Njani iUnited States inceda ukubulala abantu basePalestine

NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, NgoMeyi 17, 2021

Ityala lemifanekiso: Misa uMdibaniso woMlo

Imithombo yeendaba yaseMelika ihlala inika ingxelo ngohlaselo lomkhosi wase-Israeli ePalestine ehlala abantu ngokungathi i-United States ayithathi cala kwezopolitiko. Ngapha koko, uninzi olukhulu lwabantu baseMelika uxelele i-pollsters amashumi eminyaka ukuba bafuna i-United States ungathathi cala Kwimbambano yamaSirayeli namaPalestina. 

Kodwa amajelo eendaba ase-US kunye nabezopolitiko bayabhengeza ukungabikho kwabo kokungathathi cala ngokubeka ityala abantu basePalestine phantse ngalo lonke udushe kunye nokuyila ngokungalinganiyo, ngokungakhethiyo kwaye ngenxa yoko uhlaselo olungekho mthethweni lwase-Israeli njengempendulo efanelekileyo kwizenzo zasePalestine. Ukuqulunqwa kweklasikhi ukusuka Amagosa ase-US kwaye abahlomli bathi "uSirayeli unelungelo lokuzikhusela," ungaze "amaPalestina anelungelo lokuzikhusela," nanjengoko amaSirayeli abulala amakhulu abantu basePalestina, atshabalalisa amawaka emizi yamaPalestina kwaye athimbe umhlaba ongaphezulu wePalestina.

Ukungafani kwabantu ababuleweyo kuhlaselo lakwa-Israeli eGaza luyazithetha. 

• Ngexesha lokubhalwa, uhlaselo lwangoku lakwa-Israeli eGaza lubulale abantu abangama-200 ubuncinci, kubandakanya abantwana abangama-59 kunye nabasetyhini abangama-35, ngelixa iirokethi ezigxothwe eGaza zibulale abantu abali-10 kwa-Israyeli, kubandakanya nabantwana aba-2. 
• Kwi Uhlaselo luka-2008-9 eGaza, uSirayeli wabulawa I-1,417 Palestinians, ngelixa iinzame zabo ezinqabileyo zokuzikhusela zabulala ama-9 ama-Israel. 
• In 2014, I-2,251 Palestinians kunye nama-Israel angama-72 (ubukhulu becala amajoni ayehlasela iGaza) abulawa, njengoko i-US-eyakhelwe i-F-16 yehlile ubuncinci I-5,000 yeebhombu kunye nemijukujelwa kwiGaza kunye neetanki zakwaSirayeli kunye nezixhobo zokudubula Iigobolondo ezingama-49,500 XNUMX, ubukhulu becala ama-intshi ama-6-intshi amaqokobhe avela e-US M-109 indlela yokubetha.
• Ukuphendula kuxolo olukhulu "Ngomhla Wokubuya”Uqhankqalazo kumda wase-Israel-Gaza ngo-2018, abaphangi bakwa-Israeli babulala ama-183 amaPalestina kwaye balimala ngaphezulu kwe-6,100, kubandakanya i-122 eyayifuna ukunqunyulwa, i-21 ikhubazekile ngenxa yomonzakalo womqolo kunye ne-9 imfanyekiswe isigxina.

Njengakwimfazwe ekhokelwa yi-Saudi Arabia e-Yemen kunye nezinye iingxaki ezinzulu zomgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle, iindaba ezichaseneyo nezigqwethekileyo ngamajelo eendaba e-US ashiya abantu abaninzi baseMelika bengazi ukuba bacinge ntoni. Uninzi luyeke ukuzama ukulungisa amalungelo kunye nokungalunganga kwento eyenzekayo endaweni yoko batyhola omabini amacala, emva koko bajonge ingqalelo yabo kufutshane nasekhaya, apho iingxaki zoluntu zibachaphazela ngokuthe ngqo kwaye kulula ukuziqonda nokwenza okuthile ngazo.

Ke abantu baseMelika kufuneka baphendule njani kwimifanekiso eyoyikisayo yokuphuma kwegazi, ukusweleka kwabantwana kunye namakhaya ancitshiswe ayingqushu eGaza? Ukuhambelana okulusizi kwale ntlekele kubantu baseMelika kukuba, ngasemva kwenkungu yemfazwe, ipropaganda kunye nentengiso, ukusasaza iindaba, i-United States inesabelo esikhulu kuxanduva lokubulawa kwabantu ePalestine.

