Ukubulawa kuka-Israel Kwentatheli uShireen Abu Akleh Kungikhumbuza iMazen

Amalungu emithombo yezindaba kufanele angalokothi abe yindaba yezindaba. Maye uma kubulawa intatheli kuba sematheni. Kodwa ubani okubikayo? Futhi yenziwa kanjani ifreyimu? U-Al Jazeera uqinisekile ukuthi ukubulawa kukaMeyi 11 kwentatheli yabo yasePalestine yaseMelika uShireen Abu Akleh kwakuwumsebenzi wamasosha akwa-Israel.

Nami futhi. Akukona ukunwebeka. Sisebenzela eceleni ezinye izintatheli ezikhuluma ngokugasela kwa-Israyeli endaweni yabantu, ngamunye egqoke isigqoko kanye nevesti elibhalwe ukuthi “Cindezela,” ababili kwabane badutshulwa - u-Abu Akleh kanye nentatheli ye-Al Jazeera u-Ali Samoudi. USamoudi udutshulwe emhlane waze wafika esibhedlela. U-Abu Akleh wathatha inhlamvu wayiyisa ekhanda washonela endaweni yesigameko.

Bebesebenza ekamu lababaleki enyakatho yedolobha lasePalestine West Bank iJenin lapho u-Israel ubelokhu eqhumisa amabhomu ngaphandle kwesijeziso amashumi eminyaka ngezizathu zokuthi amaPalestine abenqaba ukuthatha kwawo amasosha angaphandle ngesihluku 'abayizidlamlilo' noma 'amaphekula.' Imizi yabo ingacekelwa phansi ngamakhulu, futhi imikhaya ingasuka kubabaleki iye kongenamakhaya (noma efile) ngaphandle kosizo.

E-US, imibiko yalokhu kubulala ibonakala ikulungele ukubeka icala ku-Israel, ngisho noma ingakusho ngokuqondile - ngaphandle kwe-New York Times (NYT) lapho ibhizinisi njengenjwayelo, libhekelela u-Israyeli ngazo zonke izindlela. Ngokubikezelwa, ukusakazwa kwe-NYT kudansa kuzungeze isihloko sophenyo lwamaphoyisa ngokufa kuka-Abu Akleh, kumemezela “Intatheli YasePalestine, Ushona, Ineminyaka engama-51,” njengokungathi ibangelwa yizimbangela zemvelo. Ukubukeka kwebhalansi kuwumsebenzi wokulingana okungamanga.

Kodwa-ke, i-CNN nezinye ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezijwayelekile sezishintshile zaze zafika lapho inkulumo yokuzwelana nePalestine ifinyelela phezulu kwendaba. "Iminyaka engamashumi amabili nesigamu, ubhale ukuhlupheka kwabantu basePalestine ngaphansi kombuso wakwa-Israel emashumini ezigidi zababukeli bama-Arab." Lokhu kuqinisa idolo ikakhulukazi, uma kubhekwa idumela le-CNN lokusabalalisa imibiko yangaphakathi evimbela ngokucacile ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi "umsebenzi" esimweni sobudlelwane buka-Israyeli nePalestina.

Ngisho nosesho lwe-Google lunikeza imbangela yokufa kwa-Israyeli.

Kodwa ngo-2003, i-CNN yayinamahloni okuphinda lokho osekuvele kusungulwe ecaleni likaMazen Dana, umthwebuli wezithombe / intatheli yeReuters owathola imvume engavamile kuziphathimandla zakwa-Israel ukuthi ashiye i-Occupied Palestinian West Bank eya esabelweni e-Iraq futhi wagcina efile. . Umshayeli wesibhamu wase-US wayebhekise kumzimba ka-Dana (ngezansi kwezinhlamvu ezinkulu ezimkhomba njengensizwa emsebenzini ngenxa yendaba ye-TV). "Umthwebuli wezithombe wakwaReuters udutshulwe wabulawa ngeSonto ngesikhathi ethwebula eduze kwejele lase-Abu Ghraib ..." isho ngobunyoninco, icaphuna ukukhululwa kwe-Reuters kwangaphambilini kunokuba ibike ukuthi ngubani-owenze ini, osekuvele kutholakala.

