By ʻO Marc Eliot Stein, Paipalapala Kakau,ʻOkakopa 22, 2023
Ua nalo ʻo Judih Weinstein Haggai, he haku mele haiku puʻuwai nui, kumu, makuahine, kupuna wahine a me ka hoaaloha lōʻihi o Literary Kicks, mai ʻOkakopa 7 mai Kibbutz Nir Oz kokoke i ka palena o Gaza kahi āna i noho ai me kāna kāne ʻo Gada. Ua kali mākou mai kēlā lā weliweli me ka manaʻolana e ola ana ʻo Iuda a me Gada. Ua puka mai ko lakou mau helehelena nā pūʻulu nūhou ke noi nui nei ka ʻohana Hagai no ka ʻike, a ke mālama nei mākou i kahi kaula no Judih e holo ana ma ka Likika Facebook palapala.
Aia kekahi manawa maoli e ola ana ʻo Judih lāua ʻo Gada a paʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau mea paʻa, no laila ke kali nei mākou a pule mākou no ko lākou hoʻi ʻana mai. Ke pule wikiwiki nei mākou a kamaʻilio ma nā ʻaha kūkā lehulehu e koi i kahi hoʻomaha ma waena o ka ʻIseraʻela a me Hamas e hiki ke alakaʻi i nā kamaʻilio maluhia. Ma ke ʻano he mea hana antiwar a me ka luna ʻenehana no ka hui honua World BEYOND War, Ua ʻike nui au i ka haʻahaʻa loa o ka ʻoihana o ka diplomacy a me ke kūkākūkā maluhia i ko mākou mau makahiki o ka imperialism paʻa a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka fascism honua. Akā, kamaʻilio maluhia hiki hana maoli i ka ʻokoʻa ma nā wahi kaua o ka honua. Hiki i ke kaʻina hana kūkākūkā maluhia wiwo ʻole ke kōkua i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ke ola o nā poʻe pio a alakaʻi i kahi ala e haʻalele ai i ka inaina a me ka hana ʻino ʻole e hōʻeha nui ai i nā Iudaio a me nā Arab a me nā Mahometa a me nā poʻe aloha maluhia a puni ka honua.
Ua noʻonoʻo nui wau e pili ana iā Palestine ma kahi o ʻOkakopa 7, no ka mea, ua haʻalele wau i kahi hanana wela o ka World BEYOND War podcast i kapa ʻia "He huakaʻi mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gaza", he nīnauele me koʻu hoaaloha a me koʻu hoa hana ʻo Mohammed Abunahel e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gaza i hoʻopilikia ʻia a loaʻa i kona ala i kahi ola hou ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema politika a me ka moho kauka me kahi ʻohana ulu ma India.
22 makahiki aku nei, i ko'u halawai mua ana me Judih Haggai ma ka poepoe a me ka Haiku. kaiaulu papa leka, ʻAʻole lawa kaʻu ʻike e hana i kēia podcast. Pono wau e ʻimi i koʻu ala ponoʻī i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka maluhia, a i ka makahiki mua o 2000 ʻo Judih Haggai kekahi o nā ʻuhane naʻauao i kōkua e hoʻomālamalama i kēia ala noʻu.
ʻO nā makahiki i ulu aʻe ai ko Litkicks kaiaulu poetry pūnaewele he mau makahiki wela ma hope koke iho o Kepakemapa 11, 2001, i ka wā i kaumaha ai nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kaua a me ka maluhia i ka lewa e like me kēia lā. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he kūʻē iaʻu e pili ana iā Judih: noho ʻo ia ma kahi kibbutz kokoke loa i ka palena ʻo Gaza, akā naʻe ua ʻōlelo ʻole ʻia ʻo ia no nā pono Palestinian, no ke kūʻē ʻana i nā manaʻo kaua o ka ʻIseraʻela, no ka manaʻo e hiki ke lilo i nā hui haki. hoʻōla ʻia ma o ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ke kuʻikahi. ʻIke wau ʻo ia ke kumu i kākau ai ʻo ia i nā mele, a ʻo ia hoʻi ke kumu i hana ai ʻo ia i nā hōʻike papeti a aʻo i nā keiki. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Judih iaʻu ua hui pū ʻo ia a me kāna kāne i kā lākou kibbutz me ka manaʻo hoihoi, ʻo ia mau makahiki ʻeha o ka politika kolohe i hoʻonāwaliwali akā ʻaʻole i lanakila i kāna pacifism. Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu e pili ana i kāna mau hakakā mau e haʻi i nā manaʻo holomua i loko o kāna kibbutz, kahi i ʻike pinepine ai ʻo ia e pāʻani ana i ke kuleana o ka mea hoʻomalu maluhia, e kūʻē ana i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻawaʻawa o nā lālā i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia a i ʻole inaina me kona puʻuwai a pau. Manaʻo wau ua kōkua ʻo Judih i ka hoʻohuli ʻana iaʻu i mea pacifist koʻu i kēia lā.
