Ingabe Amanyuvesi Ahlanganisiwe Angakuvumela Ukugxekwa Kwa-Israyeli?

IYunivesithi yaseCalifornia ifuna ukuvinjelwa ukugxeka u-Israyeli. Lesi yisenzakalo esisabalele e-United States, njengoba kufakazelwa ngu ezimbili new imibiko kanye namacala afana nakaSteven Salaita, umbhali we Amalungelo Omphakathi: I-Palestine kanye Nemikhawulo Yenkululeko Yezemfundo.

USalaita uxoshwe yiNyuvesi yase-Illinois ngokugxeka u-Israel kuTwitter. UNorman Finkelstein wayenqatshelwe isikhundla yiDePaul University ngokugxeka u-Israyeli. UWilliam Robinson wacishe waxoshwa e-UC Santa Barbara ngokwenqaba “ukuphenduka” ngemva kokugxeka u-Israyeli. UJoseph Massad e-Columbia waba nokuhlangenwe nakho okufanayo.

Kungani, ezweni elinweba “inkululeko yokukhuluma” kuze kube seqophelweni lokuhlanganisa ukufumbathisa kosopolitiki, kufanele kwamukeleke ukugxeka i-United States kodwa hhayi izwe elincane, elikude elisanda kwakhiwa ngo-1948? Futhi kungani ukucwaninga okunjalo kufanele kufinyelele ngisho nasezikhungweni ngokuvamile ezinqwabelanisa “inkululeko yezemfundo” phezu “kwenkululeko yokukhuluma” njengempikiswano emelene nokuhlolwa?

Okokuqala nokubalulekile, ngicabanga, isimo sika-Israyeli. Yisizwe esisebenzisa ubandlululo nokuqothulwa kohlanga ekhulwini lamashumi amabili nanye sisebenzisa uxhaso lwe-US kanye nezikhali. Ngeke kukwazi ukuncenga abantu ngokwamukelwa kwale migomo engxoxweni evulekile. Ingaqhubeka nobugebengu bayo ngokugcizelela ukuthi - njengohulumeni osebenzela isizwe esisodwa kuphela - noma yikuphi ukugxekwa kufana nosongo lobandlululo kanye nokuqothulwa kohlanga olwaziwa ngokuthi "ukulwa namaJuda."

Okwesibili, ngicabanga ukuthi, ukuzithoba kwesikhungo semfundo esiwohlokayo, esisebenzela umnikeli ocebile, hhayi ukuhlola ubuhlakani bomuntu. Lapho abanikeli abacebile befuna ukuthi "ukulwa nobuJuda" kuqedwe, kunjalo. (Futhi umuntu angaphikisa kanjani ngaphandle kokuthi “abemelene namaJuda” noma abonakale ephikisa ukuthi empeleni kukhona ukulwa namaJuda kwangempela emhlabeni nokuthi kubi njengenzondo yanoma yiliphi elinye iqembu.)

Okwesithathu, ukudilizwa kokugxeka u-Israyeli kuyimpendulo empumelelweni yokugxekwa okunjalo kanye nemizamo ye-BDS (ukuduba, ukwehlukana, kanye nezijeziso) ukunyakaza. Umbhali wakwa-Israel uManfred Gerstenfeld ushicilele obala encwadini I-Jerusalem Post isu lokwenza isibonelo sosolwazi abambalwa base-US ukuze "banciphise usongo lokuduba."

