Ukubulawa kukaSirayeli kweNtatheli uShireen Abu Akleh Kundikhumbuza ngeMazen

Amalungu oshicilelo kufuneka angaze abe ngumxholo weendaba. Yeha, xa intatheli ibulawa, iba ngundaba-mlonyeni. Kodwa ngubani oyixelayo? Kwaye yakhiwe njani? UAl Jazeera uqinisekile ukuba ukubulawa kwe-11 kaMeyi kwentatheli yabo yasePalestine yaseMelika uShireen Abu Akleh yayingumsebenzi womkhosi wamaSirayeli.

Nam Oku kwam. Ayikokwelula. Ukusebenza ecaleni kwezinye iintatheli ezigubungela uhlaselo lwase-Israel kwindawo yabemi, nganye ikwisigcina-ntloko kunye nevest ebhalwe “Press,” ababini kwaba bane badutyulwa-u-Abu Akleh kunye nentatheli ye-Al Jazeera u-Ali Samoudi. USamoudi wadutyulwa emqolo waza waya esibhedlele. UAbu Akleh wathatha imbumbulu wayibeka entloko waza wafela apho.

Babesebenza kwinkampu yeembacu kumntla wePalestine West Bank idolophu yaseJenin ukuba i-Israel ibiqhumisa ibhombu ngokungohlwaywa amashumi eminyaka ngenxa yokuba amaPalestine agatya umsebenzi wawo womkhosi wangaphandle okhohlakeleyo 'ngamajoni' okanye 'abanqolobi.' Amakhaya abo anokutshatyalaliswa ngamakhulu, kwaye iintsapho zinokusuka kwiimbacu ziye kungabi namakhaya (okanye zife) ngaphandle koncedo.

E-US, iingxelo zokubulala zibonakala zilungele ukubeka ityala ku-Israyeli, nokuba ayichazi ngokuthe ngqo - ngaphandle kweNew York Times (NYT) apho ishishini njengesiqhelo, igubungela u-Israyeli ngazo zonke iindleko. Ngokuqikelelwayo, i-NYT idlala umdaniso malunga nophando lophando lokufa kuka-Abu Akleh, ibhengeza "Intatheli yasePalestine, Usweleke, eneminyaka engama-51 ubudala," ngokungathi kungenxa yezizathu zendalo. Ukubonakala kokulinganisela kukuqhelisela ukulingana kobuxoki.

Nangona kunjalo, i-CNN kunye nabanye kumajelo eendaba aqhelekileyo baye bavela kwinqanaba apho ukubonakaliswa kovelwano lwasePalestine kufikelela kanye phezulu ebalini. "Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesiqingatha, wabhala ngokubandezeleka kwabantu basePalestine phantsi kolawulo lwakwa-Israel ngamashumi ezigidi zababukeli abangama-Arabhu." Oku kukhuthaza ngakumbi, kuba udumo lwe-CNN lujikeleza iimemo zangaphakathi ezithintela ngokucacileyo ukusetyenziswa kwegama elithi "umsebenzi" kumxholo wobudlelwane bukaSirayeli nePalestina.

Nokuba ukhangelo lukaGoogle lunika u-Israyeli isizathu sokufa.

Kodwa ngo-2003, i-CNN yayineentloni zokuphinda into eyayisele isekiwe kwimeko kaMazen Dana, i-Reuters cameraman / intatheli eyayifumene imvume enqabileyo kubaphathi bakwa-Israel ukuba bayishiye i-Occupied Palestinian West Bank ukuya kwisabelo e-Iraq kwaye baphela befile. . Umqhubi wemipu wase-US uye wavuma ukuba ujolise kumzimba kaDana (ngezantsi koonobumba abakhulu abamchaza njengomfana emsebenzini ngenxa yenkxalabo kamabonakude). "Ikhamera yeReuters yadutyulwa yabulawa ngeCawe ngelixa yayifota kufutshane nentolongo yase-Abu Ghraib ..." yatsho ngobuqhophololo, icaphula ukukhululwa kweReuters kwangaphambili kunokuba ixele ukuba ngubani owenze ntoni, esele ikhona.

