I-United States Isiza Kanjani Ukubulala Abantu BasePalestine

NguMedea Benjamin noNicolas JS Davies, World BEYOND War, May 17, 2021

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Imithombo yezindaba yaseMelika ivame ukubika ngokuhlaselwa kwamasosha akwa-Israyeli ePalestine elithathiwe sengathi i-United States iyiqembu elingenacala elithathe uhlangothi kule mpi. Eqinisweni, izinhloko ezinkulu zabantu baseMelika zitshele ama-pollsters amashumi eminyaka ukuthi bafuna i-United States ungathathi hlangothi empini ye-Israel nePalestina. 

Kepha abezindaba kanye nabezombusazwe baseMelika bakhombisa ukungathathi hlangothi kwabo ngokusola abantu basePalestine ngabo bonke ubudlova nokubiyela ngokungenakulinganiswa, okungakhethi nangokuhlasela okungekho emthethweni kwase-Israel njengempendulo evumayo ezenzweni zasePalestine. Ukwakheka okudala kusuka ku- Izikhulu zase-US futhi abahlaziyi bathi “u-Israyeli unelungelo lokuzivikela,” angalokothi “amaPalestina anelungelo lokuzivikela,” njengoba nama-Israyeli ebulala amakhulu ezakhamizi zasePalestine, ecekela phansi izinkulungwane zamakhaya asePalestina futhi ethatha umhlaba owengeziwe wasePalestine.

Ukungafani kwabantu abalimele ekuhlaselweni kwe-Israel eGaza kuyazikhulumela. 

• Ngesikhathi sokubhala, ukuhlaselwa kwamanje kwe-Israel eGaza sekubulale okungenani abantu abangama-200, kufaka phakathi izingane ezingama-59 nabesifazane abangama-35, kanti amarokhethi adutshulwe eGaza abulale abantu abayi-10 kwa-Israyeli, kubandakanya nezingane ezi-2. 
• In the 2008-9 ukuhlaselwa eGaza, u-Israyeli wabulawa Ama-Palestinaans e-1,417, ngenkathi imizamo yabo emincane yokuzivikela yabulala abakwa-9 bakwa-Israyeli. 
• Ngo 2014, Ama-Palestinaans e-2,251 futhi kwabulawa abakwa-Israyeli abangama-72 (iningi labo okungamasosha ayehlasela iGaza), njengoba ama-F-16 akhiwe e-US ehla okungenani Amabhomu angama-5,000 nemicibisholo eGaza nakumathangi akwa-Israyeli kanye nezikhali zokudubula Amagobolondo angama-49,500, ikakhulukazi amagobolondo amakhulu ama-intshi ama-6 avela e-US Abashayeli beM-109.
• Ukuphendula ukuthula "UMashi Wokubuyela”Imibhikisho emngceleni wakwa-Israel-Gaza ngo-2018, abaduni bakwa-Israel babulala abantu basePalestine abangu-183 balimaza abantu abangaphezu kuka-6,100 122, okubandakanya abangu-21 ababedinga ukunqunywa, abangu-9 bakhubazeka ukulimala komgogodla kwathi abangu-XNUMX baphuphuthekiswa unomphela.

Njengakwimpi eholwa yiSaudi e-Yemen kanye nezinye izinkinga ezinkulu zenqubomgomo yezangaphandle, ukusakazwa kwezindaba okucheme nokusontekile ngabezindaba bezinkampani zase-US kushiya abantu baseMelika abaningi bengazi ukuthi bacabangani. Abaningi bamane bayeke ukuzama ukuhlunga amalungelo nokungahambi kahle kwalokhu okwenzekayo futhi esikhundleni salokho basole zombili izinhlangothi, bese begxila ekugxileni kwabo ekhaya, lapho izinkinga zomphakathi zibathinta khona ngqo futhi kulula ukuziqonda nokwenza okuthile ngazo.

Ngakho-ke abantu baseMelika kufanele baphendule kanjani ezithombeni ezesabekayo zokopha, izingane ezifa namakhaya ancishiswe kwaba yimfucumfucu eGaza? Okubuhlungu okuhambisana nalesi simo esibucayi kubantu baseMelika ukuthi, ngemuva kwenkungu yempi, inkulumo-ze nokuthengiswa, ukusakazwa kwabezindaba okubandlululayo, i-United States inesabelo esikhulu kakhulu sokubulawa kwabantu okwenzeka ePalestine.

