Ngo-Agasti 28, imikhumbi emibili yasePalestine, eyayihlelwe yiFree Gaza Movement, iFree Gaza kanye neLiberty, yalibangisa eCyprus. Kugibele abantu basePalestine abayi-14 ngaphambilini abanqatshelwe ama-visa okuphuma yi-Israel. Bangabafundi abanama-visa asemthethweni noma ukuba yisakhamuzi esikabili futhi bamukelwe emanyuvesi aphesheya.
Phakathi kwabafundi kukhona uprofesa wasePalestine ozokwazi ukuthi abuyele ekufundiseni e-Europe kanye nowesifazane osemusha wasePalestine ozogcina ehlangene nomyeni wakhe. Futhi, uSaed Mosleh oneminyaka engu-10 waseBeit Hanoun, eGaza unethemba lokuthi maduze uzothola usizo lwezokwelapha. USaed ulahlekelwe umlenze ngenxa yegobolondo lethangi lakwa-Israel futhi usuka eGaza noyise ukuyofuna ukwelashwa. Futhi emkhunjini kukhona umndeni wakwaDarwish, ozogcina uhlanganiswe nezihlobo zawo eCyprus.
Njengoba abagqugquzeli beFree Gaza Movement bengeke bangene emanzini ezindawo zakwa-Israel futhi bacele ukuhlolwa kuzo zombili iGaza Port Authority ngaphambi kokusuka (kanye neziphathimandla zaseCypriot lapho befika eCyprus), balindele ukuthi akukho kugxambukela kwe Iziphathimandla zakwa-Israel lapho zisuka eGaza. Ngokuvuma kuka-Israyeli uqobo, akanalo igunya lokuhlola izikebhe noma abagibeli lapho besuka eGaza.
Ngokuwa kokuvinjelwa kwe-Israel, leli qembu lizobuyela ngokushesha eGaza nelinye ithimba, limema iZizwe Ezihlangene, i-Arab League kanye nomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ukuba bahlele amalungelo abantu afanayo kanye nemizamo yokusiza abantu.
IFree Gaza kanye neLiberty bafike eGaza ngakusasa ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa naphezu kwezinsongo zokuthi uhulumeni wakwa-Israel uzosebenzisa amandla ukuvimba abasebenzi abangenalo udlame ukuthi bafinyelele eGaza. Selokhu zafika, zombili izikebhe bezihambisana nabadobi basePalestine baye olwandle ukuze kuvinjelwe imikhumbi yempi yakwa-Israel ukuthi ingadubuli kwabasePalestine njengoba bedoba, njengoba bekwenzeka njalo esikhathini esidlule.
Idlanzana labasebenzi bamazwe ngamazwe bamalungelo abantu eFree Gaza bazohlala eGaza ngemuva kokuhamba kwezikebhe zabo ukuze baqhubeke nokuqapha amalungelo abantu. UDkt. Vaggelis Pissias, ongumhleli weFree Gaza Movement uthe, “Asikwamukeli ukuthi i-Israel imise lezi zikebhe. Abantu basePalestine banamalungelo afanayo nabo bonke abanye abantu. Kungani okuwukuphela kwabantu eMedithera abangenawo amanzi abo amaPalestina?”
Ngokuhamba ngokukhululeka eGaza ngezikebhe ezimbili ezincane zamapulangwe, iFree Gaza Movement yaphoqa uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ukuthi akhiphe uguquko olubalulekile lwenqubomgomo mayelana nokuvinjwa kwawo kwezempi nomnotho eGaza. UMnyango Wezangaphandle wakwa-Israel umemezele esidlangalaleni ukuthi imisebenzi yokusiza abantu kanye namalungelo abantu eGaza ngeke isamiswa noma isatshiswe yi-Israel. Njengoba kuphela ukuvinjezelwa kwama-Israel eGaza, abantu basePalestine kufanele bakhululeke ukusebenzisa amalungelo abo ngaphandle kokwesaba ukumiswa noma ukubulawa amasosha akwa-Israel.
