nguElizabeth Kucinich, Hill
Le nyanga, US congressmen, kuquka Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) kunye UMarko Pocan (D-Wis.), bakhatywa ukungena kwi-Gaza Strip ekuweleni i-Erez ngelixa bekwimishini yokukhangela inyani e-Israel-Palestine. Abasemagunyeni bakwa-Israel, ngaphandle kokuchaza, bathi isicelo sabo asihlangabezananga nemigaqo efunekayo yokungena. Kubonakala ngathi i-US congressmen yonyuliweyo ehlola iiprojekthi ezixhaswa ngemali yabarhafi baseMelika kunye nokuphonononga uncedo lwase-US kumaPalestine eGaza ayifanelekanga.
UBernie SandersAbameli kwikomiti yeqonga leDemokhrasi bazise ingxaki yamaPalestine kwingxoxo kazwelonke yezopolitiko. Oku kunokuba lithuba lempumelelo, kuboniswa imigaqo-nkqubo ejongana nokhuseleko lwamaSirayeli kunye namaPalestine njengento ebandakanya wonke umntu.
Abanye baye bacebisa ukuba amalungu eNkomfa anokuthi ajike eGaza ngu-Israyeli ngempembelelo yeSebe le-US State, ezama ukuthintela amalungu eDemokhrasi ekuphakamiseni umcimbi we-Israel-Palestine. Nokuba yeyiphi na inkuthazo, ngaloo mzuzu wokukhatywa, loo maNkongolo afumana incasa encinci yezithintelo kwinkululeko yokuhamba ehlala amaPalestine mihla le. Kubantu basePalestine eGaza, abahlala phantsi kwesithintelo esandula kungena kunyaka walo we-10, phantse yonke into yokungena nokuphuma akuvumelekanga.
Njengoko ndandibukele umkhosi wase-Israel uhlaselwa eGaza ngo-2014, ndandinqwenela ukunceda. Ndijonge kwi-United Nations Relief and Works Agency, egunyaziswe ukubonelela ngeenkonzo eziyimfuneko kwiimbacu zasePalestine, ndaza ndajoyina ibhodi yengalo yayo engenzi nzuzo, UNRWA USA. Entwasahlobo yokugqibela, ndahamba kunye nabasebenzi be-UNWRA base-USA ukuya kwintsimi yasePalestina - i-West Bank, kuquka i-East Jerusalem, kunye ne-Gaza Strip - ukutyelela iiprojekthi zethu, ukuqinisekisa iimeko zokuphila kunye nobungqina kum imeko yezopolitiko nezoqoqosho. Uhambo lwam yayilelokuqala ukuya eGaza. Ukuba amanye amalungu eNkongolo avunyelwe ukungena eGaza, asenokuba azibonele ngokwawo into endizibonele yona.
E-Erez, indawo elawulwa yi-Israel ewela i-Gaza, ndadlula kwii-chutes ezifana neendawo zokwalusa ezikhokelela iinkomo kwindawo yokuxhelela-uphawu oluqhelekileyo lweendawo zokuhlola zakwa-Israyeli kuwo wonke ummandla wasePalestina. Njengoko sasilindele ukwamkelwa kwethu, abalindi abaselula bakwaSirayeli babejikeleza bephethe izixhobo ezizenzekelayo.
Xa ndandiseGaza, ndadibana neembacu zasePalestina ezazijamelene neentlekele ezingathethekiyo, njengoAmal*, umama owabaleka imfazwe eSiriya nabantwana bakhe abali-13. Emva kohambo oluyingozi, bafika eGaza kuphela bazifumana bephantsi komlilo wamaSirayeli kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva. Ndadibana nosapho lwakwaNasser olusuka kumantla eGaza, ikhaya labo lalitshatyalalisiwe kuhlaselo luka-2014. Ndaliva ibali labo lokubaleka ikhaya labo ebumnyameni, bengcungcutheka, ngabantwana abaxhwalekileyo kunye nomama okhulelweyo. Ukudibana kwam nabo, babesahlala kwikhusi elihlanganyelweyo kwisikolo seUNRWA namakhulu ezinye iintsapho, kwiinyanga ezisithoba ezipheleleyo kamva.
Kwiminyaka emibini emva kohlaselo lwakutsha nje lwakwa-Israeli, ukwakha kwakhona eGaza kuhamba ngesantya somnkumba. Izindlu ezingaphezu kwe-12,600 zazitshatyalaliswe ngokupheleleyo, ezingama-6,500 zonakaliswe kakhulu, kwaye ezinye ezingama-150,000 ezingenakuhlalwa ngenxa yomonakalo. Amashumi amawaka abantu asasele egxothiwe ngaphakathi njengoko ukungabikho kwemali kunye nezithintelo zakwa-Israel kwizinto zokwakha zithintela iinzame zokwakha kwakhona.
