Njengoba ibutho lasemoyeni lakwa-Israel linciphisa amandla e-Hamas ngosuku lwesithathu lokuhlasela kwayo eGaza, lishaya eduze komuzi kandunankulu we-Hamas, lacekela phansi indawo yezokuphepha futhi lacekela phansi nebhilidi lenyuvesi, umkhankaso omubi kunawo wonke wokulwa namaPalestine emashumini eminyaka uya uqina ngehora. Ngokwemibiko yakamuva, ungqongqoshe wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel uthe amasosha akhe alwa “impi enzima neHamas kodwa ayilwi nezakhamizi zaseGaza.”
Naphezu kokushuba kwesimo eGaza, ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha bakwa-Israel bakholelwa ukuthi akukho okuzophazamisa uhambo olungena ngaphakathi oseluvele lubhukhiwe ngaphambilini.
Ekhuluma ne-eTurbo News esehhovisi lakhe laseNew York, u-Arie Sommer, unxusa, uHulumeni wakwa-Israel, uMnyango Wezokuvakasha kanye nokhomishana wezokuvakasha eNyakatho naseNingizimu Melika ubheke ngabomvu izibalo zokuphela konyaka ezinhle. Uphinde aqede ukwesaba kwabahambi. “Okwenzekayo kusendaweni engayodwa yaseGaza. Abavakashi abakaze baye lapho. IGaza akuyona indawo yezivakashi. Ngakho-ke akukho okuzoshintsha isu lethu. Ngokuphambene, sihlela ukukhulisa imizamo yethu yokukhangisa nokumaketha ngenxa yemiphumela emihle kakhulu ngo-'07 no-'08. Unyaka ka-2008 usewunyaka ongcono kakhulu kwa-Israel njengoba sesithole izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3 ezivela emhlabeni wonke kanye nezingaphezu kuka-600,000 ezivela e-US,” esho enezela ukuthi bayakhuthazwa ukuthi batshale izinsiza eziningi ekukhangiseni ezokuvakasha ngo-2009.
Mayelana nokuphepha nokuphepha, sibuze ukuthi imicibisholo ejikijelwa yi-Hamas, njengoba izindaba eziningi zishilo, ibeka engozini izivakashi zakwa-Israel. USommer uthe ngokwezwe uqobo, lokhu kwenzeka ezindaweni ezingazodwa kuphela. “U-Israyeli uphephile. Izwe alinankinga. Zonke izivakashi ziphephile. Futhi njengoba siyizwe elinomthwalo wemfanelo, asibadingi izivakashi uma sinezinkinga ezweni. Asinazo izinkinga manje; uma kungenjalo kuzomele sitshele izivakashi ukuthi zingahambi kuphela ukuze zibeke ezokuphepha kwazo engcupheni uma ngempela zikhona izinkinga,” usho kanje.
"Asifuni amashumi ezinkulungwane zezivakashi zilimale," esho eqinisekisa ukuthi amarokhethi e-Hamas awafiki nhlobo kwa-Israel.
I-Consul yakwa-Israeli ukuqinisekisile ukuthi abakazitholi izingcingo ezivela kunoma yisiphi isivakashi esithintekayo. Akuzange kube nokukhanselwa okufanayo. Uthe iningi labahambi liyasiqonda lesi simo asikalithinti izwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akukaze kube khona ukuphuma kwezivakashi njengoba imicimbi ingayi ndawo kwa-Israel ngaphandle kwaseGaza, indawo okungezona ezokuvakasha. “Nakuba i-Israel iyizwe elincane, akukho ukulwa okuke kwathinta u-Israyeli. Konke kujwayelekile. Ukuhlala kwamahhotela kuhlala kuphezulu. Izinkampani zezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-70 zindizela eTel Aviv kuze kube manje,” kusho uSommer.
