Ababhikishi bazulisa amafulegi asePalestine, Lebanese, kanye neHezbollah futhi babambe isithombe somholi we-Hezbollah u-Hassan Nasrallah ngesikhathi somhlangano wobumbano wasePalestine eLebanon. Ikhredithi: GETTY IMAGES
NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, November 29, 2023
Ngenkathi uNobhala Wezwe u-Anthony Blinken ezulazula eMpumalanga Ephakathi ezama ukumisa ingxabano yakwa-Israel eGaza ukuthi ingaqhumi ibe yimpi yesifunda, i-United States. usethumele futhi amaqembu amabili esiteleka esithwala izindiza, i-Marine Expeditionary Unit kanye namasosha angu-1,200 engeziwe e-Middle East "njengesithiyo." Ngolimi olulula, iMelika isabisa ngokuhlasela noma yimaphi amabutho azovikela amaPalestine avela kwamanye amazwe akulesi sifunda, eqinisekisa u-Israel ukuthi angakwazi ukuqhubeka nokubulala ngaphandle kokujeziswa eGaza.
Kodwa uma u-Israyeli ephikelela kule mpi yokuqothula uhlanga, izinsongo zase-US zingase zibe namandla ukuvimbela abanye ukuthi bangenele. Ukusuka eLebanon kuya eSyria, Yemen, Iraq nase-Iran, maningi amathuba okubhebhetheka kwengxabano. Ngisho Algeria ithi isikulungele ukulwela iPalestine ekhululekile, ngokusekelwe evotini elivunyelwene ngazwi linye ephalamende layo ngomhlaka-1 Novemba.
Ohulumeni baseMpumalanga Ephakathi nabantu babo sebevele babona i-United States njengengxenye ekubulaweni kuka-Israyeli eGaza. Ngakho-ke noma yisiphi isenzo sezempi sase-US esiqondile sizobonakala njengokukhuphuka ngasohlangothini lwe-Israel futhi maningi amathuba okuba sibangele ukwanda okwengeziwe kunokukuvimba.
I-United States isivele ibhekene nalesi simo esibucayi e-Iraq. Ngaphandle kweminyaka yezicelo zase-Iraq zokususwa kwamasosha aseMelika, okungenani amasosha angama-2,500 XNUMX ase-US asele I-Al-Asad Airbase esifundazweni sasentshonalanga ye-Anbar, I-Al-Harir Airbase, enyakatho ye-Erbil e-Iraqi Kurdistan, kanye nesinye isizinda esincane esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Erbil. Kukhona futhi "amakhulu amaningana” Amasosha e-NATO, okuhlanganisa nabaseMelika, eluleka amasosha ase-Iraqi I-NATO Mission Iraq (NMI), ezinze eduze ne-Baghdad.
Iminyaka eminingi, amabutho ase-US e-Iraq abhekene nempi yezinga eliphansi ngokumelene ne-Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) eyasungulwa yi-Iraq ukuze ilwe ne-ISIS, ikakhulukazi evela ezikhulwini zeShia. Ngaphandle kokuxhumana ne-Iran, amaqembu ahlomile uKata'ib Hezbollah, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq kanye namanye ama-PMFs avame ukungazinaki izingcingo zase-Irani zokuthi kwehliswe ukuhlasela kwamasosha aseMelika. Lawa maqembu ase-Iraq awamhloniphi kakhulu umholi we-Iran Quds Force, u-Esmail Qaani, njengoba enza uGeneral Soleimani, ngakho ukubulawa kukaSoleimani yi-United States ngo-2020 kuqhubekele phambili. kuncishisiwe Ikhono le-Iran lokuvimbela amasosha e-Iraq.
