Chris Hedges uthi ukuba amaPalestina anelungelo lokuzikhusela ngendlela yeerokethi, ngaphandle kokubandakanya nayiphi na ingcamango yokuba iirokethi zenza amaPalestina akhuseleke ngakumbi okanye ngaphantsi. Kukho, emva kwayo yonke into, ingxabano enengqiqo yokuba iirokethi zichasene nemveliso kwaye ziyingozi, kunokukhusela, iPalestina.
Ngokomthetho, ukuba asiyihoyi i-Kellogg-Briand Pact kwaye sinamathele kwi-Charter ye-UN, kuncinci ukuxhatshazwa kwayo rhoqo ngamazwe anamandla ehlabathi, akungabazeki ukuba i-Hedges ichanekile. Ukuba ukudiliza amakhaya aseIraqi okanye aseAfghan okanye eLibya okanye asePakistani okanye aseYemeni “lukhuselo” lwaseUnited States, ngokuqinisekileyo abantu baseGaza, phantsi kohlaselo lokwenyani, banelungelo elisemthethweni lokudubula iirokethi kwaSirayeli. Yinto nje esisiseko imvumelwano Western kunye nohanahaniso isusiwe.
UHedges ubhala athi: “[Nawuphi na umntu wasePalestina, ingakumbi abafana abavaleleke kwiindawo ezixineneyo apho bengasebenziyo nabanganesidima esincinane, baya kuba sesichengeni sokufa ngoko nangoko ukuze baxhathise ukufa okucothayo nokuhlazisayo. Andikwazi ukubagxeka.”
Nalu ukhetho olungeyonyani olucwangcisiweyo: mhlawumbi sityhola amaxhoba ohlaselo olunoburhalarhume nolukhulu lukaSirayeli kubantu ababanjiweyo, sibasole ngokusabela njengaye nabani na ongomnye kwilizwe ekuthiwa liphuhlileyo ebeya kwenza, okanye sithethelela ilungelo lokulwa iimfazwe ezizikhuselayo. — kungakhathaliseki ukuba iyanceda okanye iyayenza buhlungu imeko. Ezo ayizizo zodwa iinketho.
Andiqinisekanga ukuba ndingangqina ukuba iirokethi ziyonza imeko, kodwa ukunika umbuzo ongamkelekanga kubonakala kuneziphene. Isizathu sokuba iCongress yase-US kunye ne-White House isebenzise ukuxhobisa u-Israyeli kunye nokufuna ukukhusela u-Israyeli kwimiphumo yomthetho ihlala kwaye ikhethekileyo iirokhethi. Isizathu sokuba abantu abathetha kwaSirayeli basebenzise kumabonwakude ngokufanayo phantse zonke iirokethi. Kwihlabathi elingenazo iirokethi, ngaba ezinye izizathu ziya kuphumelela? Kunzima ukutsho ngokuqinisekileyo. Kodwa imijukujelwa ibonelela ngokupakishwa kukawonke-wonke ukulungiselela ukwenziwa kwemfazwe yakwa-Israeli, akukho nto ingako ekufezekiseni kwanto kwezomkhosi, kwaye iphantse yenza okungakumbi ukoyikisa nokubacaphukisa abantu bakwaSirayeli kunokuzisa amaSirayeli ukuba avelane nentlungu yamaxhoba karhulumente wabo.
Ndisandula ukuthetha ngefowuni kunye nombhali okrelekrele eGaza ogama linguSarah Ali kuhlelo oluzayo lwe Intetho yeRadio yeSizwe. Undicacisele kakuhle ukuba uhlaselo lwamaSirayeli eGaza lwaluvelisa njani inkxaso yeHamas kunye nobundlobongela obuchasene noSirayeli. Wachaza imfuneko engokweemvakalelo yokuzilwela. Ke, ndambuza ukuba uhlaselo lwe-rocket kwa-Israyeli alunamveliso ngokufanayo. Hayi, wathi, wayecinga ukuba amaSirayeli abona iirokethi kwaye aqala ukuqonda imbono yabantu basePalestina. Xa kungekho bungqina baloo nto, ndingatsho nje ukuba ndiya kukholelwa xa ndiyibona. Kuyo yonke imeko endiyaziyo ukuba isizwe esithile siye sahlasela esinye ngomkhosi, siye senza okungakumbi ukucaphuka kunokukhuthaza uvelwano kubantu abahlaselwayo.
Ewe, andinalo ilungelo lokuxelela abantu baseGaza ukuba benze ntoni okanye bangenzi ntoni ukusuka kwintuthuzelo yekhaya lam entliziyweni ye-monster yobukhosi exhasa i-apocalypse yabo. Ewe andinakuyazi imeko njengoko beyazi. Kodwa akucaci kum ukuba yonke iGazan inolwazi olunzulu kunye namaSirayeli okanye onke ama-Israel namaGazans njengoko umntu enokucinga ukusuka kwindawo yawo. Iyantlukwano phakathi kwezi zizwe zimbini igqithisile. Yiyiphi enye indlela amaSirayeli awayenokucinga ngayo abantwana njengeentshaba zabo? Yaye ngaba abazali baba bantwana babenokuyicinga njani into yokuba ukudutyulwa kwemijukujelwa kuya koyisa iintliziyo neengqondo zabo?