Umgaqo-nkqubo wase-US uqhubekeke wadala ingxaki kunye nenkohlakalo yokuthinjwa kuka-Israyeli ngokuxhasa u-Israyeli ngaphandle kwemiqathango ngeendlela ezintathu ezahlukeneyo: kwezomkhosi, kwezopolitiko nakwezopolitiko. 

Ngaphambili kwezomkhosi, okoko kwasekwa ilizwe lakwa-Israeli, i-United States ibonelela $ 146 billion ngoncedo lwangaphandle, phantse yonke inxulumene nomkhosi. Okwangoku ibonelela $ 3.8 billion ngonyaka ngoncedo lomkhosi kwaSirayeli. 

Ukongeza, i-United States ngoyena mthengisi mkhulu wezixhobo kwa-Israeli, enezixhobo zomkhosi ngoku ezibandakanya i-US ezingama-362 Iinqwelo-moya ze-F-16 kunye ne-100 enye yenqwelomoya yomkhosi wase-US, kubandakanya neqela elikhulayo le-F-35s entsha; ubuncinci ama-45 ama-Apache ahlasela iihelikopta; 600 M-109 indlela yokubetha Kunye ne64 I-M270 rocket-launchers. Okwangoku, u-Israyeli usebenzisa uninzi lwezi zixhobo zibonelelwa e-US kwibhombu yakhe etshabalalisayo yaseGaza.

Umdibaniso wezomkhosi wase-US kunye no-Israyeli ukwabandakanya ukuzivocavoca kwezomkhosi ngokudibeneyo kunye nemveliso edibeneyo yemijukujelwa yeArrow kunye nezinye iinkqubo zezixhobo. Imikhosi yase-US kunye ne-Israeli sidibene kwitekhnoloji yeedrone evavanywe ngamaSirayeli eGaza. Ngo-2004, eUnited States kubizwa Imikhosi yase-Israeli enamava kwiindawo eziXakekileyo ukunika uqeqesho lobuchule kwi-Special Special Operations Forces yase-US njengoko babejamelene nokuchasana nokuhlaselwa kwe-Iraq. 

Umkhosi wase-US ugcina i-1.8 yezigidigidi zokugcina izixhobo kwiindawo ezintandathu kwa-Israyeli, esele ibekelwe ukusetyenziswa kwiimfazwe ezizayo zase-US kuMbindi Mpuma. Ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kuka-Israyeli eGaza e-2014, nanjengoko i-US Congress yamisa ezinye izixhobo kusiwa kwa-Israyeli, yavuma ukuhambisa isitokhwe seqokobhe lodaka lwe-120mm kunye ne-40mm ye-grenade launcher iimbumbulu ezivela e-US ezigcinwe ngu-Israyeli ukuba azisebenzise ngokuchasene namaPalestine eGaza.

Ngokwezopolitiko, i-United States isebenzise i-veto yayo kwi-UN Security Council amaxesha 82, kunye ne-44 yezo Iivoti Ndikhusele uSirayeli ekuphenduleni ngezenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho okanye ulwaphulo-mthetho. Kwimeko nganye, i-United States ibiyeyona ivoti iphikisana nesisombululo, nangona amanye amazwe ethe ngamanye amaxesha akwala. 

Kukuphela kwelungelo laseMelika njengeLungu eliSisigxina leLungu leBhunga lezoKhuseleko, kunye nokuzimisela kwalo ukulisebenzisa kakubi elo lungelo lokukhusela umanyano lwayo kwa-Israyeli, elinika eli gunya likhethekileyo lokumisa iinzame zamanye amazwe zokubamba urhulumente wase-Israeli aphendule. ngezenzo zayo phantsi komthetho wamanye amazwe. 

Iziphumo zolu khuselo olungenamiqathango lwase-US lokukhusela i-Israel ibe kukukhuthaza ukwanda kwempatho-mbi yama-Israeli yamaPalestina. Nge-United States ivimba nakuphi na ukuphendula kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko, u-Israyeli uthabathe umhlaba ongaphezulu kwePalestine kwi-West Bank nakwi-East Jerusalem, wasusa abantu abaninzi basePalestina emakhayeni abo kwaye baphendula kwinkcaso yabantu abaninzi abangaxhobanga ngobundlobongela obuhlala busanda, ukuvalelwa kunye nezithintelo kubomi bemihla ngemihla. 

