Ibutho lakwa-Israel lisuse indawo enkulu yokuhlola emgwaqeni ongenela edolobheni i-West Bank iJeriko, nokwenza lula ukubambelela kwenye yezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu izivakashi esigodini soMfula iJordani.
Umbutho ngoLwesithathu ukubize ngokuthi "isenzo esihle" sokunikeza inkululeko enkulu yokuhamba eWest Bank kubantu basePalestine, abavinjwa ngamakhulu ezivimbamgwaqo zakwa-Israel kanye nokuphambuka.
Kube nezinyathelo ezifanayo muva nje, njengoba uNdunankulu omusha uBenjamin Netanyahu ephendula izingcingo ezivela kuMongameli waseMelika uBarack Obama zokuthi i-Israel yehlise umthwalo wokuhlala futhi imise ukuhlaliswa kwamaJuda eWest Bank ukuze kugqugquzelwe izingxoxo zokuthula ezintsha.
“Lezi yizindaba ezinhle ebhizinisini lezivakashi,” kusho u-Yousef Salman, umphathi wezindawo zokungcebeleka eJericho Intercontinental Hotel, eqhele ngamamitha angamakhulu ambalwa ukusuka endaweni yokuhlola yangaphambili.
"Kusho ukuthi ngeke kusaba nolayini abade nokulinda isikhathi eside."
IJeriko, okuyimizuzu eyi-10 uma ushayela usuka oLwandle Olufile endaweni ephansi kakhulu emhlabeni, ingomunye wemiphakathi emidala kakhulu emhlabeni, indawo yeNtaba Yezilingo yasebhayibhelini lapho amaKristu akholelwa ukuthi uJesu walingwa ngudeveli ngemva kokuzila ukudla izinsuku ezingu-40.
Abantu basePalestine abahweba ngezivakashi bathi indawo yokuhlola amasosha, engase ibambezele ukuhamba kwezimoto ihora ngezikhathi ezimatasa, ithathwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. Ibutho lamasosha akwa-Israel lihlala endaweni, likwazi ukubuyisela umgoqo uma liyaliwe.
Ibhasi eligcwele izihambi zaseMelika libe ngelabokuqala ukungena eJeriko ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngaphandle kokwenza uhlelo lokuhlolwa komazisi ngamasosha ahlomile, nokuyinto abanye abayithola ingajabulisi.
“UKUHLOLWA KWEZOKUVIKELA OKUQHUBEKAYO”
"Ukususwa kwalokhu kuwela kuwumphumela wokuhlolwa kwezokuphepha ku-Central Command, kanye nesiphakamiso se-Civil Administration njengengxenye yezinyathelo zomusa ezigunyazwe nguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela," kusho i-Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
Ingeze ngokuthi isuse izivimbamgwaqo ezingaphezu kuka-140 ngonyaka odlule. Ayizange isho ukuthi zingaki izithiyo ezintsha ezakhiwe. Inhlangano ye-UN elandelela udaba lokuvinjwa kwemigwaqo ithe ngenyanga edlule ibale izithiyo ezingama-634 ngo-Ephreli, ezingama-27 ngaphezu kwezinyanga eziyi-12 ngaphambili.
IZizwe Ezihlangene, iWorld Bank kanye namadlelandawonye akwa-Israel aseNtshonalanga bathi bayisithiyo esikhulu empilweni yezomnotho kanye nokuhlazeka kwansuku zonke.
Kuze kube ukuvukela kwasePalestine kubangele ukuwohloka kwezokuphepha kwa-Israel ngo-2000, ikhasino yaseJeriko - isigamu sehora ngemoto ekwehleni ukusuka eJerusalema - yathola inzuzo enhle kuma-Israel angenawo ukugembula okugunyaziwe ezweni lakubo.
I-Israel manje ivimbela izakhamizi zayo ukuthi zingene kulezo zingxenye zeWest Bank - ikakhulukazi amadolobha afana neJeriko - angaphansi kokulawulwa ngokushesha kwePalestinian Authority.
Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe i-casino, eyingxenye yenxanxathela ye-Intercontinental Hotel, isikulungele yini ukuvulwa kabusha njengoba kulindelwe ukubuya kwabagembuli bakwa-Israel, uSalman uthe bekungakabibikho uhlelo lokwenza lokho ngoba bekungakaveli ukuthi kushintshwe izimo.
Onogada basePalestine abangowabo indawo yokuhlola emnyango wedolobha bathi basengaphansi kwemiyalelo yokuthi babuyisele emuva izakhamizi zakwa-Israel, njengoba i-Israel idinga njengamanje.
Enye indawo yokuhlola yakwa-Israel eseduze isisusiwe, ivumela abantu basePalestine bashayele besuka eJeriko baye esikhungweni sokuphatha seWest Bank iRamallah ngaphandle kokubonisa amaphepha abo emabuthweni akwa-Israel.
