NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Okthoba 30, 2023
Sekuphele amasonto amathathu uMongameli uBiden ebambe iqhaza elikhulu ekwesekeni ubugebengu bempi yakwa-Israyeli ngenkathi eziveza njengommeli onozwelo wokuzibamba. Lokho kuzenzisa kuwumbhedo obulalayo njengoba i-Israel iphikelela nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi eGaza.
Izindinganiso ezifanayo ezibalulekile ezikugxeke ngokuphelele ukubulawa kwe-Hamas kwezakhamuzi zakwa-Israel ngo-Oct. 7 kufanele zisebenze ekubulaleni okuqhubekayo kwa-Israel osekuvele kubulale okungenani izimpilo zabo. izikhathi eziningana Izakhamuzi zasePalestine. Futhi u-Israyeli uyaqala nje.
"Sidinga ukumiswa ngokushesha," kubhala uCongresswoman Rashida Tlaib ku-imeyili ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa, "kodwa i-White House kanye neCongress bayaqhubeka nokusekela ngokungenamibandela izenzo zikahulumeni wase-Israel zokuqothula isizwe."
Lokho kusekelwa okungenamibandela kwenza i-Biden kanye neningi leCongress bahlanganyele ngokuqondile nokubulawa kwabantu abaningi kanye uhlanga, kuchazwe “njengokubulala ngamabomu inani elikhulu labantu besizwe noma isizwe esithile ngenjongo yokucekela phansi leso sizwe noma iqembu.” Le ncazelo iwafanela kahle amazwi nezenzo zabaholi bakwa-Israyeli.
"I-Israel yehlise cishe amathani ayi-12,000 eziqhumane eGaza kuze kube manje futhi kubikwa ukuthi isibulale abaphathi beHamas abaningi, kodwa iningi labashonile kube abesifazane nezingane," iphephabhuku i-Time. kufingqa ekupheleni kwesonto eledlule. Amasosha akwa-Israyeli abelokhu ebulala ngokungenamahloni izakhamuzi ezindlini, ezitolo, ezimakethe, kuma-mosque, emakamu ababaleki nasezikhungweni zezempilo. Cabanga ukuthi yini engalindelwa manje njengoba ukuxhumana phakathi kweGaza nomhlaba wangaphandle kuncane kakhulu okungenzeka.
Kuzintatheli, ukuba semhlabeni eGaza kuyingozi kakhulu; Ukuhlasela kuka-Israel sekubulale okungenani izintatheli ezingama-29. Kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel, izintatheli ezimbalwa eziphila eGaza ziba ngcono; ukuthembela kwabezindaba kuma-handouts akwa-Israel, izingqungquthela zezindaba kanye nezingxoxo kuhle.
Pro-Israel ozimele inkomba kanye ukukhetha amagama ziyinjwayelo kwabezindaba ezijwayelekile zase-US. Nokho enye imibiko eyingqayizivele isikhanyisele ngonya olungenasihawu lwezenzo zika-Israyeli eGaza, lapho kuhlala khona abantu abayizigidi ezi-2.2.
Isibonelo, ngo-Oct. 28, i-PBS News Weekend inikeze ukuhlolwa kweqiniso lomuntu njengoba i-Israel iqala ukuhlasela phansi ngenkathi inyusa ukuqhunyiswa kwayo ngamabhomu eGaza. "Njengoba imisebenzi yase-Israel iqina lapho, kungazelelwe ucingo ne-inthanethi yaphuma," kusho umlobeli uLeila Molana-Allen. kubika. “Ngakho-ke, abantu baseGaza, abazwakali ubusuku bonke njengoba babengaphansi kwalokhu kuqhuma kwamabhomu. Abantu abakwazanga ukushayela ama-ambulensi, futhi sizwile namhlanje ekuseni ukuthi abashayeli bama-ambulensi bebemi ezindaweni eziphakeme kulo lonke, bezama ukubona ukuthi kuqhume kuphi, ukuze bakwazi ukushayela ngqo lapho. Abantu abakwazi ukuxhumana nemindeni yabo ukuze babone ukuthi bakahle yini. Abantu namuhla ekuseni bathi 'kade sikhipha izingane emfucumfucwini ngezandla zethu ngoba asikwazi ukucela usizo.'
Nakuba abantu baseGaza “behlaselwa ngamabhomu amakhulu kakhulu esake sakubona,” kwengeza uMolana-Allen, abanayo indawo ephephile abangaya kuyo: “Nakuba basatshelwa ukuthi bathuthele eningizimu, eqinisweni. abantu abaningi abakwazi ukuya eningizimu ngenxa yokuthi abanawo uphethiloli wezimoto zabo, abakwazi ukuhamba, ngisho naseningizimu ibhomu isaqhubeka.”
Khonamanjalo, uBiden uqhubekile nokuzwakalisa esidlangalaleni ukweseka kwakhe ngokungananazi okwenziwa yi-Israel. Ngemuva kokukhuluma noNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBenjamin Netanyahu ngesonto eledlule, i-White House ikhiphe a isitatimende ngaphandle kokuthi kukhulunywe nokuncane ukukhathazeka ngalokho ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kuka-Israyeli okwakubangela izakhamuzi. Esikhundleni salokho, isitatimende sathi, "uMongameli uphinde waveza ukuthi i-Israel inalo lonke ilungelo nesibopho sokuvikela izakhamuzi zayo ebuphekula futhi ikwenze ngendlela ehambisana nomthetho wobuntu wamazwe ngamazwe."
Ukwesekwa kukaBiden kokuqhubeka nokubulawa kwabantu eGaza kufaniswa neCongress. Njengoba i-Israel iqala isonto layo lesine lokusabisa nokubulala, amalungu angu-18 kuphela eNdlu abesohlwini lwawo abenzi bomthetho abaxhasa i-H.Res. 786, "Icela ukuthi kunciphe ngokushesha futhi kuqedwe ukulwa kwa-Israel kanye nePalestine." Bonke labo baxhasi abangu-18 bangabantu bemibala.
Ngenkathi i-Israel ibulala inqwaba yezakhamizi zasePalestine usuku nosuku - futhi ngokusobala ihlose ukubulala izinkulungwane eziningi - singabona imaski "eqhubekayo" ephuma emalungwini amaningi eCongress ahlala eqandisiwe ngokuhambisana nezepolitiki.
“Ngesikhathi esimnyama,” kubhala imbongi uTheodore Roethke, “iso liqala ukubona.”
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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.
Impendulo eyodwa
Angikaze ngiqonde ukuthi kungani i-United States ibe umsekeli onjalo we-Israel. Anginalutho engimelene nabo abantu bakwa-Israel uqobo, kodwa uhulumeni wabo ubelokhu ebonakala ekhohlakele Angikuvumeli futhi iHamas. Abantu basePalestine bafanelwe izwe okungelabo.