Liyini izwi lokwenziwa? Futhi ubani omunye owayeseduze nejele lase-Abu Ghraib nezibhamu ezazilayishwe ngaleso sikhathi ngaphandle kwamasosha ase-US? Kwakuyisidubuli samathangi esathi senze iphutha lekhamera ka-Dana nesiqhumane sebhomu eliqhutshwa irokhethi ngemva nje kokuba intatheli ithole imvume kumasosha ase-US ukudubula i-b-roll yejele.

Ngizwe ngokushona kukaMazen ngesikhathi ngisebenza egunjini lezindaba laseCapitol Hill ngiphothula iziqu ze-master in journalism. Cishe iminyaka ephindwe kabili yezingane engangifunda nazo esikoleni, ngafika sekwephuzile emdlalweni, kodwa ngangifuna ukuthola isitifiketi sami ukuze ngifundise abafundi basekolishi ukuthi babone ukukhulumela okungahambisani no-Israyeli kwabezindaba base-US ekuhlanganiseni i-Israel ne-Palestine. Ngase ngibike ngisePalestine nakwa-Israel isikhathi esingangonyaka kakade, ngase ngifisa ukwazi ngezimpande zikababa zasePalestina, futhi ngaba nobuhlobo obuseduze noMazen Dana.

Ngama-flipflops kanye nehembe elincanyana likakotini, ngangilandele uMazen nekhamera yakhe enkulu ngingena emgwaqweni waseBethlehem ngesikhathi kunengxabano phakathi kwamasosha akwa-Israyeli ahlomile nabafana bejikijela amatshe, ekugcineni bavala ikhamera yami yesandla futhi bahlehla eceleni komgwaqo lapho ama-shabab ayezicindezela khona ngasezitolo ezivaliwe. . UMazen uqhubekile waqonda endaweni ehlomile enyathela imfucumfucu enamatshe ukuze adubule (kodwa hhayi ukuze adutshulwe). Njengabanye abantu abadumile, wayenesikhumba emdlalweni - ngokoqobo - nsuku zonke ayedelela imizamo yakwa-Israyeli yokuthulisa izwi lakhe nokuvala ilensi yakhe.

Kodwa kwakungewona umlilo wakwa-Israyeli owamisa ukugeleza kwakhe kokukhuluma iqiniso. Bekuyithina. Kwakuyi-US Amasosha ethu abulala uMazen.

Kuzo database Ezintathelini ezibulewe, iKomiti Yokuvikela Izintatheli ezinze e-US ibala imbangela yokufa kukaMazen “njengengxabano.”

Akumangalisi ukuthi isikhathi eside Iphephandaba laseHaaretz wayezigxeka ngokwesimo njengezwi lika-Israyeli, emuva nangaleso sikhathi. "Ivinjelwe u-Israyeli eWest Bank," isigaba esiholayo siyaqala, "izintatheli zasePalestine eGaza Strip zibambe umngcwabo ongokomfanekiso izolo kaMazen Dana ...."

Esihlokweni sika-Shireen Abu Akleh, umlobi we-Haaretz u-Gideon Levy izwakala ivaliwe mayelana nokungaziwa okudabukisayo kokuchithwa kwegazi lasePalestine lapho isisulu singeyona intatheli edumile.

