WASHINGTON, DC (Tasnim) - Lowo owayengusomaqhinga waseMelika kanye nesishoshovu sokuthula u-Ann Wright uthunjwe Umbutho Wamasosha Wase-Israel ngesikhathi esesikebheni esithwele izishoshovu zabesifazane ezibheke eGaza Strip.
Ngokusho kokuthunyelwa kwe-Tasnim, abasebenzi be-CodePink bafunde ngoLwesibili ukuthi "Isikebhe Sabesifazane esiya eGaza" sasithuthuka kahle eMedithera futhi abesifazane ababegibele bajabule ngokuhlangana nabantu ogwini lwaseGaza ababebalindile. Abanye abantu basePalestine baze bachitha ubusuku ogwini lolwandle bebabingelela.
Nokho, ngoLwesine ngo-9:58am EDT, abahleli be-flotilla balahlekelwa ukuxhumana nesikebhe, i-Zaytouna-Oliva. Inxusa laseMelika likuqinisekisile ukuthi isikebhe sabanjwa kanti iphephandaba lakwa-Israel i-Haaretz libike ukuthi iZaytouna-Oliva ibigibele amalungu ombutho wamasosha asemanzini akwa-Israel. Abakwa-Israel bathatha izintambo zokulawula isikebhe basibuyisela emuva - ngaphansi kwempoqo - baya echwebeni lakwa-Israel i-Ashdod.
I-CodePink yehlulekile ukuthola ukuthintana no-Ann Wright noma bonke abanye besifazane abasemkhunjini, futhi ayinalo ulwazi lokuthi bakuphi.
“Kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi lokhu kwenzeke emanzini omhlaba. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi izenzo zika-Israyeli azikho emthethweni, kodwa zibeka isibonelo esesabekayo, ezinikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza kwezinye izizwe ukuze zihlasele imikhumbi yabantu abavamile emanzini omhlaba. I-Zaytouna-Oliva yayingaluphethe usizo lwezinto ezibonakalayo. Lokhu kwakungenxa yokuklama ngoba u-Israyeli, njengesisekelo sokuhlasela kwabo, wayezothi izikhali kanye nezinto ezingekho emthethweni zazikhona. Umnikazi we-Zaytouna-Oliva ungum-Israyeli, ”kugcizelela i-CodePink enkulumweni yabezindaba.
Ohola amavolontiya e-flotilla ngu-Ann Wright, owayengusomaqhinga wase-US ohlotshisiwe kanye nesishoshovu se-CODEPINK sesikhathi eside. Esikebheni kanye naye, kwakukhona amalungu ephalamende amathathu, umsubathi wama-Olympic, kanye noNobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire. Bazibophezele ekungabini nodlame njengoba babezibophezele ekuphuleni imingcele.
Elungiselela ukugxambukela kwabakwa-Israel, u-Wright wayelungise i-video ememezela ukuthi uthathwe ngendluzula amasosha akwa-Israel.
Abahleli be-CodePink banxuse umphakathi ukuthi uxhumane noMengameli u-Barak Obama kanye noNobhala u-John Kerry futhi bacele ukuthi babe nomthelela embusweni wakwa-Israel ukuze kukhululwe laba besifazane ngokushesha, ngaphezu kokufuna ukuthi kuqaliswe uphenyo mayelana nokuthathwa kwesikebhe.
