Benjamin Netanyahu, uNdunankulu Israel, wavakashela e-Uganda ngesonto eledlule lapho bekunezingxoxo noMengameli wase-Uganda u-Yoweri Museveni e-State House Entebbe. Lezi zingxoxo bezifuna ukuvulwa kwemishini emazweni ahlukene. Ngabe lokhu kuzosiza e-Uganda Tourism?
UNetanyahu wagcina ukuvakashela e-Uganda ngoJulayi 2016 ukuze agubhe iminyaka engu-40 yekhodi yokuhlenga abathumbi ebizwa ngokuthi “Operation Thunderbolt” esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Entebbe lapho kwashona khona umfowabo uYonatan.
“Kunezinto ezimbili esifuna kakhulu ukuzizuza. Enye indiza esuka kwa-Israel iya e-Uganda,” kusho uNetanyahu etshela uMuseveni esithangamini sabezindaba esihlanganyelwe.
“Okwesibili, [uma] uvula ihhovisi lenxusa eJerusalema, ngizovula inxusa eKampala,” wengeza.
Ephendula ngobuhlakani bezokuxhumana futhi azi ngemiphumela, uMuseveni uphendule: "Siyakufunda lokho." Uthe kunengxenye engaphansi kohlelo lokuhlukanisa ekhuluma no-Israel. Okunye okwaxoxwa ngakho ukuthi kungenzeka kube khona izindiza eziqondile phakathi kweTel Aviv ne-Entebbe.
Ngokwesiko, izithunywa eziningi zenxusa kwa-Israel beziseTel Aviv njengoba amazwe egcine ukungathathi hlangothi mayelana nesimo seJerusalema.
“Sifuna izindiza eziqondile ngoba lokho kuzokwenza ubungane bethu buthuthuke,” kusho uNetanyahu. UMuseveni wamukele lo mbono ngokuphakamisa ukuthi i-Israel National Carrier El Al kufanele icabangele ukufaka i-Uganda ezindaweni zayo ukuze kusizakale ezokuvakasha e-Uganda.
UMongameli waseMelika uDonald Trump washaqisa umhlaba wonke ngoDisemba 2017 ngokuqaphela iJerusalema njengenhloko-dolobha yakwa-Israyeli futhi wasusa ihhovisi lenxusa laseMelika eTel Aviv waya kulelo dolobha.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, intshisekelo yakwa-Israyeli e-Afrika ikhule emkhakheni wokubambisana kwezobuchwepheshe nezomnotho kusukela ekuqhubekeleni phambili kokuthula nomakhelwane bayo ngeminyaka yawo-1990 kanye nokuhlehliswa kokunqanyulwa kobudlelwano yinhlangano yezifunda ze-African Union kulandela i-Yom Kippur Israel-Egypt. impi ngo-1973.
Kusukela ngo-2019, i-Israel inamanxusa aphelele emazweni ayi-10 kwangu-54 ase-Afrika. Ubambiswano lwezentengiselwano lukhona nezinye ezimbalwa, kulandela iphethini eyingqophamlando yokuhlanganyela kwezomnotho eyasungulwa ngeminyaka yawo-1950 ngaphansi kukaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle ngaleso sikhathi uGolda Meir.
I-Uganda nayo inenani elikhulu lamaKrestu iningi labo elithatha uhambo lwaminyaka yonke lokuya “Ezweni Elingcwele.” Abaholi babo ikakhulukazi abaseqenjini “abazelwe kabusha” benza isitatimende ngokuhlanganyela beseka isiphakamiso sikaNetanyahu phakathi nokuphikiswa kosopolitiki abathile.