Okwesithathu, kwicala lezopolitiko, nangona uninzi lwabantu baseMelika ukungathathi cala kwimbambano, I-AIPAC kunye namanye amaqela acenga u-Israyeli asebenzise indima engaqhelekanga ekunyoleni nasoyikiseni abezopolitiko base-US ukuba babonelele ngenkxaso engenamiqathango ku-Israyeli. 

Iindima zabanikeli bephulo kunye nabaphembeleli kwinkqubo yezopolitiko eyonakeleyo yase-US yenza i-United States ukuba ibe sengozini ngokukhethekileyo kolu hlobo lwempembelelo yokuthengisa kunye noloyikiso, nokuba ngaba yimibutho yabucala kunye namaqela oshishino afana ne-Military-Industrial Complex kunye ne-Big Pharma, okanye kakuhle- amaqela enzala afumana inkxaso-mali njenge-NRA, i-AIPAC kwaye, kwiminyaka yakutshanje, abaphembeleli be ISaudi Arabia kunye ne-United Arab Emirates.

Nge-22 ka-Epreli, kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kolu hlaselo lwamva nje lweGaza, uninzi lwabantu abaninzi, i-330 ngaphandle kwe-435, watyikitya ileta usihlalo kunye nelungu elikwisikhundla seKomiti yoLwabiwo lweNdlu elichasa nakuphi na ukuncitshiswa okanye ukubekwa kwemali yase-US kwa-Israyeli. Le leta imele umboniso wamandla ovela kwi-AIPAC kunye nokwaliwa kweefowuni ezivela kwinkqubela phambili kwiDemocratic Party ukuba zibeke okanye zithintele u-Israyeli. 

UMongameli uJoe Biden, one imbali ende yokuxhasa ulwaphulo-mthetho lakwa-Israeli, baphendule kwindyikitya yokufa ngokunyanzelisa "ilungelo lika-Israyeli lokuzikhusela" kunye ngokungekho sikweni ngethemba lokuba "le nto izakuvala kungekudala." Ummeli wakhe we-UN naye ngokulihlazo uvale ikhwelo lokupheliswa komlilo kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN.

Ukuthula kunye nokubi okuvela kuMongameli Biden kwaye uninzi lwabameli bethu kwiCongress ekubulaweni kwabantu kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwabantu abaninzi eGaza akunakuqondakala. Amazwi azimeleyo athetha ngokunyanzelayo kubantu basePalestine, kubandakanya USenator Sanders kwaye Abameli UTlaib, u-Omar kunye no-Ocasio-Cortez, basibonise ukuba idemokhrasi yokwenyani injani, njengoko kunjalo ngoqhanqalazo olukhulu oluzalise izitalato zase-US kwilizwe liphela.

Umgaqo-nkqubo wase-US kufuneka ubuyiselwe umva ukubonisa umthetho wamanye amazwe kunye ukutshintsha uluvo lwaseMelika ukuthanda amalungelo ePalestine. Ilungu ngalinye leCongress kufuneka lityhalelwe ukusayina Mthetho waziswa ngummeli uBetty McCollum egxininisa ukuba imali yase-US eya kwa-Israyeli ayisetyenziswanga "ukuxhasa ukugcinwa komkhosi wabantwana basePalestine, ukuthimba ngokungekho mthethweni, ulwabiwo, kunye nokutshabalalisa impahla yasePalestina kunye nokutshintshwa kwabantu ngokunyanzelekileyo kwi-West Bank, Umhlaba wasePalestine wophula umthetho wamazwe aphesheya. ”

ICongress kufuneka icinezelwe ukuba inyanzelise ngokukhawuleza iArms Export Control Act kunye neLeahy Laws ziyeke ukubonelela ngezixhobo zase-US kwa-Israyeli ide iyeke ukuzisebenzisa ukuhlasela nokubulala abantu.

I-United States idlale indima ebalulekileyo kwaye inezixhobo kule ntlekele ithathe ixesha elide ehlasele abantu basePalestine. Iinkokheli zase-US kunye nezopolitiko ngoku kufuneka bajongane nelizwe labo kwaye, kwiimeko ezininzi, bazibandakanye ngokwabo kule ntlekele, kwaye bathathe amanyathelo ngokungxamisekileyo nangokuzimeleyo ukuguqula umgaqo-nkqubo wase-US ukuxhasa amalungelo apheleleyo abantu bonke basePalestina.

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UNicolas JS Davies yintatheli ezimeleyo, umphandi nge-CODEPINK kunye nombhali we Igazi Ngezandla Zethu: Ukumenywa kweMelika kunye nokubhujiswa kweIraq.