uma sinikezwe esikwaziyo ngezinhlobo zokumelana okungenzeka.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngokumelana ngokuthula noma ngezinye izindlela, isimo esikhona sizoshintsha, ngokwengxenye ngoba kufanele: isakhiwo esisontekile asikwazi ukuzimela sodwa kuze kube phakade. Imizamo emikhulu ye-AIPAC yokuqeda isivumelwano se-Iran isiholele ekutheni ukunqotshwa okuphoxayo futhi lokho kuwukunambitha nje lokho, ngokushesha noma kamuva, ikusasa elingase likuphathe. Ngemva kwakho konke, intsha yaseMelika, okuhlanganisa namaJuda asemasha, aya ngokuya ephikisana nokubusa kuka-Israyeli amazwe asePalestine, futhi aya ngokuya esekela inhlangano yokuduba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibhalansi yamandla esifundeni iyashintsha. Ngeke sazi ukuthi iRussia, iChina, iTurkey ne-Iran izosebenza kanjani lapho eminyakeni ezayo, kodwa phakathi kwezinxushunxushu eziqhubekayo, ithonya lase-US ngokungangabazeki lizoncipha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Njengoba ilungu lomndeni ovelele waseGaza lathi kimi eminyakeni eminingi edlule: โIngabe u-Israyeli ucabanga ukuthi iMelika iyohlala ibavikela, ibanike izikhali ngaso sonke isikhathi, nokuthi bayohlala bengamandla amakhulu eMpumalanga Ephakathi? Ingabe balindele ngempela ukuthi bangasigcina lesi simo kuze kube phakade?โ
I-Arab folk ballad edumile, El Helwa Di, uthembisa ingane engenamali ebeke ukuphila kwayo ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu: โNgokubekezela, izinguquko ziyofika. Konke kuzoba ngcono.โ
Mhlawumbe kuzobonakala kuwusizo, ekugcineni, ukulahla imibono ekhohlisayo yesixazululo semibuso emibili esesiphelile, okungenani njengoba kucatshangwa ngenqubo yase-Oslo. Olimini lwalezo zivumelwano, phela igama elithi โinkululekoโ nelithi โukuzimelaโ awaveli, kuyilapho elithi โukuphephaโ kukhulunywa ngalo izikhathi ezingu-12.
Embusweni wokuvalelwa okwandayo, ama-Israel aye abukela phansi kancane kancane ubukhosi basePalestine, esizwa futhi esekelwa ukwamukela kweMelika kuphrojekthi eqhubekayo yokuhlaliswa kwabantu yakwa-Israyeli. Manje, okungenani, sekunethuba lokubeka isisekelo sohlobo oluthile lwesixazululo esisha esisekelwe emalungelweni abantu, inkululeko yokuhamba, ukumiswa ngokuphelele kwezakhiwo zokuhlala, kanye nokufinyelela okulinganayo komhlaba, amanzi, nezindawo zokukhulekela. Kuzofanele kusekelwe eqinisweni elisha, u-Israyeli kanye ne-United States abe nesandla esinjalo ekudaleni. Kucabange njengesixazululo sombuso owodwa.
Sandy Tolan, a TomDispatch Njalo, umbhali womthengisi wamazwe ngamazwe, Isihlahla Sikalamula, kanye nabababawayo Izingane Zetshe mayelana nephupho lomuntu wasePalestine lokusungula izikole zomculo ngaphansi kombuso wezempi wakwa-Israel. Ubike evela emazweni angaphezu kuka-35 futhi unguprofesa e-Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication e-USC. Iwebhusayithi yakhe sandytolan.com, isibambo sakhe se-Twitter, @sandy_tolan.
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