Inqubomgomo yase-US iqhubekisele phambili ubunzima kanye nobudlova bokuxhashazwa kwabakwa-Israyeli ngokuxhasa u-Israyeli ngaphandle kwemibandela ngezindlela ezintathu ezihlukene: kwezempi, kwezombusazwe nakwezepolitiki. 

Ngaphambili kwezempi, selokhu kwasungulwa umbuso wakwa-Israyeli, i-United States iye yahlinzeka $ 146 billion ekusizeni kwamanye amazwe, cishe konke kuhlobene nezempi. Okwamanje inikeza $ 3.8 billion ngonyaka ekusizeni ezempi kwa-Israyeli. 

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-United States ingumthengisi omkhulu kunabo bonke wezikhali kwa-Israyeli, i-arsenal yakhe yezempi manje ehlanganisa i-US eyakhelwe i-362 Izindiza zempi ze-F-16 kanye nezinye izindiza zamasosha zaseMelika eziyi-100, kubandakanya nemikhumbi ekhulayo yama-F-35 amasha; okungenani izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezihlasela ama-Apache ezingama-45; 600 Abashayeli beM-109 futhi 64 Ama-rocket-launcher ama-M270. Ngalesi sikhathi, u-Israyeli usebenzisa eziningi zalezi zikhali ezinikezwe yi-US ekuqhumeni kwakhe okuqothulayo eGaza.

Ukubambisana kwamasosha aseMelika ne-Israel kubandakanya nokuzivocavoca kwezempi ngokuhlanganyela nokukhiqizwa ngokuhlanganyela kwemicibisholo ye-Arrow nezinye izinhlelo zezikhali. Amasosha aseMelika nawakwa-Israyeli anakho wabambisana kubuchwepheshe be-drone obuhlolwe ngabakwa-Israyeli eGaza. Ngo-2004, i-United States kubizwa Amasosha akwa-Israyeli anolwazi ezindaweni ezisetshenzisiwe ukunikeza ukuqeqeshwa kwamasu kuma-Special Operations Forces ase-US njengoba ebhekene nokuphikiswa okwedlulele ekuhlaselweni kwamasosha ase-United States e-Iraq. 

Amasosha aseMelika abuye agcine izikhali eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 1.8 ezindaweni eziyisithupha kwa-Israyeli, ezibekwe ngaphambi kokuthi zisetshenziswe ezimpini zaseMelika ezizayo eMiddle East. Ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa abakwa-Israyeli eGaza ngo-2014, nangesikhathi iCongress yase-US imisa ezinye ukulethwa kwezikhali kwa-Israyeli, yavuma ukunikeza ngaphezulu amasheya amagobolondo odaka angama-120mm kanye nezinhlamvu zokuqalisa iziqhumane ezingama-40mm ezivela enqolobaneni yase-United States ezosetshenziswa ngabakwa-Israyeli kumaPalestina eGaza.

Ngokubambisana, i-United States isebenzise i-veto yayo eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha we-UN izikhathi 82, nabangu-44 kulabo Veto bekulokhu kuvikela u-Israyeli ekuziphenduleni ngamacala empi noma ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu. Kuwo wonke amacala, i-United States bekuyiyona kuphela evotayo ephikisana nalesi sinqumo, yize amanye amazwe ambalwa eye enqaba. 

Yisikhundla se-United States kuphela njengeLungu eliPhezulu eliPhethe i-veto loMkhandlu Wezokuphepha, nokuzimisela kwalo ukusebenzisa kabi lelo lungelo ukuvikela umlingani walo u-Israyeli, okunikeza amandla lawa angajwayelekile okumisa imizamo yamazwe omhlaba yokuphendula uhulumeni wase-Israel. ngezenzo zayo ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe omhlaba. 

Umphumela walokhu kuvikelwa kwezikhulu zase-Israyeli okungenamibandela kwe-Israel bekulokhu kukhuthaza ukuphathwa ngokungenalusini okwandayo kwama-Israyeli kwamaPalestina. Njengoba i-United States ivimba noma yikuphi ukuphendula eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha, u-Israyeli usethathe umhlaba owengeziwe wasePalestine eWest Bank nase-East Jerusalem, wasusa abantu abaningi basePalestina emakhaya abo futhi waphendula ekumelaneni nabantu abaningi abangahlomile ngodlame olwandayo njalo, ukuvalelwa nokuvinjelwa empilweni yansuku zonke. 

