NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Matshi 9, 2023
Kule veki, xa iNew York Times ibonise i uluvo ngosozigidigidi uMichael Bloomberg, ingqinelane nencanyana yezinye izibongozo zakutsha nje ezivela kubaxhasi abaziwayo baseMelika bakwaSirayeli. UBloomberg ulumkise ngelithi imbumba entsha elawulayo yakwa-Israeli izama ukunika ipalamente igunya “lokushenxisa iNkundla ePhakamileyo yelizwe kwaye iqhube kakubi ngamalungelo abantu, kubandakanya nemicimbi efana nentetho kunye nenkululeko yabezindaba, amalungelo alinganayo kwabambalwa kunye namalungelo okuvota. Utshintsho olunjalo luya kuthi, uBloomberg wongeze, ujongele phantsi “ukuzinikela okuqinileyo kwenkululeko” yakwaSirayeli.
Ukuzinikela okuqinileyo kwinkululeko? Oko kuya kuba ziindaba ngokuqinisekileyo ngaphezu kwe5 yezigidi Abantu basePalestine abahlala phantsi kolawulo luka-Israel eGaza naseWest Bank.
Ukuhanahanisa kukuba okwenzekayo ngoku ngo-Israyeli kufana nokuphambuka okumangalisayo kwimo yakhe yendalo. Ngamanye amaxesha, ukukhanyela kude kuxhomekeke kwi-tacit kunye nobudenge ukucinga ukuba amaYuda akatyekelanga kwizenzo zenkohlakalo kunabanye abantu. Kodwa iziganeko zamva nje kwa-Israyeli ziqhubeka nenkqubo ende yeZionist eqhutywe yimixube yolangazelelo olusemthethweni lokhuseleko kunye ne-ethnocentrism egqithisileyo, eneziphumo ezimbi.
Imibutho emithathu yamalungelo oluntu ehlonitshwa ngokubanzi — Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch kwaye B'Tselem - banike isigwebo esicacileyo nesikholisayo: u-Israel uqhuba inkqubo yocalucalulo ngokuchasene namaPalestina.
Xa amagosa akwaSirayeli ejongene nenyaniso enjalo - njengoko kubonisiwe kwi- ividiyo yokugqibela yeseshoni ye-Q & A kunye no-ambassador wase-Israel u-Tzipi Hotovely kwi-Oxford Union eBritani - i-demagoguery ephendulayo ibuhlungu kwaye inomsindo.
Kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo, urhulumente wakwaSirayeli ukhule eyingozi ngakumbi kwintetho nengcinezelo kwizenzo, namajoni akhe. ukukhusela amaJuda angabemi balapho njengaye boyikisa abantu basePalestina kunye ugonyamelo oloyikekayo.
U-Israyeli uye waba sisiqhamo sephupha leZiyoni, kodwa kwangaxeshanye ubomi bokwenyani bobomi babantu basePalestina. Ukuhlala kweGaza kunye neWest Bank eyaqala ngo-1967 ayizange ibe yinto engaphantsi kolwaphulo-mthetho oluqhubekayo, olukhulu oluchasene noluntu. Ngoku, ekuqaleni kuka-2023 kuzise umkhukula ongazange ubonwe ngaphambili wenkxalabo evela kubaxhasi bakwa-Israyeli eUnited States. Inkulumbuso uBenjamin Netanyahu urhulumente omtsha uyicacisile into yakhe indelelo ye-fascistic kubomi basePalestina, ngelixa bethatha amanyathelo oku ukunciphisa amalungelo athile yamaYuda akwaSirayeli.
Ukusukela phakathi kuFebruwari, umbutho okhokelayo wenkululeko wamaJuda aseMelika iJ Street - "pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy" - ibivakala inomsindo. Umongameli weqela, uJeremy Ben-Ami, lumkisa ukuba emva kokuthabatha ulawulo ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, “abangasekunene . . . ngoku ulawula ngokuqinileyo kurhulumente wakwaSirayeli.” Kwaye “bahamba ngesantya sombane ukwenza i-ajenda yabo, besoyikisa ukwenza uSirayeli angaqondwa kwizigidi zamaYuda nakwabanye baseUnited States abalikhathalele ngokunzulu ilizwe nabantu balo, nabakholelwa kwimilinganiselo yedemokhrasi eyasekwa phezu kwayo. .”
Kwisilumkiso se-imeyile, uJ Street wabhengeza ukuba "uNetanyahu ubhukuqa idemokhrasi yakwaSirayeli" ngelixa eqhubela phambili "isicwangciso sokuhlutha ukuzimela kweNkundla ePhakamileyo yakwaSirayeli." I-J Street yaqhubeka igxeka urhulumente omtsha ngemigaqo-nkqubo engafaniyo noorhulumente base-Israel ababuyela emva kumashumi eminyaka; ulawulo olutsha “luqhubele phambili nezicwangciso zokwakha amawaka eeyunithi zokuhlala ezintsha kumhlaba othathiweyo” kwaye “lwamkelwe 'ukwenziwa ngokusemthethweni' kweendawo zokuhlala ezilithoba kwi-West Bank ebezikade zingagunyaziswanga ngurhulumente wase-Israeli-izenzo zokuhlonyelwa kwe-de facto."
Kwaye kunjalo, emva kokugxeka olu phuhliso loyikekayo, isilumkiso sesenzo seJ Street nje xelelwe abamkeli nje “baqhagamshelene nommeli wakho eWashington kwaye babakhuthaze ukuba bathethe kwaye bamele imidla yethu ekwabelwana ngayo kunye neenqobo zedemokhrasi.”
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uJ Street wakhala ngelithi "ubundlobongela obubi kunye nongquzulwano emhlabeni luyaqhubeka nokukhula - njengoko kulo nyaka ubone uhlaselo olubulalayo lwamaSirayeli kunye nelona nani liphezulu lokufa kwabantu basePalestine kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi." Kodwa iJ Street uyala ukubiza unciphiso - singasathethi ke ngokunqunyulwa - kwenkxaso-mali enkulu ye amawaka ezigidi zeerandi kuncedo lomkhosi equkuqela ngokuzenzekelayo minyaka le isuka kwiSebe lezeMali laseMelika ukuya kurhulumente wakwaSirayeli.
Kunokuba abe “lilizwe lamaYuda ledemokhrasi,” uSirayeli uye waguquka waba lilizwe Umbuso wamaYuda wokongama. Kwihlabathi lokwenyani, "idemokhrasi yakwaSirayeli" yi-oxymoron. Ukukhanyela akukwenzi oko kube yinyani.
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UNorman Solomon ngumlawuli kazwelonke weRootsAction.org kunye nomlawuli olawulayo weZiko lokuChaneka koLuntu. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezilishumi elinesibini kuquka Imfazwe yenziwe lula. Incwadi yakhe elandelayo, Imfazwe Yenziwe Ingabonakali: Indlela iMelika Eyifihla Ngayo Umrhumo Woluntu kumatshini Wayo Womkhosi, iya kupapashwa ngoJuni 2023 yiThe New Press.