Uhlaselo olukhulu lwase-Israel eGaza kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo lushiye uphawu, kwaye izivubeko azikho nje emzimbeni. I-post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ibonakala kulo lonke uluntu endilutyeleleyo, nangaphaya. Abantwana baseGazan abaneminyaka esibhozo ubudala sele befumene uhlaselo lwasemkhosini kathathu. Abantwana, abahlala besoyika, baba namaphupha amabi kunye nokuchama ebhedini. Ngokutsho kwe-UNRWA, amazinga e-PTSD aphakama ipesenti ze-100 kwi-2012 - i-42 ipesenti yezigulane zazingaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-9. Ukuhlaselwa kwe-2014 kwadibanisa ukubandezeleka kwabo. Inkqubo yezempilo yoluntu ye-UNRWA ibonelela ngenkxaso exabiseke kakhulu kwaba bantwana nabazali babo, ngokusebenzisa iqela kunye neengcebiso zomntu ngamnye. Ndahlala phantsi ndaza ndabona isiqabu esafunyanwa kwiqela labantwana kwiphulo lonyango lobugcisa elaliqhutyelwa kwisikolo esasilikhusi.
Uhlaselo lomkhosi wase-Israel lunokuba ngamaxesha athile, kodwa uthintelo luhlala luhleli. NgoJuni, ukuvalwa okungekho mthethweni kwe-Israel eGaza kwaqala unyaka wayo we-10. I-Israel, ngoncedo lweYiputa, ithintela konke ukungena nokubuya kwi-Gaza Strip ngolwandle kunye nomoya, kunye nokuhamba kwabantu kunye nempahla ukungena nokuphuma kwi-enclave elunxwemeni kuthintelwe kwiindlela ezintathu nje zokuwela. Ukuvalwa kuthetha konke ukutya, amanzi, amandla, izixhobo zokwakha kunye nezixhobo zonyango zilawulwa nguSirayeli. Kuphela ziimeko zonyango zasePalestine kunye nezoluntu ezinethemba elincinci lokuhamba. I-UN ibonise ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukungabikho semthethweni kwe-blockade njengendlela yesohlwayo esihlangeneyo kwaye yabiza ukuba iphakanyiswe, kodwa akukho nto.
Ngenxa yokuvalwa komsebenzi, iGaza inelinye lawona mazinga aphezulu abantu abangaphangeliyo emhlabeni. Amashumi asibhozo ekhulwini abantu baxhomekeke kwi-UNRWA yoncedo loluntu, kwaye i-arhente iya kubonelela ngoncedo olubalulekileyo lokutya kwi-1 yezigidi zeembaleki zasePalestina apho kulo nyaka. Oku kungabikho kokhuseleko lokutya yingxaki eyenziwe ngumntu ngokupheleleyo.
Uqoqosho lwaseGaza luphantsi kolawulo olupheleleyo lwamaSirayeli. Le ntlekele yobuntu iyenziwa ngobunjineli. Abemi ababanjiweyo bangqina i-Gaza Strip iphantsi kophuhliso kwaye inengxaki yoxinzelelo lwengqondo, ngelixa uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe luthatha ithebhu.
Kwimeko enjalo enganyamezelekiyo, i-UNRWA ngokoqobo ingamandla agcina ubomi. Izikolo zayo, izibonelelo zempilo, uncedo lokutya, kunye nezinye iinkonzo ziyindlela yokuphila kubabaleki basePalestina - kungekhona nje eGaza, kodwa kwi-West Bank, iLebhanon, iJordan kunye neSiriya edlakazwe yimfazwe.
Ngeenkonzo ezinikezela kubabaleki basePalestina, i-UNRWA iyisibane sethemba loxolo kunye nokuzinza kummandla. Ngelishwa, unyaka nonyaka, iyasokola ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zayo zenkxaso-mali njengoko amazwe anikelayo ekhula engazithembi ukuba utyalo-mali lwawo alusayi kuqhushumba. Njengoko umdla woluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe uphola, imingeni yamaPalestina iyakhula.
Kwaye ngelixa ihlabathi lixoxa ngezenzo zorhulumente wase-Israeli, ngakumbi eGaza, intlekele yobuntu iyakhula. Iinkxalabo zokhuseleko ezisemthethweni zakwaSirayeli zijongelwa phantsi, azincedi, ngokungqingwa okungekho mthethweni kunye nokuvalwa kweGaza, okwandisa inqanaba lokuphelelwa lithemba phakathi kwamaGaza. Urhulumente wakwaSirayeli akakwazi ukufezekisa uphononongo olwakhayo lwesikhundla sakhe kwaye ngokwakhe uvaleleke kungquzulwano olungapheliyo.
Lixesha lokuba izihlobo zikaSirayeli kuluntu lwezizwe ngezizwe zithathe amanyathelo abambekayo ekukhokeleni uSirayeli ekupheliseni ungqingo kunye nothintelo lwaseGaza, kunye nentlupheko nokubandezeleka okuthe ukungqingwa kunye nokuvalwa okuthe kwazisa kwi-1.8 yezigidi zamaPalestine ahlala apho.
Kuya kufuneka ukuba u-Israyeli abe ngunozakuzaku xa ebamba amalungu andwendweleyo eNkongolo yase-US abathembele kuyo ngokhuseleko nenkxaso.
*Amagama atshintshiwe ukuze kuqwalaselwe ubumfihlo.