Okwesithathu, kwezombusazwe, yize iningi labantu baseMelika ukungathathi hlangothi empini, I-AIPAC namanye amaqembu axhasa u-Israyeli asebenzise indima ebabazekayo ekufumbathiseni nasekwesabeni osopolitiki baseMelika ukuthi banikeze uxhaso olungenamibandela ku-Israyeli. 

Izindima zabanikeli bomkhankaso kanye nama-lobbyist ohlelweni lwezepolitiki olonakele lwase-US lwenza i-United States ibe sengozini ngokukhethekile kulolu hlobo lokuthonya nokwesabisa, noma ngabe kwenziwa yizinkampani ezizimele kanye namaqembu ezimboni njenge-Military-Industrial Complex neBig Pharma, noma kahle- amaqembu enzalo axhaswe njenge-NRA, i-AIPAC futhi, eminyakeni yamuva nje, abagqugquzeli be ISaudi Arabia kanye ne-United Arab Emirates.

Ngo-Ephreli 22, emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kwalokhu kuhlaselwa eGaza, iningi elikhulu labantu, 330 kwabangu-435, usayine incwadi kusihlalo kanye nelungu lesikhundla seKomidi Lokwabiwa Kwezindlu eliphikisana nanoma ikuphi ukuncishiswa noma ukubekwa esimeni kwemali yase-US eya kwa-Israyeli. Le ncwadi ibimelela umbukiso wamandla we-AIPAC kanye nokwenqatshwa kwezingcingo ezivela kwezinye izinqubekela phambili zeDemocratic Party zokubeka noma ukuvimbela usizo kwa-Israyeli. 

UMongameli uJoe Biden, one- umlando omude lokusekela ubugebengu bakwa-Israyeli, baphendula ekubulaweni kwabantu kwakamuva ngokugcizelela “ilungelo lika-Israyeli lokuzivikela” futhi ngonya ngethemba lokuthi "lokhu kuzovalwa kungekudala kunakuqala." Inxusa lakhe le-UN liphinde futhi lavala ngokuhlazisayo isimemo sokuthi kumiswe ukulwa eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha we-UN.

Ukuthula nokubi kakhulu okuvela kuMongameli Biden kanye nabaningi bethu abamele iCongress ekubulaweni kwabantu kanye nokubhujiswa okukhulu kweGaza akuqondakali. Amaphimbo azimele akhuluma ngamandla kumaPalestine, kufaka phakathi USenator Sanders futhi Abamele UTlaib, u-Omar no-Ocasio-Cortez, basikhombisa ukuthi intando yeningi yangempela ibukeka kanjani, njengoba kwenza nemibhikisho emikhulu egcwalise imigwaqo yase-US ezweni lonke.

Inqubomgomo yase-US kumele iguqulwe ukuze ikhombise umthetho wamazwe omhlaba kanye ne ukuguqula umbono wase-US esivuna amalungelo asePalestine. Onke amaLungu kaKhongolose kumele adudulwe ukuze asayine bill yethulwe nguMmeli uBetty McCollum egcizelela ukuthi izimali zase-US kwa-Israyeli azisetshenziswanga “ukuxhasa ukuboshwa kwamasosha ezingane zasePalestine, ukuthathwa ngokungemthetho, ukwabiwa kwemali, kanye nokucekelwa phansi kwempahla yasePalestine kanye nokudluliswa ngenkani kwezakhamizi eWest Bank, noma ukuqhutshekiselwa phambili Izwe lasePalestine lephula umthetho wamazwe omhlaba. ”

ICongress kumele futhi icindezelwe ukuphoqelela ngokushesha umthetho we-Arms Export Control Act kanye neLeahy Laws ukuthi iyeke ukunikeza ezinye izikhali zase-US kwa-Israyeli ize iyeke ukuzisebenzisela ukuhlasela nokubulala izakhamizi.

Izwe laseMelika lidlale indima ebalulekile futhi laba nesandla kule nhlekelele eyathatha amashumi eminyaka ihlasele abantu basePalestine. Abaholi base-US kanye nosopolitiki manje kumele babhekane nezwe labo futhi, ezimweni eziningi, ukuzibandakanya kwabo kule nhlekelele, futhi bathathe isinyathelo ngokuphuthumayo nangokuzimisela ukuguqula inqubomgomo yase-US yokweseka amalungelo abantu aphelele abo bonke abantu basePalestine.

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