Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi - Futhi - ukuphula i-Israel Naval Blockade yaseGaza

Ngu-Ann Wright

Ngisanda kubeka unyawo endaweni eyomile ngemva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu olwandle kwesinye sezikebhe ezine ze-Gaza Freedom Flotilla 3.

Izwe enginyathele kulo akulona iGaza, noma u-Israyeli, kodwa iGrisi. Kungani eGrisi?

Amasu amasha ayadingeka ukugcina umfutho wokuphonsela inselelo ukuvinjwa kwemikhumbi yezempi yakwa-Israel eGaza kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwabantu basePalestine lapho. Imizamo yethu kule minyaka emihlanu eyedlule iholele ekutheni uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ahlasele imikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe athathe izikhali zemikhumbi yethu, athumba amakhulu ezakhamuzi emazweni amaningi, ezikhokhisa ngokungena kwa-Israel ngokungemthetho futhi azidingise isikhathi esiyiminyaka eyishumi. ubancisha ithuba lokuvakashela ama-Israel namaPalestine kwa-Israel, Jerusalem kanye naseWest Bank.

Imikhumbi eyakha ama-flotilla ithengwe ngezindleko ezinkulu ngemizamo yokuqongelela imali yabasekeli basePalestine emazweni amaningi. Ngemuva kokumangalelwa ezinkantolo zakwa-Israel, yimikhumbi emibili kuphela ebuyiselwe kubanikazi bayo. Esele, okungenani imikhumbi eyisikhombisa, isethekwini lase-Haifa futhi ngokusobala iyingxenye yokuvakasha kwezivakashi ukubona imikhumbi ethusa i-Israel. Isikebhe esisodwa kubikwa ukuthi sisetshenziswe njengethagethi yokuhlasela kwamasosha asolwandle akwa-Israel.

Isu elisha kakhulu ukuthi ungayihambisi yonke imikhumbi kunoma iyiphi i-flotilla uye ezandleni zakwa-Israel. Ukumenyezelwa, ikakhulukazi emaphephandabeni akwa-Israel, kwe-flotilla ezayo yobukhulu obungaziwa obuvela ezindaweni ezingaziwa, kuphoqa uhulumeni wakwa-Israeli wezobunhloli kanye nezinhlangano zamasosha ukuthi zisebenzise izinsiza, ezabantu kanye nezezimali, ekunqumeni ukuthi yiziphi izakhamizi ezingahlomile eziphonsela inselelo ukuvinjwa kwabo kwemikhumbi yaseGaza. - nokuthi bayibekela inselele kanjani.

Ngethemba, umzuzu nomzuzu izinhlangano zikahulumeni wakwa-Israel zichitha ukuzama ukumisa imikhumbi ku-flotilla zenza izinsiza zingatholakali ukuze ziqhubeke nokuphathwa kabi kwabantu basePalestine abahlala eGaza naseWest Bank.

Ngokwesibonelo, ngosuku olwandulela usuku Marianne umkhumbi ovela eSweden wathunjwa, indiza yakwa-Israel yandizisa iphethini yokusesha amahora amabili phezu kwemikhumbi endaweni ukuze izame ukunquma ukuthi mingaki imikhumbi ekule ndawo nokuthi iyiphi engase ibe yingxenye ye-flotilla. Sisola ukuthi bekuneminye imikhumbi yakwa-Israel, okuhlanganisa imikhumbi-ngwenya, enekhono le-elekthronikhi lokuhlonza umsakazo noma ukuthunyelwa kwesathelayithi kuyo yonke imikhumbi ekuleyo ndawo nokuzama ukukhomba imikhumbi yethu. Le mizamo iza ngezindleko kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel, izindleko ezingaphezulu kakhulu kunokuthenga kwethu imikhumbi kanye nokwenza abagibeli bandize baye ezindaweni zokusuka ze-flotilla.

Nakuba izinsiza zakwa-Israel zingenamkhawulo uma ziqhathaniswa nezethu, ikakhulukazi lapho isici esisodwa sokuthi i-United States inikeza u-Israyeli usizo olukhulu lwezobunhloli futhi ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi ngonyaka, ama-flotillas ethu abopha ama-Israel amaningi, kusukela kuNdunankulu ngokwakhe owaphoqeleka ukuba enze isitatimende Ilungu lePalestine-Israeli leKnesset kanye noMongameli wangaphambili waseTunisia owavolontiya ukuba ngabagibeli ku-flotilla, kuNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle ephendula ukulahlwa yiSweden neNorway ngokuhlaselwa kuka-Israyeli ngomkhumbi waseSweden emanzini aphesheya, ebudlelwaneni bomphakathi. ingalo kahulumeni wakwa-Israel okufanele ibhekane nezindaba ezibuzwayo mayelana nokuthi umkhumbi uthunjwe kuphi, imibiko yokuphathwa kabi kwabagibeli yi-IDF futhi ekugcineni kweningi lezobunhloli bezempi kanye namayunithi okusebenza-izwe, umoya nolwandle- abayalelwe ukuba baphathe ngokomzimba. phendula i-flotilla.

Uhambo lwezinyanga ezimbili lomkhumbi Marianne kusukela eSweden, ogwini lwaseYurophu, naseMedithera enezitobhi emadolobheni asogwini emazweni ayisishiyagalombili kunikeze ithuba lokufunda ukuhlela umcimbi edolobheni ngalinye ukuze kuxoxwe ngemiphumela esabekayo yokuvinjwa kwe-Israel eGaza kanye nokuhlala kwa-Israel. weWest Bank.