USalaita wabiza incwadi yakhe Amalungelo Omphakathi ngoba izinsolo zenkulumo engamukelekile ngokuvamile zithatha uhlobo lokumemezela isidingo sokuvikela inhlonipho. USalaita akazange abhale ku-Twitter noma axhumane nanoma yini ngempela emelene namaSemitic. Ubhale ku-Twitter futhi ngenye indlela wakhuluma ngezitatimende eziningi eziphikisana ne-anti-Semitism. Kodwa wagxeka u-Israyeli futhi waqalekisa ngesikhathi esifanayo. Futhi ukuze aqinise isono, wasebenzisa amahlaya nokubhuqa. Izenzo ezinjalo zanele ukuthi ugwetshwe eNkantolo Yentukuthelo Yase-US ngaphandle kokuhlola ngokucophelela ukuthi isiqalekiso esibhuqayo sibonise inzondo ngempela yini noma, ngokuphambene nalokho, sizwakalise ukucasuka okufanele. Ukufunda ama-tweets acasulayo kaSalaita kumongo wawo wonke amanye amkhulula e-anti-Semitism ngenkathi emshiya enecala “lokulwa nobuJuda,” okungukuthi: ukugxeka uhulumeni wakwa-Israel.

Lokhu kugxeka kungase kuthathe uhlobo lokugxeka izifiki zakwa-Israel. USalaita ubhala encwadini yakhe:

“Kunezakhamuzi ezingamaJuda ezicishe zibe ingxenye yesigidi eWest Bank. Inani labo njengamanje likhula ngesilinganiso esiphindwe kabili kunamanye ama-Israel. Basebenzisa amaphesenti angama-90 amanzi aseWest Bank; amaPalestine ayizigidi ezi-3.5 endaweni akhokha ngamaphesenti ayi-10 asele. Bahamba emigwaqweni emikhulu yamaJuda kuphela kuyilapho abasePalestine belinda amahora amaningi ezindaweni zokuhlola (ngaphandle kwesiqinisekiso sokudlula, ngisho nalapho belimele noma bebeletha). Bahlala behlasela abesifazane nezingane; abanye bangcwaba bephila abomdabu. Bacekela phansi imizi nezitolo. Bagijimisa abahamba ngezinyawo ngezimoto zabo. Bavimbela abalimi emasimini abo. Baqoshama eziqongweni zezintaba okungezona ezabo. Baqhumisa amabhomu ezindlini babulale nezingane. Bafika nethimba lezokuphepha elisezingeni eliphezulu elihlanganiswe ikakhulukazi labo ababuthiwe ukuze bagcine lesi sisetshenziswa esibi.”

Umuntu angafunda ngisho nokugxekwa okude kune-twitter futhi acabange izengezo ezithile kukho. Kodwa, ukufunda yonke incwadi engicashunwe kuyo, kungaqeda ukuba nokwenzeka kokucabanga ukuthi iSalaita, kulesi siqephu, ikhuthaza impindiselo noma udlame noma ilahla izifiki ngenxa yenkolo noma ubuhlanga babo noma ilinganisa bonke abahlali bodwa ngaphandle kwase- kuze kube manje njengoba beyingxenye yohlelo lokuhlanzwa kwezinhlanga. USalaita akazithetheleli noma yiziphi izinhlangothi zombango kodwa ugxeka umbono wokuthi kunokungqubuzana ePalestine enezinhlangothi ezimbili ezilinganayo:

“Kusukela ngo-2000, ama-Israel abulale izingane zasePalestine ezingu-2,060, kanti amaPalestine abulale izingane zakwa-Israel eziyi-130. Isibalo sokufa sisonke ngalesi sikhathi singaphezu kuka-9,000 amaPalestine nama-Israel ayi-1,190. I-Israel yephule okungenani izinqumo ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa nesikhombisa ze-UN kanye nezinhlinzeko eziningi zeZivumelwano ze-Fourth Geneva. I-Israel ibeke amakhulukhulu ezindawo zokuhlala eWest Bank, kanti amaPalestine angaphakathi kwa-Israel aya ngokuya ecindezelwa futhi eqhubeka nokuxoshwa ngaphakathi. U-Israel ubhidlize amakhaya acishe abe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu amaPalestine njengomthetho. Abantu basePalestine babhidlize izindlu zakwa-Israel ezithi ziro. Njengamanje bangaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyisithupha abantu basePalestine ababoshiwe emajele akwa-Israel, kuhlanganisa nezingane; akekho u-Israel ovalelwe ejele lasePalestine.”

