By UMarc Eliot Stein, Izikhalo Zencwadi, Okthoba 22, 2023
UJudih Weinstein Haggai, imbongi ye-haiku enenhliziyo enkulu, uthisha, umama, ugogo kanye nomngane wesikhathi eside we-Literary Kicks, unyamalele kusukela ngo-Okthoba 7 esuka e-Kibbutz Nir Oz eduze nomngcele waseGaza lapho abehlala khona nomyeni wakhe uGad. Besilokhu silindile kusukela ngalolo suku olubi ngethemba lokuthi uJudih noGadi basaphila. Ubuso babo bubonakale phakathi imibiko yezindaba njengoba umndeni wakwaHagayi ucela ulwazi, futhi sigcinela uJudih uchungechunge oluqhubekayo Ama-Litkicks Facebook Page.
Kunethuba langempela lokuthi u-Judih noGadi bayaphila futhi babanjwe njengabathunjwa, ngakho silindile futhi sithandazela ukubuya kwabo ngokuphepha. Siphinde sithandaze ngokuphuthumayo futhi sikhulume ezinkundleni zomphakathi sifuna kuqedwe ukulwa phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Hamas okungaholela ezingxoxweni zokuthula eziphusile. Njengesishoshovu sokulwa nempi kanye nomqondisi wezobuchwepheshe wenhlangano yomhlaba wonke World BEYOND War, Ngazi kabuhlungu ukuthi ubuciko bezokuxhumana kanye nezingxoxo zokuthula zisezingeni eliphansi kakhulu kule nkathi yethu yamanje ye-fortre imperialism kanye ne-fascism yomhlaba wonke ekhulayo. Kodwa izingxoxo zokuthula can yenza umehluko ngempela kunoma iyiphi indawo yempi emhlabeni. Inqubo enesibindi yokuxoxisana ngokuthula ingasiza ekusindiseni izimpilo zabathumbi futhi iholele endleleni ekude nenzondo engenamsebenzi nobudlova obudala ubuhlungu obukhulu kumaJuda nama-Arabs namaSulumane kanye nabantu abathanda ukuthula emhlabeni wonke.
Bengivele ngicabanga kakhulu ngePalestine cishe ngo-Okthoba 7, ngoba ngangisanda kwehla isiqephu esishisayo World BEYOND War iphodikasti ebizwa ngokuthi “Uhambo olusuka eGaza City”, inhlolokhono nomngane wami kanye nesisebenzi u-Mohammed Abunahel mayelana nokukhulela eGaza City evinjezelwe nokuthola indlela eya ekuphileni okusha njengososayensi wezepolitiki kanye nomuntu ongenele iziqu zobudokotela onomndeni okhulayo eNdiya.
Eminyakeni engu-22 edlule, ngenkathi ngiqala ukuhlangana no-Judih Haggai ochungechungeni lwe-Literary Kicks Action Poetry kanye ne-Haiku. umphakathi webhodi lomlayezo, bengingeke ngazi ngokwanele ukuthi ngidale le podcast. Kwadingeka ngithole eyami indlela ebheke ekulweleni ukuthula, futhi emuva ekuqaleni kwawo-2000 u-Judih Haggai wayengomunye wemiphefumulo embalwa ehlakaniphile eyangikhanyisela le ndlela.
Iminyaka lapho umphakathi wezinkondlo eziku-inthanethi wakwa-Litkicks wawuchuma khona kwakuyiminyaka eshisayo ngokushesha ngemva kukaSepthemba 11, 2001, lapho izingxoxo ngempi nokuthula zazinzima emoyeni njengoba zinjalo namuhla. Kwangihlaba umxhwele lokho okwakubonakala kimina kuwukuphikisana ngoJudih: wayehlala e-kibbutz eduze kakhulu nomngcele waseGaza, kodwa nokho wayekhulumela amalungelo asePalestine, ngokuphikisana nokuthambekela kwempi ka-Israyeli, ngombono wokuthi imiphakathi ephukile ingaba yingozi. uphulukiswe ngokuxhumana nokubuyisana. Ngiqinisekile ukuthi yingakho ebhale izinkondlo, futhi ngiyabheja ukuthi yingakho enza imibukiso yopopayi futhi efundisa izingane. U-Judih wangitshela ukuthi yena nomyeni wakhe bajoyine i-kibbutz yabo ngentshiseko enengqondo, ukuthi iminyaka enzima yezombangazwe ezinobudlova yayimthene amandla kodwa ayizange imqede amandla. Wangitshela ngokuzabalaza kwakhe okuqhubekayo ukuze aveze imibono eqhubekayo ngaphakathi kwe-kibbutz yakhe, lapho ayevame ukuzithola edlala indima yomenzi wokuthula, ephikisana nezimpikiswano ezibuhlungu zamalungu omphakathi athanda udlame kakhulu noma anenzondo ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakhe. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi u-Judih ungisizile ukungenza ngibe umlwi wezempi okhululekile enginguye namuhla.
