London – Lowo owayengumengameli waseMelika uJimmy Carter ngeSonto uchaze ukuvinjwa kuka-Israyeli iGaza Strip “njengobunye bobugebengu obukhulu kakhulu obungamalungelo abantu akhona manje emhlabeni.”
Enkulumweni yakhe emcimbini wokubhala eHay-on-Wye, eWales, owawina uMklomelo Wokuthula kaNobel oneminyaka engu-83 uthe: “Asikho isizathu sokuphatha laba bantu ngale ndlela,” ebhekise ekuvinjweni, okwenzeka kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Juni 2007.
Ngenkathi umongameli kusukela ngo-1977 kuya ku-1981, uCarter wayengumakhi wesivumelwano sokuthula esiyingqopha-mlando sika-1979 phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Egypt, isivumelwano sokuqala esinjalo phakathi kombuso wamaJuda kanye nezwe lama-Arab.
NgokukaCarter, ukwehluleka kwe-European Union ukusekela injongo yasePalestina “kwakubangela amahloni.”
Uthe amazwe ase-Europe kumele “akhuthaze ukwakhiwa kukahulumeni wobumbano,” okuhlanganisa iHamas kanye neqembu eliphikisayo likaMengameli wasePalestine uMahmud Abbas iFatah.
"Kufanele bakhuthaze i-Hamas ukuthi ibe nokuphela kwempi eGaza kuphela, njengesinyathelo sokuqala," etshela izivakashi ezimenyiwe.
"Kufanele bakhuthaze u-Israel kanye ne-Hamas ukuthi bafinyelele esivumelwaneni ngokushintshana ngeziboshwa futhi, njengesinyathelo sesibili, i-Israel kufanele ivume ukuthi kumiswe ukulwa eWest Bank, okuyindawo yasePalestine."
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uCarter ube nemihlangano emibili eDamaseku nesikhulu seHamas esadingisiwe uKhaled Meshaal. Kokubili i-United States kanye ne-European Union babheka i-Hamas njengeqembu lamaphekula, naphezu kokunqoba kwayo okhethweni lwango-2006, futhi yenqaba ukukhuluma nenhlangano eqinile.
Kusukela lapho, izikhulu zombili zasePalestine nezakwa-Israel ziye zazama ukubukela phansi ukubaluleka kwemihlangano.
UCarter uphinde wathi i-United States kumele iqale ukubamba izingxoxo eziqondile ne-Iran mayelana nohlelo lwenuzi oluyimpikiswano lwe-Islamic Republic, amazwe aseNtshonalanga akholelwa ukuthi kuhloswe ngalo ukwakha ibhomu lenuzi, naphezu kokuphika kukaTehran.
"Kudingeka sikhulume ne-Iran manje, futhi siqhubeke nezingxoxo zethu ne-Iran, ukuze sazise i-Iran izinzuzo, kanye nohlangothi olubi, lokuqhubeka nohlelo lwayo lwenuzi," esho.
AFP
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “They should be encouraging Israel and Hamas to reach an agreement in prisoner exchange and, as a second step, Israel should agree to a ceasefire in the West Bank, which is Palestinian territory.
- Both the United States and the European Union regard Hamas as a terrorist group, despite its victory in the 2006 elections, and refuse to talk to the radical movement.
- Ngenkathi umongameli kusukela ngo-1977 kuya ku-1981, uCarter wayengumakhi wesivumelwano sokuthula esiyingqopha-mlando sika-1979 phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Egypt, isivumelwano sokuqala esinjalo phakathi kombuso wamaJuda kanye nezwe lama-Arab.