Ngemuva kwesivumelwano esithathe unyaka wonke phakathi kwamasosha ase-US kanye ne-Iraqi, impi yakwa-Israel eGaza ibangele ukwanda okusha kwalokhu kungqubuzana e-Iraq naseSyria. Amanye amasosha aphinde aqamba kabusha ngokuthi i-Islamic Resistance e-Iraq, futhi aqala ukuhlasela izisekelo zase-US ngo-Okthoba 17. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kwe-32 ezisekelweni zase-US e-Iraq, 34 ngaphezulu eSiriya kanye ne-3 US airstrikes eSiriya, amabutho ase-US aqhuba. izindiza ngokumelene nezisekelo ezimbili zeKata'ib Hezbollah e-Iraq, esisodwa esifundazweni sase-Anbar nesisodwa eJurf Al-Nasr, eningizimu yeBaghdad, ngoNovemba 21, kwashona okungenani amasosha ayisishiyagalolunye.
Ukuhlasela kwezindiza kwe-US kwenze ukuthi a impendulo ethukuthele kusuka kumkhulumeli kahulumeni wase-Iraq u-Bassam al-Awadi. “Siyakugxeka kakhulu ukuhlasela UJurf Al-Nasr, ebulawa ngaphandle kolwazi lwezinhlaka zikahulumeni,” kusho u-al-Awadi. "Lesi senzo siwukuhlukumeza ngokusobala ubukhosi kanye nomzamo wokudicilela phansi isimo sezokuphepha… Isigameko sakamuva simele ukwephulwa okusobala kwenhloso yomfelandawonye yokulwa ne-Daesh (ISIS) enhlabathini yase-Iraq. Sicela wonke amaqembu ukuthi agweme izenzo ezihlangene futhi ahloniphe ubukhosi base-Iraq…”
Njengoba uhulumeni wase-Iraqi esaba, i-Islamic Resistance e-Iraq yasabela ekuhlaselweni kwezindiza kwe-US ngokuhlaselwa okubili kwe-Al-Harir airbase ngoNovemba 22 kanye. ezinye eziningi ngoNovemba 23. Bahlasele i-Airbase ye-Al-Asad ngama-drones amaningana, baqala ukuhlasela kwe-drone endaweni yase-US esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Erbil, futhi abalingani babo eSyria bahlasela izisekelo ezimbili zase-US ngaphesheya komngcele enyakatho-mpumalanga yeSyria.
Kafushane nje kokumiswa kwezikhali eGaza noma ukuhoxa ngokuphelele kwe-US e-Iraq naseSyria, asikho isinyathelo esiwujuqu i-US esingasithatha esingamisa lokhu kuhlasela. Ngakho-ke izinga lodlame e-Iraq naseSyria kungenzeka liqhubeke likhuphuka inqobo nje uma impi yaseGaza isaqhubeka.
Elinye ibutho lezempi elesabekayo nelinamava elimelene no-Israyeli kanye ne-United States yibutho lamaHouthi eYemen. NgoNovemba 14, u-Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, umholi kahulumeni wamaHouthi eYemen, wacela amazwe angomakhelwane ukuthi vula iphaseji Emkhawulweni wabo ukuze ibutho lakhe lihambe lilwe no-Israyeli eGaza.
IPhini likaNobhala Wezolwazi wamaHouthi uNasreddin Amer utshele Newsweek ukuthi uma benendlela yokungena ePalestine, ngeke bangabaze ukuhlanganyela ekulweni no-Israyeli, “Sinabalwi abalelwa emakhulwini ezinkulungwane abanesibindi, abaqinile, abaqeqeshiwe nabanolwazi ekulweni,” kusho u-Amer. "Banenkolelo eqinile, futhi iphupho labo empilweni ukulwa namaZiyoni kanye nabaseMelika."
Ukuthutha amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamasosha aseYemeni ukuze alwe eGaza cishe ngeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kokuthi iSaudi Arabia ivule indlela. Lokho kubonakala kungenakwenzeka kakhulu, kodwa i-Iran noma omunye umbimbi angasiza ukuthutha inombolo encane ngendiza noma ngolwandle ukuze ajoyine impi.
