Nansi indaba, njengoba ixoxwa: IHezbollah yathumba amasosha ama-2 akwa-Israel. I-Israel iphendule ngokuhlasela kwamasosha engqalasizinda yaseLebanon, amadolobha, amadolobhana, okuhlanganisa amakhaya, izibhedlela, nezikole konke ngaphambi kokuthi i-Hezbollah iqale ukuqhumisa imicibisholo.
Ezinsukwini eziyisi-8 zokuqala zokuhlaselwa, amakhulu abantu baseLebanon babulewe ezindlini zabo ezikude nomngcele. Bangaphezu kuka-500,000 abaxoshwa ezindlini zabo besatshiswa ngokuqhunyiswa ngamabhomu kwa-Israel. (Futhi, yebo, ama-Israyeli abulewe: ama-Israyeli angama-25, ayi-12 kuwo amasosha.)
UBrigadier General Halutz wase-Israel uthe: รขโฌลAkukho ndawo ephephile [eLebanon] ... elula njengalokho.รขโฌ
Ngakho-ke, umbuzo uthi: uma ngikushaya ngempama, ingabe unalo ilungelo lokushisa umndeni wami?
Ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle waseFinland uthe iTestamente Elidala likhuluma ngeso ngeso, kodwa hhayi amehlo angama-20 ngeso elilodwa!
Kodwa-ke, uCondoleezza Rice uthe ukumiswa kokudubula ngeke kuyixazulule inkinga.
Sengathi izwe eligqekezwayo nabantu ababulawayo abayona inkinga, nalapho bengazange babambe iqhaza ekuthunjweni kwamasosha ama-2 akwa-Israel.
Uyini-ke umongo?
I-Hezbollah, kanye nezinye izinhlangano zenkululeko yaseLebanon, zazalwa ngokuqondile ekuhlaselweni kwesibili kwe-Israel eLebanon ngo-1982, ngemva kokokuqala ngo-1978, (ifinyelela cishe ku-40% wendawo yaseLebanon!). Ukuphikiswa kwaphumelela ukuphoqa i-Israel ukuthi ihoxise iningi lendawo yaseLebanon ngo-2000.
Kulezi zinhlangano eziphikisayo, u-Israel wathumba futhi wavalela abaningi. Ukushintshana phakathi kuka-Israyeli ne-Hezbollah ngokwayo kwaholela ekukhululweni kwamakhulu (hhayi wonke) ama-POWs emizimbeni yamasosha angu-3 akwa-Israyeli. (Ngakho, isitatimende sakamuva sikangqongqoshe wezangaphandle wakwa-Israel sokuthi u-Israyeli [esikhathini esidlule] akaxoxisananga ne-Hezbollah kungamanga alula omlando.)
Abhalwe รขโฌหPOWs,รขโฌโข I-Lebanese iyaqhubeka nokubanjelwa e-Israel, eminye iminyaka engekho ngaphansi kwengama-20. Uhulumeni waseLebanon ufune izikhathi ezingamakhulu ukuze bakhululwe - futhi impendulo, evela kwa-Israel, e-US, kanye nomphakathi wamazwe omhlaba, ibilokhu iyizwi elingenalutho.
Ubani ophumelele ekukhululweni kweziboshwa zaseLebanon รขโฌโ ngaphandle kokulwa impi? I-Hezbollah.
UGeorge Bush uthe izwe linelungelo lokuzivikela.
Yebo. Kodwa u-Israyeli akazivikele.
U-Israyeli waqala le mpi. Iqale ngokuhlaselwa kwezakhamuzi.
Le mpi ihambisana nezinqubomgomo zangaphambili zolaka zakwa-Israel. Ngo-1993, isibonelo, [owayenguNdunankulu wakwa-Israel] u-Barak wabamba impi esekelwe ngokuqondile ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu kwezakhamuzi, ngokusho kukaSagi, owayeyinhloko yezobunhloli bezempi yakwa-Israel. Inqubomgomo efanayo ekuhlaselweni kwabantu baseLebanon ngo-1996. Futhi ngaphambi kwalokho ngo-1982. รขโฌยฆ
Pho uma ngikushaya ngempama uzoshisa umndeni wami? Yebo รขโฌโ uma ufuna ukushisa umndeni wami zisuka nje.
Yebo, inqobo nje uma i-US ithule.
Khumbula: ekuhlaselweni kwe-Israel ngo-1978, uJimmy Carter waphumelela ukumisa impi yakwa-Israel eLebanon ngokusabisa ngokushaywa kwe-US Arms Export Control Act, evimbela ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zamasosha ezihlinzekwe yi-US ezindaweni ezihloselwe umphakathi.
URania Masri unguprofesa waseLebanon-American eLebanon, www.siegeoflebanon.blogspot.com
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