USalaita ufuna umhlaba wasePalestine ubuyiselwe kubantu basePalestine, njengoba nje efuna okungenani umhlaba othile woMdabu waseMelika ubuyiselwe kwaboMdabu baseMelika. Izimfuno ezinjalo, ngisho noma zingelutho ngaphandle kokuhambisana nemithetho nezivumelwano ezikhona, zibonakala kungenangqondo noma ziphindisela kubafundi abathile. Kodwa lokho abantu abakucabangayo imfundo ihlanganisa uma kungenjalo ukucatshangelwa kwemibono ekuqaleni ebonakala ingenangqondo kungaphezu kwami. Futhi umbono wokuthi ukubuyisela umhlaba owebiwe kumele kuhilele udlame kuwumbono owengezwe ngumfundi esiphakamisweni.

Kodwa-ke, kunendawo okungenani eyodwa lapho iSalaita ilwamukela ngokusobala futhi obala udlame, futhi lokho kuyibutho lase-United States. USalaita wabhala ikholomu egxeka inkulumo-ze ethi “sekela amasosha,” lapho athi, “Mina nomkami sivame ukuxoxa ngalokho indodana yethu engase ikhule ukuze ikufeze. Indawo engaguquki yokungavumelani iwukukhetha kwakhe umsebenzi. Angacabanga ngezinto ezimbalwa ezimbi kakhulu kunaye ngelinye ilanga ejoyina amasosha (noma ngabe isiphi isikhundla), kuyilapho mina ngingeke ngisiphikise isinqumo esinjalo.”

Cabanga ngalokho. Nangu umuntu owenza impikiswano yokuziphatha ngokuphikisana nodlame lwase-Palestine, kanye nokuvikela ubude bencwadi ukubaluleka kwalokhu kugqama okudlula ukukhathazeka kokunethezeka noma inhlonipho. Futhi wayengeke aphikise ukuthi indodana yakhe ijoyine amasosha ase-United States. Kwenye indawo kule ncwadi, uphawula ukuthi izifundiswa zaseMelika “zingahambela, zithi, eNyuvesi yaseTel Aviv futhi zihlangane nabacwasi bobuhlanga nezigebengu zempi.” Cabanga ngalokho. Lesi yisifundiswa saseMelika esibhala lokhu ngenkathi uDavid Petraeus, uJohn Yoo, uCondoleezza Rice, uHarold Koh, kanye nenqwaba yezigebengu zempi ezisebenza nabo befundisa esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme saseMelika, futhi ngaphandle kwengxabano enkulu mayelana nokuthi uSalaita wayengeke agweme ukuzwa. Ephendula intukuthelo ngokugxeka kwakhe “ukusekela amasosha,” owayengumqashi wakhe ngaleso sikhathi, uVirginia Tech, wamemezela ngokuzwakalayo ukweseka kwawo amasosha ase-US.

Amasosha ase-US enza ngenkolelo, njengoba kutholakala emagameni okusebenza kwawo nezikhali kanye nasezingxoxweni zawo ezinwetshiwe, ukuthi umhlaba "uyindawo yamaNdiya," nokuthi izimpilo zabomdabu azinandaba. Uprofesa waseWest Point kusanda kuhlongozwa eqondise abagxeki bezempi yase-US ngokufa, hhayi nje ukuphikiswa isikhathi sokuhlala. Futhi kungani ukugxeka okunjalo kuyingozi? Ngoba akukho lutho amasosha ase-US akwenzayo kubantu base-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, ePakistan, eYemen, eSomalia, eSyria, nanoma yikuphi okunye okungavikeleka kunalokho okwenziwa amasosha akwa-Israel ngosizo lwayo - futhi angicabangi ukuthi kungabhekwa kakhulu. kwe amaqiniso ukuze umuntu onjengoSteven Salaita akubone lokho.