By World BEYOND War, December 12, 2023
Toronto, Ontario - NeChipiri mangwanani, vashandi vanopfuura mazana maviri nenhengo dzenharaunda kubva mhiri kweGreater Toronto Area vakanhonga chirimwa chekugadzira Mississauga chekontrakta yekudzivirira Pratt & Whitney Canada. Sezvo Israel ichitevera kurwisa kwayo kunouraya paGaza kwemwedzi wechitatu, mitsetse yepikicha yakakanganisa bhizinesi semazuva ese pane hofori yemuchadenga inogadzira injini dzendege dziri kushandiswa nemauto eIsrael kuita chirongwa chekubhomba kurwisa hupenyu hwePalestine uye zvivakwa. Vachisangana nezvikwangwani zvinoti “Stop Arming Apartheid” uye “Arms Embargo on Israel Now” sezvavaisvika kubasa remangwanani, motokari dzakabviswa pamusuwo wefekitari.
"Zvinosemesa kuti Canada inoramba ichitumira zvombo kumauto eIsrael, ayo akauraya vacheche nevana vanopfuura zviuru zvisere muGaza mumwedzi miviri yadarika," akadaro Rachel Small, murongi. World BEYOND War. "Semubereki, ndingafuratira sei kuti makambani akaita saPratt naWhitney muno muguta rangu ari kutsigira nekusanyara uye kuwana pundutso kubva mukupondwa kwakawanda kwevana vePalestine? Kana hurumende yeCanada ikasamisa kuyerera kwezvombo kuenda kuIsrael uye kumisa makambani akaita saPratt & Whitney Canada kubva kunze kwenyika zvombo zvinoshandiswa muIsrael mhosva dzehondo, saka isu isu vane hunhu hwehana tinomanikidzwa kutora chero matanho atinogona kumisa a. kuuraya rudzi.”
Muzvinyorwa zvekushambadzira, Pratt & Whitney akazvikudza kuti hukama hwayo neuto reIsrael rakatanga muna 1947, Israel isati yagadzwa. Nhasi, kambani inogadzira injini dzeF-15, F-16, uye F-35 ndege dzehondo dziri kushandiswa neIsrael Air Force kubhomba maPalestine muGaza. Pratt & Whitney Canada vanogadzira injini dzinosimbisa IAI's Heron TP (Eitan) UAVs. Israel inoshandisa ma drones kune airstrikes, kuongorora, uye kutora chinangwa.
Muna 2015, Pratt & Whitney vakazivisa kondirakiti yemakore gumi neshanu yekushandira mauto eIsrael Air Force akazara eF-15 neF-15 ndege dzehondo, iyo yavakadana "yenguva refu-refu, yakazara-yakazara-yakavakirwa-rogistics kondirakiti."
"Pratt & Whitney vanga vachitsigira zvakananga hudzvanyiriri nemauto eIsrael kweanopfuura makore makumi manomwe nemashanu," akadaro Hind Awwad, mutauriri weLabour For Palestine. "Nekondirakiti yemakore gumi neshanu yekushandira mauto ehondo ari kuita kuuraya rudzi muGaza, iri kuwana purofiti kubva mukurwiswa kuri kuramba kuchiitwa neIsrael paPalestine, vachishandisa kuuraya vanhu vakawanda kukurudzira bhizinesi idzva renguva refu."
Mapikicha akakumbira kuti hurumende yeCanada ishevedze kumisa kurwa nekukurumidza; isai zvirango zvezvombo kuna Israeri; uye kugumisa rutsigiro rwayo rwePratt & Whitney nemamwe makambani ezvombo vakapinda mukurwisa kweIsrael kuGaza.
"Masangano evashandi muCanada akadana kuti kumire kurwa uye vazhinji vakadaidzira kurambidzwa kwemaoko kuIsrael. Sevashandi vevashandi, tiri kuisa kurudziro idzi uye kukurudzira nhengo dzemasangano munyika yose kuti dziitewo saizvozvo. Tine simba rekumisa kufamba kwezvombo kumuchina wehondo weIsrael,” akadaro Simon Black weLabour Against the Arms Trade.
"Panogona kunge pasina bhizinesi semazuva ese uku Canada ichipa zvikwereti zvisina mubereko uye imwe rubatsiro kune vagadziri vezvombo vanowana purofiti kubva mukurwiswa neIsrael paPalestine muGaza," akawedzera Dalia Awwad, murongi wePalestinian Youth Movement. Hurumende yeCanada yakapa Pratt & Whitney Canada mari inosvika mamiriyoni mazana matanhatu emadhora muzvikwereti zvisina mubereko kubvira 600.
"Isu, veTamil Freedom Coalition, tinoshora zvizere Pratt & Whitney nekuti kutsigira kwavo kwemakore makumi manomwe neshanu kumhosva dzeIsrael kwakapa zviuru zvehama nehanzvadzi dzedu dzePalestine vapoteri vekuuraya rudzi," akadaro Thanu Subendran weTamil Freedom Coalition. “VaTamil vanoziva zvazvakaita kutarisana nemakumi emakore ekudzingwa, kudzingwa, uye kuurayiwa kwemarudzi. Isu tinodhirowa kufanana nekuti chiitiko chevapoteri cheTamil nePalestine chakafanana. "
Mangwanani ano picket yePratt & Whitney Canada inopindura global call yakabudiswa ne32 Palestinian trade unions kuti irege kupa Israel zvombo. Mumavhiki apfuura, vashandi kubva kuAustralia kuenda kuItari, UK uye US vakapindura. KuCanada, makambani ane chekuita nekupa zvombo kuIsrael, anosanganisira INKAS, L3 Harris, Lockheed Martin, ZIM neElbit subsidiary Geo-Spectrum Technologies, aona mashandiro awo avhiringwa.
Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo nezve Pratt & Whitney uye basa reCanada mukupa Israel zvombo, ndapota onai gwaro iri pfupi pano.
tevera twitter.com/wbwCanada uye twitter.com/LAATCanada yemifananidzo, mavhidhiyo, uye zvigadziriso panguva yepikicha.
High resolution mafoto nemavhidhiyo ndizvo inowanikwa kurodha pano.
Chiito ichi chakarongwa neLabour For Palestine, Labor Against the Arms Trade, uye World Beyond War. Pamwe chete tinoda kuti Canada imire kupa Israel zvombo uye kupera kwerusaruraganda rweIsrael.