AmaHouthi abeseneminyaka eminingi elwa impi engalingani nabahlaseli abaholwa yiSaudi, futhi asungule izikhali namaqhinga abangawathwala ngokumelene no-Israyeli. Kungekudala ngemuva kwesitatimende sika-al-Houthi, amasosha aseYemeni oLwandle Olubomvu ugibele umkhumbi ophethwe, ngezinkampani zamagobolondo, ngusozigidi wase-Israel u-Abraham Ungar. Umkhumbi, obusuka e-Istanbul uya eNdiya, uvalelwe echwebeni laseYemeni.
AbakwaHouthi baphinde bethula uchungechunge lwama-drones nemicibisholo ebhekise kwa-Israyeli. Yize amalungu amaningi eCongress ezama ukuveza amaHouthi njengonodoli nje base-Iran, amaHouthi empeleni angamandla azimele, angaqageleki abanye abadlali esifundeni abangakwazi ukuwalawula.
Ngisho nozakwabo we-NATO u-Türkiye ukuthola kunzima ukuhlala eyisibukeli, uma kubhekwa ukwesekwa komphakathi okusabalele ngePalestine. UMengameli u-Erdogan waseTürkiye ubephakathi kwabaholi bokuqala bamazwe ngamazwe ukukhuluma ngokuqinile ngokumelene nempi yakwa-Israyeli eGaza, eyibiza ngokucacile. ukubulala nokusho ukuthi kwakunjalo uhlanga.
Izinhlangano zomphakathi zaseTurkey zihola a umkhankaso ukuthumela usizo lokusiza abantu eGaza ngemikhumbi ethwala impahla, isibindi sokubhekana ngeziqu zamehlo njengalokho okwenzeka ngo-2010 ngesikhathi abakwa-Israel behlasela iFreedom Flotilla, kwashona abantu abangu-10 ababegibele i-Mavi Marmara.
Emngceleni waseLebanon, i-Israel ne-Hezbollah banayo kwenziwa Ukuhwebelana kwansuku zonke kusukela ngo-Okthoba 7, kwashona amasosha angu-97 kanye nezakhamuzi ezingu-15 eLebanon namasosha angu-9 kanye nezakhamuzi ezi-3 kwa-Israel. Babalelwa ku-46,000 izakhamizi zaseLebanon kanye nama-65,000 ama-Israel axoshiwe endaweni yasemngceleni. Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel u-Yoav Gallant waxwayiswa ngoNovemba 11, “Esikwenzayo eGaza, singakwenza naseBeirut.”
Izosabela kanjani iHezbollah uma i-Israel iqala kabusha isibhicongo sayo esinesihluku eGaza ngemuva kokuphela kwesikhashana noma uma u-Israel enweba isibhicongo eWest Bank, lapho wabulawa okungenani 237 ngaphezulu Palestinians kusukela October 7?
Enkulumweni yakhe yangomhla zi-3 kuNovemba, umholi we-Hezbollah u-Hassan Nasrallah wazibamba ekumemezeleni impi entsha kwa-Israyeli, kodwa waxwayisa ngokuthi "zonke izinketho zisetafuleni" uma i-Israel ingayiqedi impi yayo eGaza.
Njengoba i-Israel ilungiselela ukumisa isikhashana ukuqhuma kwayo ngoNovemba 23, ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle wase-Iran u-Hossein Amirabdollahian wabamba imihlangano eQatar, okokuqala neNasrallah nezikhulu zaseLebanon, kwase kuba nomholi weHamas u-Ismail Haniyeh.
Phakathi ku isitatimende somphakathi, kusho u-Amirabdollahian, “ukuqhubeka kokuphela kwempi kungavimbela ukwanda okwengeziwe kobubanzi bempi. Emhlanganweni nabaholi beqembu eliphikisayo, ngithole ukuthi uma ubugebengu bempi kwa-Israyeli nokuqothulwa kohlanga kuqhubeka, isimo esinzima nesinzima kakhulu sokumelana sizosebenza. "
U-Amirabdollahian usevele waxwayiswa ngo-Okthoba 16 ukuthi, "Abaholi beqembu eliphikisayo ngeke bavumele umbuso weZionist ukuthi wenze noma yini oyifunayo eGaza bese uya kweminye imikhakha yokuphikisa."