Umsekeli Wokuthula Ngezokuvakasha, uMichael Stolowitzky, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, i-Ame rican Tourism Society, usesungule ibhizinisi lezokuvakasha eliqinile kwa-Israyeli. “Alukho uhlelo lohambo oluhamba ngaleyo ndlela. Uma nje kuyingxabano yendawo eGaza futhi ingasakazeki yonke indawo, ngeke iphazamise ezokuvakasha. Abantu abavakashela kwa-Israel baye babhukha uhambo lwabo kusasele izinyanga. Abazange bakhansele ngenxa yalesi sigameko sakamuva. Inqobo nje uma izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe zindiza, ibhizinisi liyaqhubeka. Akuyona impi engapheli. Kuyinkinga yendawo,” kusho yena.
Kepha uma abantu benokukhathazeka ngokuhamba, uSommer uncome ukuthi baxhumane nehhovisi labo eliseduze lenxusa.
“Yizithombe abaziveza ezindabeni zokuthi liyasha kwa-Israel. Izakhiwo ezimbalwa eGaza ziyasha. Abantu bafunde ukuthatha izinto ngohlamvu lukasawoti. Babonile ukuthi abezindaba benza ihaba ngalesi simo. Yilokho okudayisa amaphephandaba futhi kuqhubeke nokukala,” kwengeza uStolowitzky.
Sinikeza i-CEO ye-ATS ithuba lokungabaza, sibuze uchwepheshe wezindaba ukuthi ukubika kwabezindaba kuluphazamise kanjani lolu daba.
Okufakwe kudokhumentari yeMedia Education Foundation ethi, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land, uDkt. Robert W. Jensen, uprofesa ohlanganyele, eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin, eSikoleni Sobuntatheli uthe: “Ukusakazwa kokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli eGaza kunezinkinga eziningi. Umbiko wabezindaba wase-US mayelana nokungqubuzana kwe-Israel-Palestine. Ayinikezi umongo owanele ukuze ababukeli nabafundi base-US baqonde uhlobo lwesimo. Lona umsebenzi obulokhu uqhubeka kusukela ngo-1967; umsebenzi ongekho emthethweni obandakanya iphrojekthi yesikhathi eside yakwa-Israeli yokuthola umhlaba nezinsiza ePalestine. Uma umuntu engaziqondi izehlakalo zangaleso sikhathi nomlando wazo, kuzoba nzima ukukuqonda,” esho enezela ngokuthi ukubika kwe-US kubukeka kuhambisana nendlela uhulumeni wase-US akwakha ngayo - njengodaba lobushokobezi basePalestine. , ukuphikiswa kwamaPalestine emizameni yakwa-Israyeli yokuthula.
“Impela, iHamas iyakwazi ukuthola izinhlamvu nezikhali futhi ingalimaza amasosha akwa-Israel nakubantu. Kodwa umbuzo uwukuthi: yimuphi umongo lapho lokho kuya phambili? " kubuza uJensen enezela ngokuqhubekayo, “Yebo, abantu basePalestine banelungelo eliyisisekelo lokumelana. Kodwa umuntu udinga ukubheka umongo wokuthi udlame olwesabekayo luvelaphi? Yimaphi amandla anamandla okulawula isimo?”
“Uma umuntu ehlehla nje abheke ukuthi i-US inguzakwethu ka-Israyeli kulowo msebenzi, izinto ziqala ukubukeka zehluke kakhulu. Lokhu kuhlasela kwamanje eGaza kudlulele kakhulu, nokho, izinga lodlame olubhekiswe kubantu abavamile liyacasula, kangangokuthi abanye abezindaba base-US baqala ukunaka kakhulu. Leli zinga lodlame olushubile linzima kakhulu ukuthi ungalinaki. Inkinga wukuthi noma ngabe ihlanganiswa manje kodwa ayinawo umongo ongasiza umphakathi waseMelika ukuqonde,” kusho uJensen.
"Ngiyethemba ukuthi lokhu kuzophela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa futhi izinto zizobuyela kwesijwayelekile," kusho uSommer wengeza ngokuthi ulindele abahambi bajabulele izwe nolwazi lwabo.
