Chicago - NgoMeyi 9, 2017, kusukela ngo-11:00 ekuseni - 1:00 ntambama, I-Voices for Creative Nonviolence kanye World Beyond War Izishoshovu zizobandakanya abadlula ngendlela ku-poll yesenti mayelana nokusiza abantu empini ne-Yemen ekhungethwe yindlala. Ngokusebenzisa idivayisi ye-poll, abantu "bangasebenzisa" amapeni okhuni angokomfanekiso ukusiza i-Yemenis ekugwemeni indlala noma ukuqondisa "amapeni" abo ukuze baqhubeke nokusekela osonkontileka bezempi abathumela izikhali e-Saudi Arabia. I-Saudis, eminyakeni emibili yokuhlasela kwezindiza nokuvinjwa, ikhulise izingxabano eYemen futhi yabhebhetheka eduze nezimo zendlala.
Ikhungethwe yimpi, ivinjwe ulwandle, futhi iqondiswe njalo ngezindiza zaseSaudi nezaseMelika, iYemen manje isonqenqemeni lwendlala ephelele.
I-Yemen njengamanje ikhungethwe izingxabano ezinonya, nokungabi nabulungisa nonya kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Bangaphezu kuka-10,000 abantu asebebulewe, kuhlanganisa Izingane ze-1,564, futhi izigidi ziye zaxoshwa emizini yazo. I-UNICEF izilinganiso ukuthi izingane ezingaphezu kuka-460,000 e-Yemen zibhekene nokungondleki okubi kakhulu, kuyilapho izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-3.3 kanye nabesifazane abakhulelwe noma abancelisayo behlushwa ukungondleki okukhulu. Umfelandawonye oholwa yi-Saudi osekelwa yi-US nawo uphoqelela ukuvinjwa kolwandle ezindaweni eziphethwe amavukelambuso. I-Yemen ingenisa ngaphandle amaphesenti angama-90 okudla kwayo; ngenxa yokuvinjwa, amanani okudla nophethiloli ayenyuka futhi ukushoda kusezingeni elibucayi. Ngenkathi izingane zase-Yemeni zibulawa yindlala, abenzi bezikhali baseMelika, okuhlanganisa iGeneral Dynamics, Raytheon, kanye no-Lockheed Martin, benza inzuzo ngokudayiswa kwezikhali eSaudi Arabia.
Kulesi simo esibucayi, abantu base-US kufanele bacele abameleli babo abakhethiwe ukuthi bakhuthaze ukuthi kuqedwe ukuvinjelwa kanye nokuhlasela kwezindiza, ukuthuliswa kwazo zonke izibhamu, kanye nokuxoxisana ngempi yaseYemen.
Njengoba uKhongolose usekhefu, lesi yisikhathi esihle sokubiza abameleli abakhethiwe futhi ubanxuse ukuthi bajoyine ozakwabo ngokubhalela:
- UNobhala Wezwe u-Tillerson ucela ukuthi uMnyango Wezwe usebenze ngokushesha nabathintekayo ukuze unxenxe amasosha ukuba avumele amaqembu ezisizayo akhulise ukufinyelela ekuletheni usizo oludingeka kakhulu emiphakathini esengozini.
futhi
- kuNkosana uMohammed bin Khalid, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseSaudi Arabia, enxusa ukuthi ichweba elibalulekile laseYemeni laseHodeida livikelwe ekuhlaselweni ngamasosha.