Lena i-flotilla yesithathu engibambe iqhaza kuyo. I-Gaza Freedom Flotilla ka-2010 yaphetha ngokuthi ama-commandos akwa-Israyeli abulala abagibeli abayisishiyagalolunye (umgibeli weshumi kamuva wabulawa ukuqhuma kwezibhamu) futhi walimaza abangamashumi amahlanu emkhunjini waseTurkey. UMavi Marmara, ukushaya abagibeli emkhunjini ngamunye kweyisithupha ku-flotilla nokuthatha abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-600 babayisa emajele akwa-Israel ngaphambi kokuba baxoshwe.

I-2011 Gaza Freedom Flotilla yayinemikhumbi eyishumi evela emikhankasweni kazwelonke engama-22. Uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ukhokhele uhulumeni waseGrisi ukuthi angavumeli imikhumbi emanzini aseGrisi ihambe emachwebeni, nakuba i-US Boat eya eGaza, I-Audacity of Hope kanye nomkhumbi waseCanada waya eGaza Tahrir, bazama ukulibhekisa eGaza, kodwa babuyiselwa emachwebeni ngama-commandos amaGreki ahlomile.

The Tahrir kanye ne-Irish Boat eya eGaza, theSaoirse wabe esezama ukuya eGaza ngoNovemba 2011 futhi bathunjwa ama-commandos akwa-Israyeli, kwathi ngo-Okthoba 2012, umkhumbi waseSweden. Estelle wazama ukuya eGaza futhi wathathwa u-Israyeli.

Kusukela ngo-2012 kuya ku-2014, imizamo yamazwe ngamazwe yokuqeda ukuvinjezelwa kwezempi yase-Israel iGaza yayigxile ekuqedeni ukuvinjelwa ngokusuka eGaza ngomkhumbi ukuya emanzini ngamazwe ngamazwe. Imikhankaso yamazwe ngamazwe iqoqe izimali zokuguqula umkhumbi wokudoba echwebeni laseGaza City ube umkhumbi wezimpahla. Saqamba umkhumbi Umphongolo waseGaza. Umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba wacelwa ukuthi uthenge imisebenzi yezandla kanye nemikhiqizo yezolimo eyomisiwe evela eGaza ukuze ifakwe emkhunjini ukuze ithuthwe iphuma eGaza. Ngo-April 2014 njengoba ukuguqulwa konyaka owodwa kwesikebhe sokudoba sibe umkhumbi othwala impahla sekuya ngasemaphethelweni, ukuqhuma kwabhoboza imbobo ngemuva kwesikebhe. Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, ngoJuni 2014, ngosuku lwesibili lwezinsuku ezingu-55 zokuhlasela kwe-Israel eGaza, imicibisholo yakwa-Israyeli yayiqondiswe. Umphongolo waseGaza futhi yawuqhumisa kwadala umlilo omkhulu nomonakalo ongalungiseki emkhunjini.

Njengomunye wabagibeli/abezindaba/izisebenzi ezingama-70 ezimele amazwe angama-22 abambe iqhaza ku-Gaza Freedom Flotilla 3… izakhamuzi zase-Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Greece, Sweden, Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Norway, Italy, New Zealand , Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Morocco and Algeria..sithathe isikhathi empilweni yethu ukuletha ukuvinjezelwa kwe-Israel iGaza ekunakeni kwamazwe ngamazwe-futhi.

Kithina njengabagibeli, isenzo somzimba sokubanjwa nokugqunywa ejele uMbuso wakwa-Israel akuyona ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yobushoshovu bethu. Iqiniso lokuthi sihlangane futhi kwesinye isenzo sokuletha ukunaka kwamazwe ngamazwe ekuvinjezelweni kwe-Israel iGaza kuwumgomo-futhi sizoqhubeka nalezi zenzo kuze kube uhulumeni wakwa-Israel uqeda ukuvinjelwa kweGaza.

Kulabo abaseGaza, imikhumbi eya eGaza kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ikwi-flotilla noma umkhumbi owodwa ngesikhathi, iwuphawu olubonakalayo lokukhathazeka kwezakhamuzi emhlabeni wonke ngenhlalakahle yazo. Njengoba uMohammed Alhammami oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala, oyilungu leqembu labantu abasha eGaza abiza Asizona Izinombolo, wabhala:

"“Ngicabanga ukuthi abahlanganyeli be-flotilla banesibindi. Banesibindi ngokwanele ukubhekana nalo mbuso ononya ngemimoya ephezulu, bazi ngokugcwele ukuthi ukufa kuyinto engenzeka, njengoba kwaba nesiphetho sezishoshovu zaseTurkey ezinesibindi. Kulapho abantu abajwayelekile, abaphila impilo ejwayelekile, behlangana ndawonye ukuze benze isitatimende sokuthi ushintsho luyenzeka. UNetanyahu kufanele azi; phela ukuthi ukuphila kwamaJuda amaningi kwasindiswa ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe ngenxa yabantu abavamile ababethatha izinyathelo ezingavamile.”

Mayelana Nombhali: U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi lase-US/Army Reserves futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengo-Reserve Colonel. Uphinde wasebenza iminyaka engu-16 njengommeli wase-US kumaNxusa aseMelika eNicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia naseMongolia. Wayeseqenjini elincane elavula kabusha Ihhovisi Lenxusa LaseMelika eKabul, Afghanistan ngoDisemba 2001. Wesula kuhulumeni wase-US ngoMashi, 2003 ephikisana nempi kaMongameli Bush e-Iraq.