Ibhalwe ngu-Alex Kane, AmaJuda Currents, May 19, 2021
PHAKATHI KOKUHLASELWA OKULINZI KWA-ISRAYELI E-GAZA, Ilungu leCongress laseNew York u-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, i-Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan, kanye ne-Michigan Congressman Rashida Tlaib balungiselela ukwethula isinqumo esizovimba i-United States'. kuhlelwe ukuthengiswa kwezigidi ezingu-735 zamaRandi wamabhomu kwa-Israyeli, ngokohlaka lokuqala lomthetho olutholwe ngu AmaJuda Currents.
Isinqumo sizomisa ukudluliswa okuhleliwe kwalokho okubizwa ngokuthi ama-JDAM, noma i-Joint Direct Attack Munitions, kanye namaBhomu Amancane Amabhomu, womabili okungamabhomu afakwe izinhlelo ezikhethekile zokuqondisa ukuze afinyelele imigomo yawo. Zombili lezi zinhlobo zeziqhumane zenziwa umkhiqizi wezikhali ose-Chicago, i-Boeing. I-Israel isebenzise ama-JDAM kanye namabhomu amancane e-Diameter ekuhlaselweni kwayo eGaza njengamanje, ngokuvumelana ne I-Al Jazeera yesi-Arabhu.
“Esikhathini lapho abaningi, okuhlanganisa noMongameli wethu, besekela ukumiswa kwezikhali, akufanele sithumele izikhali 'zokuhlasela ngqo' kuNdunankulu uNetanyahu ukuze andise lolu dlame. Sekuyisikhathi eside esesidlulile sokuqeda inqubomgomo yaseMelika yokudayiswa kwezikhali zempi okungenamibandela, ikakhulukazi kohulumeni abephule amalungelo abantu,” ifundeka kanjalo i-imeyili evela ehhovisi lika-Ocasio-Cortez etholwe ngu. AmaJuda Currents lokho kucele ozakwabo kukhongolose ukuthi bameseke umthethosivivinywa wakhe.
Ngaphandle kuka-Ocasio-Cortez, uPocan, noTlaib, abaxhasi ababambisene nabo bahlanganisa amaReps. Cori Bush, Andre Carson, Pramila Jayapal, Betty McCollum, Ilhan Omar, no-Ayanna Pressley. Izinhlangano ezeseka lo mthethosivivinywa zifaka i-IfNotNow, Centre for Constitutional Rights, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Jewish Voice for Peace, Churches for Middle East Peace, kanye ne-Defence for Children International–Palestine.
Isixazululo esizokwethulwa ngu-Ocasio-Cortez saziwa njengesixazululo esihlanganyelwe sokungavunyelwa (JRD). Lapho esethulwe, uSomlomo weNdlu, njengamanje uNancy Pelosi, ngokujwayelekile ibhekisela lolu hlobo lomthethosivivinywa oya eKomidini Lezangaphandle Lendlu (HFAC), elinegunya phezu kokuthengiswa kwezikhali. Kulokhu, amalungu ambalwa e-HFAC asevele ezwakalise ukugxeka ukuthengiswa okuhlongozwayo—okuhlanganisa namaReps. Joaquin Castro kanye no-Ilhan Omar, aba baphume ngokuphikisana kuyo. "Kungashaqisa ukuthi abaphathi beBiden basebenzise izikhali ezingama- $ 735 million eziqondiswe kuNetanyahu ngaphandle kwezintambo ezifakwe ngemuva kodlame nokuhlaselwa kwabantu," kusho u-Omar esitatimendeni. "Uma lokhu kudlula kulokhu kuzobonakala njengesibani esiluhlaza sokuqhubeka nokukhula futhi kuzonciphisa noma yimiphi imizamo yokusungula ukumiswa kokudubula."
Noma kunjalo, mancane amathuba okuthi lesi sinqumo sidlule kulo lonke ikomiti elinamalungu angama-51, okuhlanganisa nenani lamalungu esishayamthetho aziwa kakhulu asekela u-Israyeli ezinhlangothini zombili zeDemocratic and Republican. Esinye isithiyo ekuxazululeni kokuthola noma yikuphi ukuthi noma iyiphi i-JRD ekuthengisweni kwezikhali kwa-Israyeli (kanye nasemalungwini e-NATO) ingacatshangelwa kuphela izinsuku eziyi-15 ngemva kokuba iCongress yazisiwe ngokudayiswa okuhleliwe. Ngenxa yokuthi iCongress yazisiwe ngalokhu kuthengiswa ngoMeyi 5, iNdlu inesikhathi kuze kube nguMeyi 20 ukuyicubungula. (Kodwa-ke, uma uSenator ethula isinqumo ngaphambi kokuphela kukaMeyi 20, umthethosivivinywa uzodingeka ukuthi uthole ivoti eSenate.) I-New York Congressman kanye noSihlalo we-HFAC uGregory Meeks uthe ngoMsombuluko uhlele ukuhlehlisa ukudayiswa kwezikhali, kodwa. bese kuhlehlisiwe ngolwesibili. "Kuwukuqonda kwami kuSihlalo uMeeks ukuthi ngeke athumele incwadi, futhi isizathu ukuthi abaphathi bavumile ukuba nezingxoxo ezithile namalungu eKomidi Lezangaphandle," kusho uRep. Steny Hoyer, umholi we-House Democratic Majority Leader. kanye a umvikeli oqinile ka-Israyeli, ngo ukumemezela Ubuso bukaMeeks.