Ngamanye amazwi, uma i-Iran namadlelandawonye ayo bekholelwa ukuthi ngempela u-Israel uhlose ukuqhubeka nempi yakhe eGaza kuze kube yilapho isusa i-Hamas emandleni, bese idedela impi yayo eLebanon noma kwabanye omakhelwane bayo, bangancamela ukulwa nempi ebanzi. impi manje, iphoqa u-Israyeli ukuthi alwe namaPalestine, iHezbollah kanye nabalingani bayo ngesikhathi esisodwa, kunokuba alinde u-Israyeli ukuba abahlasele ngamunye ngamunye.
Ngeshwa, i-White House ayilaleli. Ngosuku olulandelayo, uMongameli Biden waqhubeka nokweseka isifungo sika-Israyeli sokuphinda abhubhise iGaza ngemva “kwesikhashana” sayo sobuntu, ukusho lokho ukuzama ukuqeda i-Hamas "kuyinhloso esemthethweni."
Ukweseka okungenamibandela kweMelika ku-Israyeli kanye nokuhlinzekwa okungapheli kwezikhali kuphumelele kuphela ekuguquleni u-Israyeli amandla angalawuleki, aqothule uhlanga, adilize enhliziyweni yesifunda esintekenteke esivele siphazanyiswe futhi sihlukumezekile ngenxa yokufudumala kwe-US amashumi eminyaka. Umphumela uba izwe elenqaba ukuqaphela imingcele yalo noma leyo yomakhelwane balo, futhi lenqaba noma yimiphi yonke imingcele ezifisweni zalo zendawo kanye nobugebengu bempi.
Uma izenzo zika-Israyeli ziholela empini ebanzi, i-US izozithola inabalingani abambalwa abalungele ukugxumela kulo mbango. Noma ngabe ukungqubuzana kwesifunda kugwenywa, ukwesekwa kwe-US ku-Israyeli sekudale umonakalo omkhulu esithunzini sase-US esifundeni nangale kwalokho, futhi ukuzibandakanya okuqondile kwe-US empini kuzoyishiya yodwa futhi inamandla kunezimo zayo ezingalungile eVietnam, e-Afghanistan. kanye ne-Iraq.
I-United States isengasigwema lesi siphetho ngokugcizelela ukuthi kumiswe ukudubulana ngokushesha futhi unomphela kanye nokuhoxiswa kwamasosha akwa-Israyeli eGaza. Uma u-Israyeli engeke avume lokho, i-US kumele isekele lesi sikhundla ngokumiswa ngokushesha kokulethwa kwezikhali, usizo lwezempi, Ukufinyelela kwa-Israyeli ezinqolobaneni zezikhali zase-US kwa-Israyeli kanye nokwesekwa kwezombusazwe kwempi yakwa-Israyeli ePalestine.
Okuhamba phambili kwezikhulu zase-US kumele kube wukumisa isibhicongo sakwa-Israel, kugwenywe impi yesifunda, futhi kusuke endleleni ukuze ezinye izizwe zisize ekuxoxisaneni ngesixazululo sangempela sokudlulwa kwePalestine.
UMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies bangababhali be Impi e-Ukraine: Ukwenza Umuzwa Wengxabano Engenangqondo, eshicilelwe yi-OR Books ngoNovemba 2022.
UMedea Benjamin ungumsunguli we CODEPINK for Ukuthula, kanye nombhali wezincwadi eziningana, kuhlanganise Ngaphakathi kwe-Iran: Umlando Weqiniso Nezombangazwe YeRiphabhulikhi Yase-Islamic yase-Iran.
UNicolas JS Davies uyintatheli ezimele, umcwaningi weCODEPINK kanye nombhali we Igazi ezandleni Zethu: I-American Invasion kanye nokubhujiswa kwe-Iraq.