Namuhla ngibheka ezinye izithombe zosuku engahlangana ngalo no-Judih no-Gad mathupha eNew York City futhi iphahlaze imakrofoni evuliwe e-Bowery Poetry Club e-East Village lapho u-Gary “Mex” Glazner ayephethe khona uhlelo oluhlaba umxhwele oluhlanganisa uCheryl Boyce Taylor, uDaniel Nester, uRegie Cabico no-Todd Colby. U-Judih wathatha isiteji ukuze afunde i-haiku namanye amavesi. Ngiyasithanda isithombe sakhe phezulu lapho ngokumamatheka okukhulu, siphelezelwa uLite-Brite ka-Walt Whitman. Kuyadabukisa ukubona lesi sithombe futhi ucabanga ngosizi uJudih angase abhekane nalo njengamanje.
Uma ngibheka isithombe esithile sikaJudih nami siphakathi kwengxoxo eshubile ngalolo suku, futhi ngokusekelwe ekubukekeni kobuso bethu ukubheja okuhle sasikhuluma ngeMpi yase-Iraq ephazamisayo kaGeorge W. Bush, eyayiyizinyanga eziyisithupha kuphela. endala ngalesi sikhathi futhi isesesigabeni sayo “se-honeymoon” nabezindaba. Lesi kwakuyisihloko okwakumelwe ngikhulume ngaso ehlobo lika-2003, okungenani kubantu abafana nami noJudih. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi siphinde sakhuluma ngokukhuphuka kokuzikhukhumeza kwenhlangano yezifiki yakwa-Israyeli ephiko lwesokudla, kanye nombono ongemuhle ngokujwayelekile weplanethi ecwile ezintweni zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi kanye nobunxiwankulu obuhahayo. Nansi into ehlekisayo: Ngangivame ukungaboni ngaso linye ngaleyo minyaka, futhi u-Judih wayehlale ephambi kwami, ehlakaniphe kancane kunami. Ngokwesibonelo, angizange ngizibize ngokuthi ngingowe-pacifist ngo-2003. NgangingumJuda odidekile eDolobheni laseNew York ngemva komhla ka-September 11 futhi ngangingazi ukuthi yini engingayicabanga! Ezingxoxweni ezihlukahlukene ebesinazo nge-imeyili, izinkondlo nezingxoxo phakathi nale minyaka, u-Judih wayehlale ekhuluma okunengqondo kimi, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi wangisiza kakhulu.
Namuhla, ngicabanga ukuthi u-Judih ebambene nentando yakhe endaweni ecashile yase-Gaza, okungenzeka ukuthi walimala kabi kanye nomyeni wakhe futhi ethukile futhi elusizi ngenxa ye-kibbutz yabo. Ngisho nokwethuka okungenzeka uJudih abhekane nakho uma esaphila, angikwazi ukungaphuphi ukuthi uthole izwi azokhuluma nalo, nokuthi wenza kancane into efanayo naleyo ayehlale eyenza, noma ngabe ukuphi: ukukhuluma. , ukuxoxa izindaba, ukwakha amabhuloho, ukuba nesibindi sokudiliza udonga.
Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi abantu abaningi bangibheka njengongenangqondo ngoba ngikholelwa ukuthi kokubili inhlekelele yakwa-Israel/Palestine kanye nenhlekelele yase-Ukraine/Russia kanye nazo zonke ezinye izimpi emhlabeni zingaxazululwa ngezingxoxo zokuthula ezinzima. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi abantu abaningi bangibheka “njengesikhohlakali” ngoba ngiyalokotha ukusho ukuthi angikholelwa ezizweni, nokuthi angicabangi ukuthi kubalulekile noma kuvumelekile ukuthi isizwe okuthiwa u-Israel noma iPalestine noma i-United States. yaseMelika noma e-Ukraine noma eRussia ikhona emhlabeni. Ngikholelwa ukuthi izizwe zingumqondo weNapoleon esilungele ukuvela ngaphesheya. Ukwesaba nenzondo kuphela okushiywe amakhulu eminyaka empi enonya, ehlukumezayo njalo egcine isintu sinamathele emcabangweni ongasekho wobuzwe: i-exoskeleton eqinile yokuhlukumezeka kwesizukulwane esilunywe kanzima okudingeka sigqashule kukho ukuze sikwazi ukuguqukela kukho. uhlanga lwesintu olungcono kanye neplanethi yomhlaba engcono.
Mhlawumbe kungenxa yokuthi ngikholelwa zonke lezo zinto okuthi ngezikhathi zethemba ngizivumele ngicabange ukuthi uJudih uqhuba ishabhu ye-haiku nezakhamizi ezihlukumezekile zaseGaza City emhubheni othile ndawana thize. Uma ephila, ngiyazi ukuthi ubhidliza izindonga futhi wenza abangane, njengoba nje enza kimi eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule ngesikhathi sigcina ukuhlangana. Imbongi ingenza izimanga, futhi yilokho engithemba ngokumelene nokubi kakhulu okungenzeka eGaza namuhla. Futhi ngithemba ukuthi ohulumeni bethu abayiziphukuphuku bangayeka ukudubula amabhomu nemicibisholo futhi baqale ukuhlala phansi ukuze kube nezingxoxo zokuthula, manje, ukusindisa zonke izimpilo zethu.
Ngizobuyekeza lokhu okuthunyelwe kwe-Litkicks ngolwazi olwengeziwe, futhi ngihlela nokuqopha inhlolokhono ye-podcast nomngane ka-Judih ezophuma maduze.
