NjengamaJuda amaningi akhathalelayo emhlabeni wonke kuleli sonto, inhliziyo yami iye yadatshukelwa yilokho u-Israyeli akwenzayo kubantu baseGaza. Kodwa, njengabaningi, ngizizwa ngingenamandla okumisa ingcindezelo, ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kanye nezindawo zokuhlala.
Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuba umJuda.
Ezimfundisweni eziningi zendabuko zobuJuda ezibalulekile kimina: uthando lolwazi nokufunda, ububele, ukuthula, njll, i-tikkun olam (ukuphulukisa umhlaba) kanye nokufuna ubulungisa bekulokhu kubaluleke kakhulu - eqinisweni igama lesiHeberu elisho isisa, tzedakah , kusho ubulungisa. Ngiyaziqhenya ngalokho. Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi amaJuda kade ahamba phambili, hhayi nje kuphela ekufuneni ubuhlakani, kodwa kukho konke ukunyakaza okuthuthukayo nokuvikela emhlabeni. Futhi njengomJuda wabesifazane ngigqoka i-kippah futhi ngide ezinkonzweni.
Konke ukuphila kwami โโnjengomuntu omdala ngiye ngasekela u-Israyeli, ngincoma i-19th Intsha yekhulunyaka eyabalekela iCzarist Russia yathola i-kibbutzim ye-socialist futhi kamuva yahlenga izingane eziningi kangaka zaseYurophu kumaNazi, yazingena ngaphansi kwamakhala amaNgisi lapho lingekho elinye izwe elalizobathatha. Indawo engase ibe khona kimi nezingane zami ezinhlanu kufanele i-antisemitism ikhulise ikhanda layo elibi e-US (kumJuda noma yikuphi, lokhu kuhlale kungenzeka) kwakungesinye isizathu se-pro Israel. Lokhu kuthakasela kwaqhubeka phakathi neminyaka engu-14 yokufundisa esikoleni senkolo nokukhulisa abantwana abangamaJuda abahlanu, kuhlanganise nokuphupha emini ngokwenza i-aliyah โNgonyaka Ozayo EJerusalema.โ
Ngenxa yokuthi ngingumuntu othuthukayo impilo yami yonke, umdlandla wami nge-Israel nakanjani waqala ukuncipha kancane kancane njengoba ngifunda kabanzi ngesikhundla sasePalestine...ngidabukisa ngokuhlaselwa kuka-2006 eGaza kanye nohulumeni wayo okhethiwe. Kodwa, njengamaJuda amaningi ase-US, ngaba nomuzwa wokuthi kuncane engangingakwenza: ukwenqaba ukuthenga ama-sawdo okugeza enziwe e-Israeli noma i-matzah kwakungeke kusize kakhulu Izindawo Ezithathiwe.
Ngaba yilungu lika-J Street, lelo qembu elalifuna isixazululo semibuso emibili, kodwa ngagwema ngokuqinile i-keffiyeh. Siboniswa, ngokusabela komphakathi, ukuthi ngisho nezingxoxo ezicatshangelwayo zamaqembu afana no-J Street zibhekwa โnjengenzondoโ futhi ziyimpikiswano kakhulu ukuba zivunyelwe ukukhuluma namabandla amaningi; bekungaba kubi kangakanani ukugqoka i-keffiyeh, uphawu lokusekela abantu basePalestine, kanjalo โnomuntu ozizondayo.โ
Ngiye ngadlula ebuhlungwini benhliziyo ngaya entukuthelweni esuka enhliziyweni ngalokho okwenziwa egameni lami njengomJuda nalokho okwenziwayo emcabangweni omuhle wobuJuda. Ukuthi mhlawumbe ngeke ngikwazi ukuletha abazukulu bami kwa-Israel, kungenye i-tsoris - leyo nketho ithathwe kithi ngezenzo zikahulumeni wakwa-Israel kanye nezinhlangano ezifana ne-AIPAC. U-Israyeli kufanele abe khona njengendawo ehloniphekile, enesimilo ngaphambi kokuba ngihlanganyele nabazukulu bami.
Ngisaziqhenya ngokuba umJuda futhi namuhla ngithenge i-keffiyeh. Ukugqoka i-kefiyeh kuzoba isenzo sami esincane sokudelela, kodwa ngiphakamisa esinye.
Ngingathanda ukuba yingxenye yawo wonke umkhumbi wokuhlenga wamaJuda, ngiphonsela inselelo ukuvinjwa kuka-Israyeli njengoba amaJuda eletha i-tzedakah - izinto ezidingekayo kubantu baseGaza. Ingabe akhona amanye amaJuda anenhliziyo ebuhlungu angathanda ukungijoyina?
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