Yintoni ngelizwi lokwenziwa? Kwaye ngubani omnye owayekufuphi nentolongo yase-Abu Ghraib enemipu elayishwe ngelo xesha ngaphandle komkhosi wase-US? Yayingumdubuli wetanki owathi wenze impazamo yekhamera kaDana njengesiqhushumbisi sebhombu esiqhutywa ngerokethi kanye emva kokuba intatheli ifumene imvume kumkhosi wase-US ukuba adubule i-b-roll yentolongo.

Ndive ngokubhubha kukaMazen ngethuba ndisebenza kwigumbi leendaba laseCapitol Hill ndigqibezela isidanga semasters kubuntatheli. Phantse kwiminyaka ephindwe kabini yabantwana endandifunda nabo, ndandifike emva kwexesha emdlalweni, kodwa ndandifuna ukufumana isiqinisekiso sam ukuze ndifundise abafundi beekholeji ukuba baqonde ukulahlwa kwe-pro-Israel kumajelo eendaba ase-US ekugqumeni i-Israel nePalestina. Ndandinike ingxelo evela ePalestina nakwaSirayeli kangangonyaka, ndandisele ndinomdla wokwazi imvelaphi kabawo yasePalestina, kwaye ndandinobudlelwane obusondeleyo noMazen Dana.

Kwi-flipflops kunye nehempe ecekethekileyo yomqhaphu, ndandilandele uMazen kunye nekhamera yakhe enkulu kwisitrato saseBhetelehem ngexesha lomlo phakathi kwamajoni akwa-Israel axhobileyo kunye namakhwenkwe agibisela amatye, ekugqibeleni avala ikhamera yam ephathwayo kwaye abuyela ecaleni kwendlela apho i-shabab yayicinezele khona ngokuchasene neendawo ezivaliweyo. . UMazen waqhubeka esiya kwindawo exhobileyo enyathela kwingqushu enamatye ukuze adubule (kodwa hayi ukuba adutyulwe). Njengabanye abantu abadumileyo, wayenolusu kumdlalo - ngokoqobo - yonke imihla wayedelela iinzame zika-Israyeli zokuvala ilizwi lakhe kwaye avale ilensi yakhe.

Kodwa yayingengomlilo wakwaSirayeli owamisa ukuhamba kwakhe kokuxela inyani. Yayisithi. Yayiyi-US Umkhosi wethu wabulala uMazen.

Zabo sedata kwiintatheli ezibuleweyo, iKomiti yaseUnited States yoKhusela iintatheli idwelisa unobangela wokufa kukaMazen “njengokudubulana kwabantu.”

Akumangalisi ukuba, ixesha elide Iphephandaba laseHaaretz wayezigxeka njengelizwi likaSirayeli, mandulo phaya nangoku. "Ivaliwe ngu-Israyeli kwi-West Bank," umhlathi okhokelayo uqala, "Iintatheli zasePalestina kwi-Gaza Strip zibambe umngcwabo ongokomfanekiso izolo weMazen Dana ...."

Kumxholo kaShireen Abu Akleh, umbhali wemihlathi yeHaaretz uGideon Levy iyavakala malunga nokungaziwa okubuhlungu kokuphalazwa kwegazi lasePalestina xa ixhoba lingeyiyo intatheli edumileyo.

Kwinkomfa ye-DC yeeNtatheli zoMkhosi kunye nabahleli kwi-2003, kwenzeka ukuba ndihleli ecaleni kwentatheli yaseColorado eyayilapho kwindawo yolwaphulo-mthetho. Ukhumbule oyena mhlobo ubalaseleyo kaMazen kunye nogxa wakhe weendaba ongahlukaniyo uNael Shyioukhi ekhala esithi, “Mazen, Mazen! Bamdubula! Oh thixo wam!" Wayekhe wambona uMazen edutyulwa ngumkhosi ngaphambili, kodwa akunjalo. Isigebenga iMazen, nekhamera yaso esoloko sikho, yayiliva kumkhosi wamaSirayeli kwidolophu yaseHebron, eyayisindleke kwindawo yokungcwaba ka-Abraham, uIsake noYakobi yaye ngaloo ndlela yangenelwa ngamandla ngabavukeli bonqulo lwamaYuda abadubula ngemipu. abasuka kumazwe angaphandle abasoloko bechasa abemi bomthonyama bezalisekisa isigunyaziso sabo sebhayibhile sokwenza amathanga. Ukubamba ubundlongondlongo babo kwividiyo yayiyi-bloodsport kaMazen noNael. Njengabanye abangama-600,000 ababevukela ulawulo lwakwaSirayeli olungekho mthethweni, babengamabanjwa ngenxa yezazela yaye bathuthunjiswa ngokungenalusini kwiintifada yokuqala.