Ke nānā nei au i kēia lā i kekahi mau kiʻi o ka lā aʻu i ʻike kino ai iā Judih lāua ʻo Gad ma New York City a ua hāʻule i kahi mic hāmama ma ka Bowery Poetry Club ma ka Hikina Village kahi i MCing ai ʻo Gary "Mex" Glazner i kahi lineup kupaianaha me Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Daniel Nester, Regie Cabico a me Todd Colby. Lawe ʻo Judih i ke kahua e heluhelu i kekahi mau haiku a me nā pauku ʻē aʻe. Aloha au i kona kiʻi ma luna me ka minoʻaka nui, i hele pū ʻia me kahi Lite-Brite o Walt Whitman. He mea ʻeha ka naʻau i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia kiʻi a noʻonoʻo i ka pilikia a Judih e hele nei i kēia manawa.
I koʻu nānā ʻana i kekahi kiʻi ponoʻī o Judih a me aʻu i waena o ke kamaʻilio ikaika ʻana i kēlā lā, a ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona o ko mākou mau helehelena he ala maikaʻi loa ia e kamaʻilio ana mākou no ke kaua ʻo George W. Bush i Iraq, ʻeono mahina wale nō. kahiko i kēia manawa a aia nō i kāna "honeymoon phase" me ka media. ʻO kēia ke kumuhana e kamaʻilio ai i ke kauwela o 2003, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa no nā poʻe e like me aʻu a me Judih. Manaʻo wau ua kamaʻilio pū mākou e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka haʻaheo o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻēheu ʻākau o ka ʻIseraʻela, a e pili ana i ka hiʻohiʻona pōʻino ma ka laulā no ka honua addicted i nā wahie fossil a me ka capitalism puni. Eia ka mea ʻakaʻaka: ʻO wau ke kānalua pinepine i kēlā mau makahiki, a ʻo Judih ma mua oʻu, ʻoi aku ka naʻauao ma mua oʻu. No ka laʻana, ʻaʻole wau i kapa iaʻu iho he pacifist i ka makahiki 2003. He Iudaio huikau au ma New York City ma hope o Kepakemapa 11 a ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i ka manaʻo o ka pō! I loko o nā kamaʻilio like ʻole a mākou e pili ana i ka leka uila, nā mele a me nā kamaʻilio ʻana i kēia mau makahiki, ua kamaʻilio mau ʻo Judih iaʻu, a manaʻo wau ua kōkua nui ʻo ia iaʻu.
I kēia lā, ke noʻonoʻo nei au ua paʻa ʻo Judih i kona makemake ma kahi peʻe o Gaza, ua hōʻeha ʻia paha me kāna kāne a me ka pīhoihoi a me ke kanikau no kā lākou kibbutz. ʻOiai me ka weliweli a Judih e kū nei inā e ola ana ʻo ia, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke pale i ka moeʻuhane ua loaʻa iā ia kahi leo e kamaʻilio ai, a ke hana nei ʻo ia i kahi mea like i kēia manawa i kāna hana mau, ma nā wahi a pau āna i noho ai: , ka haʻi moʻolelo, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā alahaka, ka wiwo ʻole e wāwahi i ka pā.
Manaʻo wau he nui ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo iaʻu he naʻaupō no ka mea ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia ka pōʻino o ka ʻIseraʻela/Palestine a me ka pōʻino ʻo Ukraine/Russia a me nā kaua ʻē aʻe ma ka honua me nā kūkākūkā maluhia koʻikoʻi. Manaʻo wau he nui ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo iaʻu he "wacky" no ka mea ʻaʻa wau e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole wau i manaʻoʻiʻo i nā lāhui, a ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo he mea nui a kūpono paha i kahi lāhui i kapa ʻia ʻo Israel a Palestine a i ʻole ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ʻAmelika a i ʻole Ukraine a i ʻole ʻo Rūsia aia ma ka honua honua. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au he manaʻo Napoleona nā lāhui i mākaukau mākou e hoʻomohala ma waho. ʻO ka makaʻu a me ka inaina wale nō i waiho ʻia e nā kenekulia o ke kaua ʻino, hoʻoweliweli mau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kanaka me ka manaʻo kahiko o ka lāhui: kahi exoskeleton paʻa o ka trauma hanauna paʻakikī e pono ai mākou e haʻalele i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomohala i mua. ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lāhui kanaka a me ka honua honua maikaʻi.
Ma muli paha o koʻu manaʻoʻiʻo ʻana i kēlā mau mea a pau i hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo e alakaʻi ana ʻo Judih i kahi haʻawina haiku me nā poʻe ʻehaʻeha o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Gaza ma kekahi alahele ma kekahi wahi. Inā ola ʻo ia, ʻike wau e uhaʻi ana ʻo ia i nā pā a hoʻolauna i nā hoaaloha, e like me kāna i hana ai me aʻu he iwakālua makahiki i hala aku nei i ka manawa hope a mākou i hui ai. Hiki i ka haku mele ke hana i nā hana mana, a ʻo ia kaʻu e manaʻo nei e kūʻē i ka nui o nā mea e hiki mai ana ma Gaza i kēia lā. A ke manaʻolana nei au e hiki i kā mākou mau aupuni naʻaupō ke hoʻōki i ka pana ʻana i nā pōkā a me nā missiles a hoʻomaka e noho i lalo no nā kamaʻilio maluhia, i kēia manawa, e hoʻopakele i ko mākou ola āpau.
E hōʻano hou wau i kēia pou Litkicks me ka ʻike hou aku, a ke hoʻolālā nei hoʻi au e hoʻopaʻa i kahi nīnauele podcast me kahi hoaaloha o Judih e puka koke mai ana.