Engqungqutheleni ye-DC ye-Military Reporters kanye nabahleli ngo-2003, kwenzeka ukuthi ngihlezi eduze kwentatheli yaseColorado eyayikhona endaweni yesigameko. Ukhumbule umngani omkhulu ka-Mazen kanye nomsekeli wobuntatheli ongahlukaniseki uNael Shyioukhi eklabalasa, “Mazen, Mazen! Bamdubula! Hewu Nkosi yami!" Wake wambona uMazen edutshulwa ngamasosha ngaphambili, kodwa hhayi kanje. Umdondoshiya iMazen, nekhamera yaso ewumdondoshiya, yayiyiva emabuthweni akwa-Israyeli edolobheni laseHebroni, ibamba izindawo zokungcwaba zika-Abrahama, u-Isaka noJakobe futhi ngaleyo ndlela yangenwa kakhulu ngabashisekeli benkolo bamaJuda ababehlome ngezibhamu. abavela phesheya abahlala bephikisana nabantu bomdabu ekugcwalisekeni kwegunya labo leBhayibheli lokubusa. Ukuthwebula udlame lwabo ngevidiyo bekuyi-bloodsport kaMazen noNael. Njengabanye abangu-600,000 ababevukela ukulawula okungekho emthethweni kwa-Israyeli, babeyiziboshwa zikanembeza futhi bahlukunyezwa ngokungenasihawu phakathi ne-intifada yokuqala.

Iminyaka engaphezu kwengxenye yekhulu, ofakazi ‘bamaqiniso aphansi’ kaIsrayeli badunyiswa ngokuphumelelayo futhi bagwenywa. Kodwa emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, kuye kwaba into evamile ukuba izishoshovu ezixubile, izihambeli zenkolo eziboshwe onembeza, izazi zezombangazwe ezifuna izikhundla, ngisho nezintatheli ezivamile zilalelwe kahle ngokuphathwa kabi kuka-Israyeli. Akunakushiwo okufanayo ekugxekeni kwe-US nge-folx yethu egqoke umfaniswano.

Engxoxweni yangasese no-Lt. Rushing e-Chicago ngemuva kokushiya kwezempi ukuze ayosebenzela i-Al Jazeera, wangembulela ukuthi ingxenye yenhlolokhono yedokhumentari kaNoujaim abonakala eguqulwe kuyo ngokwezimiso zokuziphatha empeleni yahlelwa ukuze iphakamise ukuthi ubuntu 'olunye uhlangothi' kwavela kuye kamuva lapho kuqoshwa. Eqinisweni, kwakuyingxenye yengxoxo efanayo yemizuzu engu-40 lapho azwakalisa khona izinkolelo ezilungile egameni lomqashi wakhe. Noma kunjalo, iphuzu lakhe lithathwe kahle.

I-documentary isidlulisa ekuqhumeni kwebhomu kwe-US ehhotela lase-Palestine e-Baghdad lapho kwakwaziwa ukuthi inqwaba yezintatheli zazilele khona. Kungaphezu kokuqonda ukuthi ubuhlakani bethu bezempi bungayivumela into enjalo ngemuva kokunikezwa izixhumanisi. Nokho ngisho nokwethu okuhle nokugqama kakhulu kufulathela ukubenyezela kweqiniso.

U-Anne Garrels weNational Public Radio umenywe ukuthi ethule ukuqaliswa kweSikole Sobuntatheli saseNorthwestern Medill School of Journalism ngonyaka engathola ngawo idiploma yami. Ngahlala ngemuva kwakhe ngizizwa ngiziqhenya ngokuthola iziqu eziphakeme esikoleni esihlala nabantu abahlonishwa kangaka bendawo yesine.

Wabe esethi. Wayivuma le nhlekelele lapha eBaghdad, kodwa phela, izintatheli ezazingena ePalestine zazi ukuthi zisendaweni yempi. Ingqondo yami yabanda ngingakholwa. Isisu sami saba muncu. Washiya eyakhe - nathi sonke kuleso sigaba esifudumele kanye nabo.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngawo lowo nyaka wokuthweswa iziqu, kwaba isikhulu sikaMedill esathola u-Tom Brokaw ekuqaleni kweNyuvesi yaseNorthwestern University eyayibanjelwe enkundleni yebhola. Enkulumeni yakhe, unxuse ukuthi kube nokuthula emhlabeni okuzoncika ekunqandeni kuka-Israyeli izingxabano ePalestine – ngamagama amaningi kangaka. Bekuchwaza ihlombe ezikoleni ezahlukene ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.

Usuku olusha lapho kuba yimfashini ukugxeka izenzo ezingalungile zika-Israyeli. Kepha lapho amasosha aseMelika esebhekise amaphephandaba, akekho owacwayiza.