Kangangethuba elingaphezu kwesiqingatha senkulungwane, amangqina ‘kwizibakala ezisemhlabeni’ zamaSirayeli ayenyeliswa ngempumelelo aza aphetshwa. Kodwa kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, kuye kuxhaphake ngakumbi ukuba abantu abalwela amalungelo angakumbi, abahambi ngezonqulo ababotshelelwe zizazela zabo, abezobupolitika abafuna izikhundla, kwanababhali beendaba abaqhelekileyo baviwa kakuhle ngokuphathelele ukuphathwa kakubi kukaSirayeli. Okufanayo akunakuthethwa ngokugxekwa kwe-US kwi-folx yethu enxibe iyunifomu.

Kwincoko yabucala noLt. Rushing eChicago emva kokuba eshiye emkhosini ukuya kusebenzela i-Al Jazeera, uye wandityhilela ukuba inxalenye yodliwano-ndlebe kwi-documentary kaNoujaim apho abonakala ngathi uguqukile ngokweenqobo zokuziphatha, ngokwenene yahlelwa ukucebisa ukuba ubuntu bomntu. 'elinye icala' kwavela kuye kamva xa kufotwa. Enyanisweni, yayiyinxalenye yodliwano-ndlebe olufanayo lwemizuzu engama-40 awathi kulo wavakalisa iinkolelo zobulungisa egameni lomqeshi wakhe. Nangona kunjalo, ingongoma yakhe ithathwe kakuhle.

Le ngxelo isiqhubela kukudubula kwebhombu yase-US kwiHotele yasePalestine eBaghdad apho uninzi lweentatheli ezaziwa ngokuba zilele. Kungaphaya kokuqonda ukuba ubukrelekrele bethu bomkhosi bungayivumela into enjalo emva kokunikwa ulungelelwaniso. Kanti nokona kwethu okona kulungileyo nokuqaqambileyo kuyalifulathela ilitha lenyaniso.

Isikhululo sikanomathotholo sikaWonke-wonke u-Anne Garrels wamenywa ukuba azise ukuqaliswa kwesikolo saseNorthwestern's Medill School of Journalism kunyaka endafumana ngawo idiploma yam. Ndahlala emva kwakhe ndiziva ndinelunda ngokufumana isidanga esiphakamileyo kwisikolo esihlala nabantu ababekekileyo bendawo yesine.

Emva koko wayitsho. Wayivuma le ntlekele ilapha eBaghdad, kodwa emva kwayo yonke loo nto, abacholacholi beendaba ababengena ePalestine babesazi ukuba bakwindawo yemfazwe. Ingqondo yam yaqina ndingakholelwa. Besimuncu isisu sam. Wabalahla abakhe – kunye nathi sonke kwelo nqanaba lifudumeleyo kunye nabo.

Okubangela umdla kukuba, kwakuloo nyaka umnye wothweso-zidanga, yayingumfundi kaMedill owafumana uTom Brokaw ngesiqalo esikhulu seYunivesithi yaseMntla-ntshona eyayibanjelwe kwibala lebhola ekhatywayo. Kwintetho yakhe, umemelele uxolo lwehlabathi oluya kuxhomekeka ekupheliseni kukaSirayeli ungquzulwano ePalestine – ngamagama amaninzi. Kwatsho imincili kwizikolo ezahlukeneyo kulo lonke ibala.

Lusuku olutsha xa sele kuyifashoni ukugxeka ubugwenxa bukaSirayeli. Kodwa xa umkhosi wase-US ujolise kumaphephandaba, akukho mntu uqhwanyazayo.