U-Yvonne Ridley, intatheli kanye nelungu le-Free Gaza Movement, ufingqa isipiliyoni sakhe eGaza ngokuthi, “Ngiphuthelwe ukuqala kodonga lwaseBerlin ngezinsuku ezimbalwa nje, kodwa manje sengiyazi ukuthi abantu bazizwa kanjani lapho bedilizwa. lezo zitini ezimbalwa zokuqala. Lokhu kube ukunqoba okukhulu kwabantu phezu kwamandla.”
Zishiywe zodwa endleleni eya eYurophu, izikebhe zizokwamukelwa kahle lapho. I-Palestine ithi inobudlelwane obujulile bomlando neYurophu. Ngokuka-Mustafa Qa'ud we-Al Haya, iPalestine isihehe futhi yasingatha abacwaningi abaningi baseNtshonalanga kudala. “Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-18 nasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19, amaqembu amakhulu abahambi nabahloli bamazwe aya ePalestine naseLevant ngezinjongo zobukoloni kuphela. Leli gagasi liqondane nokuvela kwalokho okungase kubizwe ngokuthi 'iZionism engelona amaJuda' ikakhulukazi e-UK - labo abamele iZionism kodwa abangewona amaJuda. Kuphinde kwaqondana nokuqala kokwakhiwa kokuqwashisa ngesizwe kumaJuda amukela umqondo 'wabantu bamaJuda,'” kusho uQa'ud.
Ekupheleni kokubusa kukaMuhammad Ali eLevant, isifundiswa nomfundisi uThomas Clark wanyathelisa incwadi enesihloko esithi India and Palestine lapho athi amaJuda ahweba ngokwemvelo. Uthe akukho okufanelekile njengokuwatshala emgwaqeni omkhulu omdala wokuhwebelana neMpumalanga. Umkhankaso wezempi kaNapoleon Bonaparte uphakamise ukunaka okwengeziwe e-UK eZweni Elingcwele. Ngo-1840, i-Palestine Association yasungulwa eLondon ukukhuthaza ukuhlola. “IMpumalanga Ephakathi yabe isingeniswa enhliziyweni yezingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe. I-Europe yabona ukuthi noma yimaphi amandla asongela ukulawula i-Europe kumele avinjwe kuqala ekulawuleni i-Middle East,” kusho u-Ali.
Amanoveli amaningi esiHeberu anyatheliswa ukuze akhuthaze amaJuda ukuba azinze ePalestine. Esikhathini esiphakathi kuka-1840 no-1880 cishe izincwadi eziyi-1600 zashicilelwa ngohambo oluya ePalestine. Lezi zincwadi zaba nesandla ekunikezeni isithombe esingamanga esisikisela ukuthi iPalestine iyizwe elinganakiwe nokuthi ama-Arabhu anecala lokucekelwa phansi kweZwe Elingcwele. Ukuze kuqiniswe uhambo lokuhlola oluya ePalestine, kwasungulwa izikhungo eziningi nezinhlangano, phakathi kwazo kwakukhona Isikhwama Sokuhlola I-Palestine, esasungulwa ngo-1864 futhi sixhaswe yiNdlovukazi uVictoria kanye nomongameli woMbhishobhi Omkhulu wase-York. Lesi sikhwama sasinentshisekelo yocwaningo, imivubukulo, umlando, igeography namasiko asePalestine futhi senzelwe ukusebenzisa ucwaningo lwesayensi ukufeza izinhloso zeTorah, kukhumbula umbhali we-Al Hayah.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Since the organizers of the Free Gaza Movement will not be entering Israeli territorial waters and have requested inspection from both the Gaza Port Authority before departing (as well as from Cypriot authorities when they arrive in Cyprus), they expect no interference on the part of the Israeli authorities when they leave Gaza.
- Yvonne Ridley, a journalist and member for the Free Gaza Movement, summed up her experience in Gaza by saying, “I missed the start of the Berlin Wall coming down by just a few days, but now I know how people felt when they tore down those first few bricks.
- Among the students is a Palestinian professor who will finally be able to go back to teaching in Europe and a young Palestinian woman who will finally be reunited with her husband.
