NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 10, 2023
Ngesikhathi inxusa lakwa-Israel eNhlanganweni Yezizwe likhuluma ngaphandle koMkhandlu Wezokuphepha ngeSonto, yena wathi: “Lokhu kungu-9/11 ka-Israyeli. Lokhu kungu-9/11 ka-Israyeli.” Khonamanjalo, ku-PBS NewsHour interview, inxusa lakwa-Israyeli e-United States lathi: “Lokhu, njengoba omunye asho, u-9/11 wethu.”
Nakuba lesi sisho singase sibonakale sinengqondo, “i-Israel’s 9/11” isivele isetshenziswa njengesikhali esikhulu senkulumo-ze sikahulumeni wakwa-Israel — manje osewenze amacala amakhulu empi abhekiswe kubantu baseGaza, ngemuva kokubulawa kwabantu abaningi bakwa-Israel yiHamas ngempelasonto edlule.
Ngokusobala, ukufaniswa phakathi kwezenzo zonya ezisanda kutholwa ama-Israel kanye nalokho okwenzeka ngoSepthemba 11, 2001 kungase kubonakale kunikeza izingcingo zokuthi kube nobumbano obungaguquki no-Israyeli. Kodwa izenzo ezinyantisayo zisaqhubeka zivela kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel osekunesikhathi eside wagcina uhlelo lobandlululo ngenkathi echoboza amalungelo abantu ayisisekelo abantu basePalestine.
Okubi kakhulu ngokushaya icilongo elithi “Israel’s 9/11” yilokho okwenzeka ngemva komhla ka-9/11 weMelika. Igqoke isembatho sesisulu, i-United States yaqhubeka nokusebenzisa inhlekelele enyantisayo eyenzeka ngaphakathi kwemingcele yayo njengelayisense lokubulala inani elikhulu labantu egameni lokuziphindiselela, ukulunga kanye “nempi yokwesaba.”
Liyincwadi yokudlala uhulumeni kaBenjamin Netanyahu okwamanje alivumelanisa nezimo futhi alisebenzise ngokuphindisela. Manje kuyaqhubeka, ukujeziswa kuka-Israyeli ngokuhlanganyela kwabantu abayizigidi ezi-2.3 eGaza kuwukuqiniswa kwalokho u-Israyeli abekwenza kubantu basePalestine amashumi eminyaka. Kodwa ukweqisa kuka-Israyeli, kunanini ngaphambili eziphakamisa njengendaba yokuzivikela, sekujule ekujuleni okusha kobandlululo lokuzimisela ukuphatha abantu njengabafanele ukuqothulwa.
NgoMsombuluko, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel u-Yoav Gallant kuchazwe Abantu basePalestine "njengabantu abayizilo" futhi wathi: "Silwa nezilwane futhi senza ngokufanele."
Kuqhunyiswa amabhomu ngokungakhethi manje kanye nokunqamuka kokudla, amanzi, ugesi nophethiloli. Iphawula ukuthi "ngisho nangaphambi kwemikhawulo yakamuva, izakhamizi zaseGaza sezivele zibhekene nokungavikeleki kokudla okugcwele, imikhawulo yokuhamba nokushoda kwamanzi," i-BBC. kubika ukuthi isikhulu se-UN sithe abantu baseGaza "bethukile" isimo esikhona manje futhi bakhathazekile ngokuphepha kwabo - kanye nokwezingane zabo nemindeni yabo."
Lokhu kuwukunanela okubi okuvela endleleni yangemva kwe-9/11 kahulumeni wase-US, okwathi kusukela ekuqaleni ngemuva komhla ziyi-11 kuSepthemba, 2001 wanikeza ukukhululwa kusengaphambili kunoma yimaphi kanye nawo wonke amacala akhe esikhathi esizayo abhekiswe esintwini.
Egameni lokulwa nobuphekula, i-United States yanikeza isijeziso esihlangene enanini elikhulu labantu ababengahlangene nhlobo no-9/11. Iphrojekthi ye-Costs of War eBrown University ukubala Ngaphezu kwe-400,000 ngqo Ukufa kwezakhamizi "odlameni lwezimpi zase-US zangemva kwe-9/11 e-Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen nakwezinye izindawo."
