Umncintiswano we-Eurovision Song Contest, umncintiswano odume kakhulu waminyaka yonke, umcimbi omkhulu wokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, kulindeleke ukuthi ube seTel Aviv kusuka ngoMeyi 12 kuya ku-18. Udonsa amakhulu ezigidi ababukeli bethelevishini unyaka ngamunye futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ulethele u-Israyeli amashumi izinkulungwane zezivakashi.
Kodwa ochwepheshe abaningi bezokuphepha baxwayise ngokuthi amaqembu amaphekula asePalestine eGaza Strip angazama ukuwuphazamisa, ne-Islamic Jihad esekelwa yi-Iran emele usongo olukhulu kwezokuphepha.
"Okwamanje, i-Islamic Jihad iyiqembu eliyingozi kakhulu selokhu basebenza ngaphansi kokulawulwa yi-Iran," kusho uDkt Dan Schueftan, umqondisi weNational Security Studies Center e-University of Haifa, etshela iThe Media Line. "I-Iran inengqalasizinda enkulu yokwesaba emlandweni wesintu emhlabeni wonke futhi [ayizinzile] ngoba banenkinga enkulu noMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump."
USchueftan, obesebenza njengomeluleki woMkhandlu Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke wakwa-Israel, uthe leli qembu mancane amathuba okuthi liphazanyiswe ukumenyezelwa okungekuhle okubandakanyekile ekuhlaseleni umcimbi wamazwe omhlaba.
"Sikhuluma ngamaqembu (amaphekula) izinqumo zawo ezithathwa ngokwezigaba zobukhosi, okuyizifo," wagomela. “Lokhu kuyiqiniso ngamaqembu aseGaza… kubandakanya ne-Islamic Jihad. Ngeke banikeze ngisho nomcabango omncane emiphumeleni emibi. Abacabangi ngisho nokucabanga ikusasa lezingane zabo. ”
Kuleli sonto, ngokusho kwephephandaba laseLebanon, izinhlaka ezihlomile eGaza Strip zisongele ngokuthi “zizokonakalisa i-Eurovision” ngokusungula amarokhethi eTel Aviv uma i-Israel izophula isivumelwano sokuthula esenziwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka esinciphise udlame emngceleni wabo ojwayelekile. NgoMeyi 2, i-Islamic Jihad yasabisa ngokuteleka iTel Aviv nezinye izindawo uma u-Israyeli eqhubeka nenqubomgomo yakhe yokubulala okubhekiswe kubo.
Izinsongo zeza ngesikhathi amalungu aphezulu e-Islamic Jihad, kanye nabantu abaphezulu be-Hamas, umbusi wezinto ezisogwini lwasePalestine, babizelwa eCairo kulandela ukungezwani okukhulu ne-Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Esontweni eledlule, kwethulwe amarokhethi amaningi kanye namabhaluni avuthayo asuka eGaza Strip angena endaweni yakwa-Israyeli, kwathi i-IDF yaphendula ngeziteleka zomoya ezikhundleni zeHamas.
Ngenxa yokungezwani okwandayo njengoba u-Israyeli engalungiselelanga ukusingatha umncintiswano we-Eurovision Song kuphela, kodwa futhi nokumaka ama-71 awost Usuku Lwe-Independence ngoMeyi 9, i-IDF yathumela amabhethri ayo okuvikela imicibisholo ye-Iron Dome ezweni lonke.
"Amabhethri e-Iron Dome afakwa ngezikhathi ezithile ngokuya kokuhlolwa kwesimo kanye nezidingo zokusebenza," kusho okhulumela i-IDF etshela iThe Media Line esitatimendeni esibhaliwe, ngaphandle kokuchaza kabanzi.
Amaphoyisa akwa-Israyeli athi nawo alungele, ikakhulukazi kunoma yiziphi izehlakalo ezibhekise emncintiswaneni wezingoma.
"Amalungiselelo ezokuphepha namasu sekuhleliwe emasontweni edlule," kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa akwa-Israel uMicky Rosenfeld etshela iThe Media Line. "Izinyathelo eziningi zokuphepha zizosetshenziswa endaweni yaseTel Aviv endaweni lapho umcimbi [omkhulu] wenzeka khona, kodwa nasolwandle, lapho kuzoba khona imicimbi yomphakathi eminingi."
I-Israel isingathe i-Eurovision ngemuva kokuthi uNetta Barzilai, ukungena kwakhe emncintiswaneni wangonyaka odlule ePortugal. Kulo nyaka, uMadonna kulindeleke ukuthi anandise ngesikhathi sokugcina.
URosenfeld uqaphele ukuthi amaphoyisa asezengezelelekile kanye namaphoyisa azobanjwa.
"Azikho izexwayiso ezithile esizitholile noma esaziyo ngazo, kodwa kusobala ukuthi, ngalolu hlobo lomcimbi nokubaluleka kwawo, asisebenzisi mathuba," kugcizelela yena.
USchueftan ukholelwa ukuthi i-Israel ikulungele ukubhekana nezinsongo eziqhubekayo zodlame.
"Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunomcimbi omkhulu owenzekayo futhi [futhi] kunamaqembu amaningi amaphekula, [kodwa] ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Israyeli unobuhlakani obuhle kakhulu," esho, ebona ukuthi izwe liyaphazamisa ukuhlaselwa kweWest Bank njalo.
Ngokombiko osanda kukhishwa yiShin Bet, okwezokuphepha kwangaphakathi kwa-Israel, kube nokuhlaselwa okungu-110 eWest Bank ngoMashi, obekumele kube phezulu ezigamekweni ezingama-89 ezenzeke ngoFebhuwari. Futhi ngoMashi, amaqembu ahlomile eGaza Strip wethule amarokhethi angama-41 abhekise kwa-Israyeli uma kuqhathaniswa nemishini emibili eyethulwe ngoFebhuwari.
Ngomusa: I-TheMediaLine
