NguNorman Solomon, World BEYOND War, Mashi 9, i-2023
Kuleli sonto, lapho i-New York Times iveza i- umbono ucezu ngosozigidigidi uMichael Bloomberg, kwavumelana nenqwaba yezinye izicelo zakamuva ezivela kubasekeli abavelele baseMelika bakwa-Israyeli. I-Bloomberg ixwayise ngokuthi umfelandawonye omusha ophethe kwa-Israyeli uzama ukunika iphalamende amandla "okwehlula iNkantolo Ephakeme yezwe futhi ibhekane namalungelo abantu ngabanye, okuhlanganisa nezindaba ezifana nenkululeko yokukhuluma nezindaba, amalungelo alinganayo kwabancane namalungelo okuvota." Ushintsho olunjalo, kusho u-Bloomberg, luzobukela phansi “ukuzinikela okuqinile kwe-Israyeli enkululekweni.”
Ukuzinikela okuqinile kwenkululeko? Lokho kungaba yizindaba impela kwabakwa ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-5 Abantu basePalestine abahlala ngaphansi kokuqashwa kuka-Israyeli eGaza naseWest Bank.
Ukuzenzisa ukuthi okwenzeka manje nge-Israel kufana nokuphambuka okumangazayo esimweni sayo semvelo. Ngezinye izikhathi, ukuphika kuxhomeke ekukhulumeni futhi okungenangqondo ukucabanga ukuthi amaJuda awathambekele kangako ekwenzeni izenzo zonya kunanoma yibaphi abanye abantu. Kodwa izehlakalo zakamuva kwa-Israel ziqhubeka nenqubo ende yamaZiyoni egqugquzelwe yingxubevange yokulangazelela ukuphepha kanye ne-ethnocentrism eyeqisayo, enemiphumela emibi.
Izinhlangano ezintathu ezihlonishwa kakhulu zamalungelo abantu - Amnesty International, I-Human Rights Watch futhi B'Tselem - bakhiphe isahlulelo esicacile nesiqinisekisayo: I-Israel iqhuba uhlelo lobandlululo olubhekiswe kumaPalestine.
Lapho izikhulu zakwa-Israel zibhekene neqiniso elinjalo - njengoba kukhonjisiwe ku-a ividiyo yakamuva seseshini ye-Q&A nenxusa lakwa-Israel u-Tzipi Hotovely e-Oxford Union e-Britain - ukuphikisa okuphendulayo kuyadabukisa futhi kuyacasula.
Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ukhule eyingozi kakhulu ekukhulumeni nasekucindezeleni ngezenzo, namasosha awo. ukuvikela izifiki ezingamaJuda zigcweleza njengabo besabisa abasePalestine nge udlame olubi.
U-Israyeli ube yimpumelelo yephupho leZionist, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo iphupho elibi langempela labantu basePalestina. Ukuqashwa kweGaza kanye neWest Bank okwaqala ngo-1967 kube ubugebengu obuqhubekayo, obukhulu obubhekiswe esintwini. Manje, ekuqaleni kuka-2023 kulethe isikhukhula sokukhathazeka esingakaze sibonwe kubasekeli bakwa-Israyeli e-United States. Uhulumeni omusha kaNdunankulu uBenjamin Netanyahu ukubeke kwacaca lokho ukudelelwa kwe-fascistic ezimpilweni zasePalestine, ngenkathi ngisho nokuthatha izinyathelo zoku ukunqanda amalungelo athile amaJuda akwa-Israyeli.
Kusukela maphakathi noFebhuwari, inhlangano yamaJuda yaseMelika ehamba phambili ekhululekile i-J Street - "pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy" - ibilokhu ihlaba umkhosi. Umongameli weqembu, uJeremy Ben-Ami, Uxwayisa ukuthi ngemva kokuthatha izintambo zombuso ekuqaleni kuka-January, “iqembu elikude . . . manje ubusa ngokuqinile kuhulumeni wakwa-Israyeli.” Futhi “bahamba ngesivinini sombani ukuze benze i-ajenda yabo, besabisa ngokwenza u-Israyeli angabonakali ezigidini zamaJuda nakwabanye e-United States abalikhathalela ngokujulile izwe nabantu balo, futhi abakholelwa ezimisweni zentando yeningi eyasekelwe phezu kwazo. .”
Esexwayiso esijwayelekile se-imeyili, u-J Street umemezele ukuthi "uNetanyahu udicilela phansi intando yeningi yakwa-Israyeli" ngenkathi ethuthukisa "isu lokuphuca ukuzimela kweNkantolo Ephakeme yakwa-Israyeli." U-J Street waqhubeka nokugxeka uhulumeni omusha ngezinqubomgomo ezingafani nalezo zohulumeni bakwa-Israel ababuyela emuva emashumini eminyaka edlule; abaphathi abasha "baqhubekisele phambili izinhlelo zokwakha izinkulungwane zezindawo zokuhlala ezintsha endaweni ehlalwayo" futhi "bagunyaze 'ukwenziwa kube semthethweni' kwezindawo okungenani eziyisishiyagalolunye zaseWest Bank ezazingagunyaziwe nguhulumeni wase-Israel - izenzo zokwengezwa."
Kodwa nokho, ngemva kokugxeka lezi zenzakalo ezimbi, isexwayiso sesenzo sika-J Street nje utshele abamukeli ukuthi “bathinte ummeleli wakho e-Washington futhi ubanxuse ukuthi bakhulume futhi bamele izintshisekelo zethu esabelana ngazo kanye namagugu entando yeningi.”
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, u-J Street wakhala ngokuthi "udlame olubi nezingxabano phansi ziyaqhubeka nokudlondlobala - njengoba kulo nyaka kubonakale ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula okubulalayo kwa-Israel kanye nenani eliphakeme kakhulu labantu ababulawa yiPalestine esikhathini esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi." Kodwa J Street senqabe ukubiza ukuncishiswa - ingasaphathwa eyokunqanyulwa - koxhaso olukhulu lwe izigidigidi zamarandi zosizo lwezempi egeleza ngokuzenzakalelayo minyaka yonke isuka kuMgcinimafa wase-US iye kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel.
Kunokuba abe “umbuso wamaJuda wentando yeningi,” u-Israyeli uguquke waba a umbuso wamaJuda we-supremacist. Emhlabeni wangempela, “intando yeningi yakwa-Israyeli” iyi-oxymoron. Ukuphika akukwenzi lokho kube yiqiniso.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nambili kuhlanganisa Impi Yenziwe Yalula. Incwadi yakhe elandelayo, Impi Yenziwe Ingabonakali: IMelika Ifihla Kanjani Ukukhokhiswa Kwabantu Ngomshini Wayo Wezempi, izoshicilelwa ngoJuni 2023 yi-New Press.
