I-Gaza Freedom Flotilla izohamba ngomkhumbi ngo-2023 ukuze inselele inselelo ekuvinjweni kweGaza okungekho emthethweni, okungaziphathi kahle kanye nokungenabuntu

Ngo-Ann Wright, World BEYOND War, November 14, 2022

Ngemuva kwekhefu ngenxa yalolu bhubhane lomhlaba wonke, iGaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) izophinda iqale kabusha umkhumbi wayo ukuze inselele ukuvinjwa okungekho emthethweni, okungaziphathi kahle nokunonya kwa-Israyeli eGaza. Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kokugcina kwe-flotilla kwakungo-2018. Useyili ka-2020 wahlehliswa ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID oluvale amachweba amaningi aseYurophu.

Amalungu omfelandawonye womkhankaso wenhlangano kazwelonke neyamazwe ngamazwe ayi-10 ahlangana eLondon Novemba 4-6, 2022, futhi athatha isinqumo sokuphinda aqale ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ngo-2023. Abamele imikhankaso yamalungu abavela eNorway, Malaysia, US, Sweden, Canada, France, New Zealand, I-Turkey kanye ne-International Committee for Breaking the Siege of Gaza) bahlangane mathupha nangokusondeza. Amanye amalungu alo mfelandawonye aqhamuka eNingizimu Afrika nase-Australia.

Umkhankaso we-US Boats to Gaza ubemelwe eLondon ngu-Ann Wright, uKit Kittredge noKeith Mayer. U-Ann Wright uthe ngesikhathi sokutholakala kwabezindaba eLondon ukuthi: "Naphezu kokugxekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe ukuhlaselwa ngobudlova kwabasePalestine eGaza, eWest Bank naseJerusalema, uhulumeni wakwa-Israel uyaqhubeka nokuvala amehlo kuzifiki, amaphoyisa kanye nodlame olunonya lwezempi olubhekiswe kwabasePalestine, kuhlanganise. izingane kanye nezintatheli. Ukwenqaba kukahulumeni wase-US ukufaka unswinyo kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel ngenxa yokungahloniphi ngokusobala amalungelo abantu kanye namalungelo abantu basePalestine kungesinye isibonelo sokusekela kwabaphathi baseMelika izwe lakwa-Israel noma ngabe iziphi izenzo zobugebengu ezenza kubantu basePalestine.”

Ngenkathi useLondon, umfelandawonye uphinde wahlangana nezinhlangano zobumbano zaseBrithani nezamazwe ngamazwe ezisekela iPalestine ezihlanganisa iPalestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC), Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB), Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad kanye neMiles of Smiles. ukuxoxa ngezinhlelo zokuvuselela nokwandisa umsebenzi wobumbano lwasePalestine.

Izinjongo zomfelandawonye weGaza Freedom Flotilla zihlala zingamalungelo abantu aphelele kubo bonke abantu basePalestine, futhi ikakhulukazi, inkululeko yokuhamba ngaphakathi kwePalestine yomlando kanye nelungelo lokubuya.

The isitatimende somfelandawonye mayelana nomhlangano kaNovemba kuhlanganisa:

“Ngenxa yesimo sezepolitiki esibhedayo ku-Israel wobandlululo kanye nengcindezelo enonya eyandayo ePalestine edlayo, sifinyelela kwezinye izingxenye zenhlangano yobumbano ukuze sisebenzisane ukuze sifeze izinhloso zethu ezifanayo. Lo msebenzi ubandakanya ukukhulisa amazwi asePalestine, ikakhulukazi lawo avela eGaza, kanye nokweseka ababambisene bethu bomphakathi, njengeNyunyana Yamakomiti Omsebenzi Wezolimo, emele abalimi nabadobi eGaza. I-UAWC, kanye nezinye izinhlangano zomphakathi zase-Palestine, iye yagcotshwa ngokungafanele futhi yaqokwa umbuso wakwa-Israel emzamweni wokubukela phansi indima yawo ebalulekile ekubhaleni phansi ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu kanye nokwakha ukuqina ePalestine. Nakuba ezinye zezinhlangano zethu zozakwethu zibambe iqhaza ngenkuthalo ezinhlelweni ezibalulekile ezibhekana nezidingo eziphuthumayo zezingane zasePalestine ezihlukumezekile ngenxa yokuvinjwa nokuhlasela kokubulawa kuka-Israel eGaza, siyaqaphela ukuthi isisombululo esihlala njalo sidinga ukuphela kokuvinjwa. "

Isitatimende siqhubekile: “Izinhlangano zobumbano ziyahlaselwa ePalestine nasemhlabeni jikelele. Impendulo yethu kumele ikhombise futhi ikhulise izicelo eziphuthumayo ezivela kubalingani bethu bomphakathi ukuze kuqedwe ukuvinjwa kweGaza. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, siphinde sisebenzele ukuqeda ukuvinjwa kwabezindaba ngokudalula iqiniso elinonya lokuhlala abantu kanye nobandlululo.”

"Njengoba ababengaphambi kwethu kuFree Gaza Movement basho ngesikhathi beqala lolu hambo oluyinselelo ngo-2008, sihamba ngomkhumbi kuze kube yilapho iGaza nePalestine zikhululeka," kuphetha isitatimende somfelandawonye weFreedom Flotilla.

Mayelana Nombhali: U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi lase-US/Army Reserves futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Wayengusomaqhinga wase-US iminyaka engu-16 futhi wakhonza kumaNxusa aseMelika eNicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan naseMongolia. Wesula eMnyangweni Wezwe LaseMelika ngo-2003 ephikisana nempi yase-US e-Iraq. Ube yingxenye yomphakathi waseGaza Flotilla iminyaka eyi-12 futhi ubambe iqhaza ezingxenyeni ezahlukahlukene zama-flotillas amahlanu. Ungumbhali ohlangene we-"Disent: Voices of Conscience."