“Lolu wusuku oluyingqophamlando. Nakuba le JRD ineshalofu elifushane lempilo, iyashintsha,” kusho uRaed Jarrar, umqondisi wenhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu iDemocracy for the Arab World. "ICongress ayikaze izame ukuvimba ukudayiswa kwezikhali kwa-Israyeli ngaphambilini, futhi ithumela umyalezo ocacile kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel ukuthi izinsuku zayo zokungajeziswa sezizophela."
Noma singadluli, lesi sinqumo singamisa inkulumompikiswano engakaze ibonwe eNdlu yabaMeli mayelana nokufaneleka kokudayiswa kwamabhomu kwa-Israel. Ngakho-ke, lo mthetho ohlongozwayo uwukukhuza inqubomgomo yabaphathi beBiden yokwenza lula ukuhamba kwezikhali ezweni elibulale okungenani abantu basePalestine abangama-220 ezinsukwini eziyishumi, kuhlanganisa nezingane ezingama-63. I-US inika u-Israyeli ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.8 ngosizo lwaminyaka yonke lwezempi, imali esetshenziselwa ukuthenga izikhali zaseMelika. Ezinye zalezo zikhali zisetshenziswa u-Israyeli ekuhlaseleni kwezindiza eGaza-okumanje ngaphansi komhlaba obekwe yi-Israel, umoya, nolwandle - kanti ezinye izinhlobo zezikhali, njengezibhamu nesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi, bezisetshenziswa amasosha akwa-Israel kule ndawo. I-West Bank.
"Iqiniso eliqinile ukuthi lezi zikhali zithengiswa yi-United States ku-Israel ngokuqonda kahle ukuthi iningi lazo lizosetshenziselwa ukuqhumisa iGaza," kusho uTlaib esitatimendeni. "Ukugunyaza lokhu kuthengiswa manje, ngenkathi yehluleka ngisho nokuzama ukuyisebenzisa njengesisekelo sokuqeda impi, kuthumela umyalezo ocacile emhlabeni-i-US ayinandaba nokuthula, futhi ayinandaba namalungelo abantu kanye nempilo yabantu basePalestine. Ngeke uthi usekela amalungelo abantu nokuthula eMhlabeni futhi uqhubeke nokweseka umbuso weNetanyahu oweqisayo, kulula kanjalo. "
Lo mthethosivivinywa uwuphawu olugqamile lwentukuthelo yamaDemocrats ngokuqhubekayo ngokujezisa kuka-Israel eGaza. NgoMeyi 14, embukisweni ongakaze ubonwe wokungaboni ngaso linye esitezi seNdlu, abameleli abayisikhombisa beDemocratic Alliance — u-Ayanna Pressley, uCori Bush, uBetty McCollum, u-Ilhan Omar, uMark Pocan, uRashida Tlaib, no-Ocasio-Cortez—banikeze ukugxeka okubukhali kwempi yakwa-Israyeli eGaza. . “Umongameli kanye nabanye abaningi kuleli sonto baveze ukuthi i-Israel inelungelo lokuzivikela, futhi lena imizwa enanelwa kuyo yonke le nhlangano. Kodwa ingabe amaPalestine analo ilungelo lokusinda? Siyakukholelwa lokho?,” kusho u-Ocasio-Cortez enkulumweni yakhe yaseNdlu. "Uma kunjalo, sinesibopho kulokho."
Enkulumweni yabezindaba mayelana nesinqumo, u-Ocasio-Cortez wanezela, "Sekungamashumi eminyaka, i-US ithengise izigidigidi zamaRandi izikhali kwa-Israyeli ngaphandle kokudinga ukuthi bahloniphe amalungelo ayisisekelo asePalestine. Ngokwenza kanjalo, sibe nesandla ngokuqondile ekufeni, ekuxoshweni nasekuphucweni izigidi.”
Lena indaba ethuthukayo futhi ibuyekeziwe. Kuphinde kwalungiswa ukuze kubonise ukuthi ama-Reps. u-Pocan no-Tlaib, ngaphezu kuka-Ocasio-Cortez, balungiselela ukwethula umthetho.
Alex Kane is a AmaJuda Currents umbhali kanye nentatheli ebhala ngepolitiki yakwa-Israel/Palestine e-US.
