NguDavid Swanson
UDanielle Yaor oneminyaka engu-19, wakwa-Israel, futhi wenqaba ukuba nengxenye embuthweni wezempi wakwa-Israel. Ungomunye wabangu-150 asebezibophezele, kuze kube manje lesi sikhundla:
Thina, izakhamuzi zezwe lakwa-Israyeli, sikhethelwe inkonzo yezempi. Sinxusa abafundi bale ncwadi ukuba bakubeke eceleni lokho obekuyinto evamile futhi bacabangele kabusha lokho okushiwo yinkonzo yezempi.
Thina, esisayine ngezansi, sihlose ukwenqaba ukusebenza ebusosheni futhi isizathu esikhulu salokhu kwenqaba ukuphikisana kwethu nokuhlasela kwezempi ezindaweni zasePalestine. Abantu basePalestine abasezindaweni ezidlayo baphila ngaphansi kombuso wakwa-Israel nakuba bengakhethanga ukwenza kanjalo, futhi bengenayo indlela engokomthetho yokuthonya lo mbuso noma izinqubo zawo zokuthatha izinqumo. Lokhu akukhona ukulingana noma ukulunga. Kulezi zindawo, amalungelo abantu ayaphulwa, futhi izenzo ezichazwe ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe njengobugebengu bempi buqhutshwa nsuku zonke. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukubulawa (ukubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkantolo), ukwakhiwa kwezindawo zokuhlala ezindaweni ezidliwe, ukuboshwa kwabaphathi, ukuhlukunyezwa, ukujeziswa ngokuhlanganyela kanye nokwabiwa ngokulinganayo kwezinsiza ezifana nogesi namanzi. Noma yiluphi uhlobo lwenkonzo yezempi luqinisa lesi simo, ngakho-ke, ngokuvumelana nonembeza wethu, asikwazi ukuba nengxenye ohlelweni oluqhuba lezi zenzo ezishiwo ngenhla.
Inkinga ngombutho wamasosha ayiqali futhi ayipheli ngomonakalo ewudalayo emphakathini wasePalestine. Ingena futhi ekuphileni kwansuku zonke emphakathini wakwa-Israel: ilolonge uhlelo lwezemfundo, amathuba ethu abasebenzi, kuyilapho ikhuthaza ukucwasa, udlame nokucwasa ngokobuhlanga, kwezwe kanye nobulili.
Siyenqaba ukusiza uhlelo lwezempi ekukhuthazeni nasekuqhubekiseni phambili ukubusa kwabesilisa. Ngokombono wethu, ibutho likhuthaza isimo sobudoda esinobudlova nempi lapho 'kungenzeka kulungile'. Lokhu okuhle kulimaza wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi labo abangahambisani nakho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, simelana nezinhlaka zamandla ezicindezelayo, ezibandlululayo, futhi ezinobulili kakhulu ngaphakathi kwebutho ngokwalo.
Siyenqaba ukushiya izimiso zethu njengesimo sokwamukelwa emphakathini wethu. Siye sacabanga ngokwenqaba kwethu ngokujulile futhi sima ezinqumweni zethu.
Sinxusa ontanga yethu, labo abasebenza embuthweni njengamanje kanye/noma ababambe iqhaza, kanye nomphakathi wakwa-Israyeli wonkana, ukuthi bacabangele kabusha isimo sabo sokuhlala, amasosha, kanye nendima yezempi emphakathini. Sikholelwa emandleni nasemandleni abantu abavamile ukuguqula iqiniso libe ngcono ngokudala umphakathi onobulungiswa nobulungisa. Ukwenqaba kwethu kuveza le nkolelo.
Bambalwa kuphela kwabamelene nabangu-150 noma ngaphezulu abasejele. UDanielle uthi ukuya ejele kuyasiza ekwenzeni isitatimende. Empeleni, nakhu omunye wozakwabo owakwala ku-CNN ngoba waya ejele. Kodwa ukuya ejele kuwukuzikhethela, uDanielle uthi, ngoba amasosha (IDF) kufanele akhokhe amaShekeli angu-250 ngosuku ($66, okushibhile ngokwezindinganiso zase-US) ukuze agcine othile ejele futhi akanasithakazelo esincane sokwenza kanjalo. Esikhundleni salokho, abaningi bathi bayagula ngengqondo, kusho uYaor, namasosha azi kahle ukuthi abakushoyo ukungafuni ukuba yingxenye yezempi. I-IDF inika amadoda izinkinga eziningi kunabesifazane, uthi, futhi isebenzisa amadoda kakhulu endaweni yaseGaza. Ukuze uye ejele, udinga umkhaya okusekelayo, futhi uDanielle uthi owakubo awusisekeli isinqumo sakhe sokwenqaba.
Kungani wenqaba okuthile okulindelwe umndeni wakho nomphakathi kuwe? UDanielle Yaor uthi iningi lama-Israyeli alazi ngokuhlupheka kwabantu basePalestine. Uyazi futhi ukhetha ukungabi yingxenye yalo. Uthi: “Kumelwe ngenqabe ukuhlanganyela ebugebengwini bezempi obuqhutshwa izwe lami. “Izwe lakwa-Israel seliyizwe eligcwele ubushiqela elingawamukeli amanye. Kusukela ngisemncane saqeqeshelwa ukuba yilawa masosha wesilisa axazulula izinkinga ngodlame. Ngifuna ukusebenzisa ukuthula ukwenza umhlaba ube ngcono.”
I-Yaor i ukuvakashela i-United States, ekhuluma emicimbini kanye nomPalestine. Uchaza izenzakalo kuze kube manje ngokuthi “ziyamangalisa” futhi uthi abantu “basekela kakhulu.” Ukumisa inzondo nobudlova “kuwumthwalo wawo wonke umuntu,” kusho yena—“bonke abantu bomhlaba.”
NgoNovemba uzobuyela kwa-Israyeli, akhulume futhi abonise. Ngamuphi umgomo?
Isifunda esisodwa, hhayi ezimbili. “Ayisanele indawo yezifunda ezimbili. Kungaba nesifunda esisodwa se-Israel-Palestine, esisekelwe ekuthuleni nothando futhi abantu bahlale ndawonye.” Singafika kanjani lapho?
Njengoba abantu beqaphela ukuhlupheka kwabantu basePalestine, kusho uDanielle, kufanele basekele i-BDS (ukuduba, ukuhlukaniswa, kanye nezijeziso). Uhulumeni wase-US kufanele aqede ukwesekwa kwezimali kwa-Israyeli kanye nomsebenzi wakhe.
Kusukela ekuhlaselweni kwakamuva kweGaza, i-Israel iqhubekele phambili kwesokudla, uthi, futhi sekunzima kakhulu "ukukhuthaza intsha ukuthi ingabi yingxenye yokuhlanzwa kwengqondo okuyingxenye yesistimu yezemfundo." Incwadi engenhla yanyatheliswa “yonke indawo lapho kungenzeka khona” futhi yayingeyokuqala abaningi abake bezwa ukuthi kukhona ukukhetha okukhona ngaphandle kwezempi.
UDanielle Yaor uthi: “Sifuna lo msebenzi uphele, ukuze sonke siphile ukuphila okuhloniphekile lapho wonke amalungelo ethu eyohlonishwa khona.”