Ekuqaleni “kwempi yobushokobezi,” uNobhala Wezokuvikela uDonald Rumsfeld wayenze isifanekiso ukuze anikeze imvume yanoma yikuphi ukubulawa kwamasosha aseMelika. "Asizange siyiqale le mpi," esho ngesikhathi isithangami sezindaba ngo-December 2001, izinyanga ezimbili kuqale impi yase-Afghanistan. "Ngakho-ke qonda, umthwalo wabo bonke abantu abalimale kule mpi, noma ngabe bangama-Afghan angenacala noma amaMelika angenacala, ulele ezinyaweni ze-al Qaeda kanye neTaliban."
URumsfeld wayekhona eshawa ngokubabaza kusukela kwabemithombo yezindaba yase-US, kuyilapho engagcizelelanga nje ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US akanalo icala ngokufa okubangelwa amabutho akhe ahlomile; waphinde wafakazela ukuhlonipha okuphawulekayo kwebutho lezempi laseMelika. "Amakhono okukhomba, kanye nokunakekelwa okungena ekuqondisweni, ukubona ukuthi izinhloso eziqondile ziyashaywa, nokuthi ezinye izinhloso azishaywa, zihlaba umxhwele njenganoma yini noma ubani ongayibona," kusho uRumsfeld. Watusa “ukunakekela okungena kuwo, ubuntu obungena kuwo.”
Ngisho nangaphambi kokuhlasela kwayo kwamanje kobuchwepheshe obuphezulu eGaza, i-Israel yayiqongelele umlando omude wokubulala izakhamuzi lapho, kuyilapho iphika zonke izinyathelo zendlela. Ngokwesibonelo, iZizwe Ezihlangene okutholiwe ukuthi ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli “I-Operation Protective Edge” yango-2014, kwafa izakhamuzi zasePalestine ezingu-1,462, kuhlanganise nezingane ezingama-495.
Asikho isizathu sokungabaza ukuthi isibalo sabantu ababulawa yibutho lakwa-Israel eGaza maduze sizokhuphuka sibe ngaphezu kwesibalo sabantu ababulawa ukuhlasela kweHamas ezinsukwini ezedlule. Njengasemuva kuka-9/11, izimangalo ezisemthethweni zokuthi zilwa nobuphekula kuphela zizoqhubeka nokusebenza njengezikrini ze-PR zikahulumeni othusayo futhi abulale abantu basePalestine. Ifanele ukulahlwa nje ngokungananazi, ukubulawa nokuthunjwa kweHamas kwezakhamuzi kwabeka inkundla yokubulawa kuka-Israyeli kwezakhamuzi osekuqhubeka eGaza.
Angikho ekhasini eliyisiqalo le-New York Times ngoMsombuluko ebusuku futhi kuhlehliselwe ekhasini 9 loshicilelo olunyathelisiwe lwaleli phephandaba ngoLwesibili, i-grisly. indaba yezindaba iqale kanje: “Ukuhlasela kwezindiza kwa-Israel kugasele eGaza ngoMsombuluko, kwacaba ama-mosque phezu kwamakhanda abakhonzayo, kwasusa imakethe ephithizelayo egcwele abathengi futhi kwabulala imindeni yonke, kusho ofakazi neziphathimandla eGaza. Izindiza ezinhlanu zakwa-Israel zihlasele imakethe ekamu lababaleki laseJabaliya, zayishintsha yaba yimfucumfucu futhi kwashona inqwaba, kusho iziphathimandla. Ezinye iziteleka zihlasele ama-mosque amane ekamu lababaleki iShati kwashona abantu abakhonzela ngaphakathi, basho. Abazibonele bathe abafana bebedlala ibhola ngaphandle kwenye yezindawo zamaSulumane ngesikhathi ishaywa.”
Kanye nokukhulula a isitatimende mayelana noshintsho lwakamuva oludabukisayo, ku-RootsAction.org sinikeze abalandeli bokuthula okufanele indlela esheshayo ukuthumela i-imeyili kumalungu abo eCongress kanye noMongameli Biden. Ingqikithi yalo myalezo ukuthi "umjikelezo omubi wodlame eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngeke uphele kuze kuphele ukuqolwa kwe-Israel - futhi isithiyo esikhulu sokuqeda lo msebenzi kube uhulumeni wase-US."
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziningi ezihlanganisa Impi Yenziwe Yalula. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva, Impi Yenziwe Ingabonakali: IMelika Ifihla Kanjani Ukukhokhiswa Kwabantu Ngomshini Wayo Wezempi, yanyatheliswa ehlobo lika-2023 yi-New Press.
