Isikhulu sikahulumeni wase-Israel sithe namuhla sinxuse uhulumeni waseSaudi Arabia ukuthi avumele izindiza eziqondile ezivela eTel Aviv. Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Ben Gurion kwa-Israel ukuya eJeddah kubahambeli abangamaSulumane ukuyokwenza iHajj.
"Ngilusukumele lolu daba neSaudi Arabia futhi ngethemba ukuthi lolo suku luzofika," kusho uNgqongqoshe WezokuBambisana Kwesifunda Sakwa-Israel u-Esawi Frei engxoxweni yomsakazo.
Ungqongqoshe uthe unethemba lokuthi kuzoba nezinhlelo ezintsha nalo I-Saudi Arabia ngaphambi kokuvakasha kukaMongameli waseMelika uJoe Biden ngesonto elizayo, nokuthi izwe lamaJuda belisebenzela ukuletha ukuxhumana “okungaphansi kwe-radar” phakathi kweJerusalema neRiyadh - okusekelwe kakhulu ezintshisakalweni zebhizinisi kanye nokukhathazeka okukhona nge-Iran - okuningi obala.
“Ngifuna ukubona usuku engizosuka ngalo eBen-Gurion [isikhumulo sezindiza] ngiye eJeddah ukuze ngifeze isibopho sami senkolo” sohambo olungcwele lwaminyaka yonke lokuya eMecca, kusho uNgqongqoshe uFreij, oyilungu leqembu elincane lamaSulumane elingu-18%.
Izikhulu zakwa-Israel nazo zinentshisekelo yokuthola imvume eyandisiwe yokuthi abathwali bezindiza bakwa-Israel bandize endaweni yezindiza yaseSaudi baye ezindaweni ezise-Asia.
Ngenkathi i-UAE kanye ne-Bahrain besungula ubudlelwano bezokuxhumana no-Israyeli ngo-2020, iSaudi Arabia yasayina ukwamukela kwayo ngokuhlinzeka ngendawo yomoya endaweni yayo yezindiza ze-Israel endizela lezo zifundazwe zase-Gulf.
Yize iSaudi Arabia ingaqapheli ngokusemthethweni u-Israyeli, abahambi abangamaSulumane abavela ezweni lamaJuda baye bamukelwa yiSaudi Arabia isikhathi eside manje.
Kodwa-ke, abahambi bakwa-Israel baye bavakashela eMecca emazweni esithathu beyokwenza iHajj yaminyaka yonke, uhambo oluthatha isonto lonke lubabize cishe u-$11,500. Izindleko zohambo lwabazinikele abavela emazweni ase-Arab cishe ziyingxenye yaleyo mali.
ISaudi Arabia ayishongo lutho ngentuthuko engenzeka eSaudi-Israel ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaMongameli wase-US, kodwa ngokusho kwemithombo ethile eWashington, izivumelwano ezintsha zezindiza ezifunwe u-Israyeli zingamenyezelwa ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaBiden.
Imininingwane yalezo zivumelwano ezingaba khona zamazwe amabili isadingeka ukuthi isetshenzwe, futhi ingase ingaqedwa ngesikhathi, umthombo wengeza.