Mhlawumbe isimo sezokuphepha esithulile, noma mhlawumbe ukushisa okungajwayelekile kukaFebhuwari okulokhu kuqhubeke isifunda kusukela ngesonto eledlule - kodwa nganoma yisiphi isizathu, isibalo sabavakashi abathuthelekela eJeriko sikhuphuke ngesonto eledlule, safinyelela ku-24,000.
Akekho embonini yezokuvakasha ongasho ngokuqondile ukuthi lokhu kukhuphuka okungakanani, kodwa kunesivumelwano esijwayelekile sokuthi iJeriko iyindawo ethandwa kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ePalestine.
Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa asePalestine ezokuvakasha nezinto zakudala, cishe ingxenye yesithathu yabavakashi eJeriko ngesonto eledlule bekuyizivakashi zakwamanye amazwe, ababalelwa ku-12,000 bekungamaPalestine avela eWest Bank kanti abangama-4,500 XNUMX bekungamaPalestine anezakhamizi zakwa-Israel.
Ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kuyizindaba ezinhle kumasipala waseJeriko, ohlela umgubho omkhulu ngo-Okthoba 2010 wokugubha iminyaka engu-10,000 idolobha laseWest Bank.
“Sisebenzela ingqalasizinda, sinezinhlelo zezokuvakasha ukuze sithuthukise ezokuvakasha futhi sikhangisa idolobha ngezikhangiso,” kusho uWiam Ariqat, inhloko yoMnyango wezokuXhumana koMphakathi namaSiko kuMasipala waseJeriko.
Umasipala uhlela ukwenza lokhu ngokuheha abatshalizimali abaningi abazimele edolobheni.
"IJeriko yidolobha lamazwe ngamazwe," kusho u-Ariqat. “Ezikhathini zamuva nje, izivakashi eziningi ziye zadlula eJeriko. Asigxili ekutheni lezi zivakashi zidlule edolobheni futhi zivakashele indawo eyodwa noma ezimbili - sifuna lezi zivakashi zichithe isikhathi esengeziwe lapha, zime eJeriko, ziye emahhotela, zenze izindawo zokulala ezikhethekile futhi zidle isidlo sasemini lapha.”
Ukuhambisa imali yamaholide ezivakashi kungenye yezinselelo ezinkulu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha wakwa-Israel kanye nowasePalestine, omabili alwela izikhwama ezifanayo.
Abantu basePalestine bavame ukukhononda ngokuthi ama-Israel ahlela uhambo lwezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe futhi aqinisekise ukuthi imali ingena emahhotela abo, abaqondisi, izindawo zokudlela kanye nezindawo eziheha izivakashi, empeleni bancisha ontanga yabo basePalestine inzuzo yezokuvakasha.
"Baphinde balawule imingcele, izikhungo zezokuvakasha, ukukhangisa, iziqondiso kanye nezokuthutha," kusho u-Ariqat. “Sifuna ukuwushintsha lo mbono. Ukuze kuzuze isifunda, kufanele babambisane ngoba izivakashi ezihlela ukuvakashela eJeriko zihlela ukuvakashela sonke isifunda - iJeriko, i-Israel, iJordani neGibhithe.
U-Iyyad Hamdan, umqondisi wezokuvakasha kanye nezindawo zemivubukulo eJeriko woMnyango Wezokuvakasha WasePalestine uthi ukwanda kwakamuva kwezivakashi zaseJeriko kubangelwa ukuqala kwesizini yezokuvakasha, isimo sezulu esimnandi kanye nesimo sezokuphepha esithuthukisiwe.
"Kulezi zinsuku isimo sesingcono, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi izindawo zokuhlola zenza izinto zibe nzima kubavakashi," kusho uHamdan. "Uma siqhathanisa isimo manje nesimo sango-2000, ekuqaleni kwe-Intifada [ukuvukela kwasePalestine], kuthulekile manje futhi kunezivakashi eziningi."
Kepha uHamdan ubalule ubudlelwano obushubile phakathi kukahulumeni wamanje wakwa-Israel kanye nePalestinian Authority (PA) njengesizathu sokuntuleka kokubambisana phakathi kwezikhulu zabo zezokuvakasha.
UGhassan Sadeq, umphathi wezezimali kanye nokwesekwa kwebhizinisi e-InterContinental Hotel eJeriko uthe ngaphandle kwasekuqaleni kuka-2009, ngesikhathi sempi yaseGaza, kube nokunyuka kwezibalo zezivakashi zaseJeriko kusukela ngo-2008.
Kodwa ngokudabukisayo, uSadeq uthe, naphezu kwezibalo ezikhuthazayo, iqiniso liwukuthi izivakashi zisancamela ukuhlala emahhotela eJerusalema ngaphandle kwamazinga okuncintisana anikezwa yihhotela lakhe.
“Ngo-2007, saya ezikhungweni zezokuvakasha zakwa-Israel sazinikeza izincwajana zamahhotela ethu,” esho. “Sathi 'uma nisithumelela izivakashi, sizozilungisela ukuphepha, azikho izinkinga eJeriko.' Kodwa abazange bathumele ngisho noyedwa umuntu ovela emaqenjini abo ezivakashi. Kuseyinkinga.”
USadeq ukholelwa ukuthi ngaphansi kwesimo sezombusazwe samanje kanye nezinga lokubambisana phakathi kwezinhlangothi zombili, okuwukuphela kwesenzakalo lapho abavakashi bakwa-Israel bezothumela abavakashi emahhotela aseBethlehem noma eJeriko uma amahhotela aseJerusalema ebhukhwe ngokugcwele.
Ngenyanga edlule kubikwe ukuthi i-Central Command Chief yakwa-Israel kanye nenhloko ye-Civil Administration izovumela abaqondisi bezokuvakasha bakwa-Israyeli ukuthi baye eJeriko naseBetlehema namaqembu abavakashi abangewona ama-Israyeli futhi babaqondise ezindaweni zePalestine Authority, ngesicelo esivela kwa-Israel. UMnyango Wezokuvakasha.
U-Ariqat uzwakalise ukungabaza mayelana nokuhlomula kwalolu hlelo.
“Mhlawumbe kuzosiza ukwandisa isibalo sabavakashi, kodwa bazothumela imiyalezo yabo kubavakashi futhi asinandaba nalokho,” kusho yena. "Sinomyalezo wethu nombono wethu futhi sithanda ukuxhumana ngqo nezivakashi."