Ukubika okuvela endaweni yempi, amavolontiya, izintatheli kanye nezishoshovu zithi iGaza isesimweni senhlekelele njengoba amahora ahamba…
U-Ewa Jasiewicz, uLubna Masarwa, uRamzi Kysia noGreta Berlin bonke basebenza neFree Gaza Movement, eyathumela umkhumbi obizwa ngokuthi i-Dignity usuka eCyprus waya
Gaza. Leli qembu lithi: “Umkhumbi usemsebenzini wezimo eziphuthumayo othwele odokotela, abasebenzi bamalungelo abantu kanye namathani angaphezu kwamathathu ezinto zokwelapha ezazidingeka kakhulu ezinikelwe abantu baseCyprus. Ngokusebenzisana noMnyango Wezempilo waseGaza, odokotela bazothunyelwa ngokushesha ezibhedlela nasemitholampilo ethwele kanzima lapho befika.”
“IFree Gaza Movement yathumela izikebhe ezimbili eGaza ngo-August 2008. Lezi kwakuyizikebhe zokuqala zamazwe ngamazwe ukufika echwebeni eminyakeni engu-41. Kusukela ngo-August, olunye uhambo lwemikhumbi olune lube yimpumelelo, kwathatha amalungu ephalamende, abasebenzi bamalungelo abantu, odokotela, nezinye izicukuthwane ukuze babone imiphumela yezinqubomgomo ezicindezelayo zika-Israel kubantu baseGaza,” kwengeza ithimba laseFree Gaza.
UNora Barrows-Friedman, intatheli yeFlashpoints Radio, osebike kabanzi ngezindawo ezihlaselwe yi-Israel, ugcine eseGaza ngoJuni. Kodwa namuhla uthe: “Bengilokhu ngisocingweni isikhathi esiningi ngempelasonto ngixoxa nabantu baseGaza. Abantu bakhona bagcwele uvalo
nokwesaba—futhi lokhu kuza ngemva kokuvinjezelwa isikhathi eside okubaphuca ukudla ababekudinga, imithi, amanzi ahlanzekile, ugesi—izinto eziyisisekelo zokuphila.”
UJustin Alexander, umhlaziyi weMiddle East we-Economist Intelligence Unit ubhale isiqephu esithi The Assault on Gaza Will Not Stop Rockets, but Could Influence the Israel Elections. Uthe, “Izimpendulo zezempi zakwa-Israyeli esikhathini esidlule ekusongelweni kwamarokhethi, nakuba zingalingani kakhulu, azizange ziphumelele. Yabhidliza izakhiwo futhi yalinganisa izindawo ezinkulu zamapulazi engxenyeni esenyakatho yeGaza ukuze kuncishiswe isembozo esitholakalayo sabasebenzi bamarokhethi. Ngo-14,000, kwadubula amagobolondo ezikhali ezingaphezu kwe-2006, kwashona izakhamizi zasePalestine ezingama-59, kulokho okwakubekwe njengeqhinga lokuvikela.
kwenza kube nzima ukuthi abasebenzi bamarokhethi basebenze.” Yaqala ukungena okukhulu nokunesikhathi eside okufana ne-Operation Summer Rains ngoJuni 2006, ingqalasizinda ecekeleke phansi njengesiteshi sikagesi saseGaza futhi yabulala amakhulukhulu. Kodwa namanje ukuqhuma kwamarokhethi kwaqhubeka, futhi empeleni kwaqina ekuphenduleni noma yikuphi ukwanda kwezingxabano zakwa-Israel, esho.
U-Alexander wanezela, esikhundleni salokho okuwukuphela kwendlela esebenzayo yokuvimbela ukuqhuma kwamarokhethi kube ukuqeda ukulwa, njengaleyo iHamas (kodwa hhayi amanye amaqembu afana ne-Islamic Jihad) eyabonwa kusukela zingama-26 kuNovemba 2006 kuya ku-Ephreli 24th 2007.
