EYERUSALEM - Uhambo lokuya kwiLizwe eliNgcwele lunokuba yibhulorho eluxolweni, latsho igosa lezokhenketho lakwa-Israeli, liphawula ifuthe elihle lokuhamba ngentwasahlobo kaPope Benedict XVI ekudaleni intsebenziswano phakathi kwamagosa asePalestina, eJordanian kunye nakwa-Israel.
"Kukho iingxabano ezininzi kwiLizwe eliNgcwele kodwa into esingenazo iingxabano ngayo xa kuziwa kubahambi," uRafi Ben Hur, usekela-mlawuli jikelele we-Israel Tourist Ministry, wathi ngexesha lenkomfa ye-Dec. 16.
Uthe amagosa okhenketho ase-Israeli nasePalestina asebenze kunye ukukhuthaza lo mmandla njengendawo yokuhanjwa. Kukwakho nentsebenziswano namagosa ezokhenketho eJordani, utshilo.
“Sibeka eyona nto iphambili kuthi kuhambo ngezonqulo; uhambo ngezonqulo luyibhulorho eya eluxolweni, utshilo, ecaphula indlela utyelelo lweLizwe eliNgcwele likaPopu uBenedict XVI ngoMeyi lwadala intsebenziswano “enkulu” phakathi kwamagosa ezokhenketho akwa-Israel, ePalestina naseJordani. Utyelelo lukapopu luncede ukutsala abahambi ngezonqulo ngaphandle kokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi, utshilo.
U-Israel naye wayevumela iBhetelehem njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yamava ohambo ngezonqulo kunye nabakhenkethi abaphesheya, wacacisa.
"Nali ithuba lokubonisa ukuba kukhuselekile (ukuya eBhetelehem) kwaye eli thuba kanye ebomini kufuneka lithathwe," watsho.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho kwaSirayeli uStas Misezhnikov wabona iinkokeli zonqulo zamaKristu kungekuphela nje “njengabahlobo bokwenene” kwiinzame zokukhuthaza iLizwe Elingcwele njengendawo yohambo ngezonqulo, kodwa “njengamaqabane okwenene ekudaleni amaqhina noSirayeli nabamelwane bakhe.”
“Ukhenketho kunye nohambo ngezonqulo lunokuba ngumbutho wokwenene umanyanisa ngomdla ohlangeneyo wezoqoqosho nokudala imisebenzi,” utshilo
Unyaka ka-2009 ibingomnye unyaka ohamba nencopho kwezokhenketho apho kukho abatyeleli abaphantse babe zizigidi ezi-3 ekulindeleke ukuba bathabathe uhambo oluya kwaSirayeli ekupheleni konyaka. UMisezhnikov uthe malunga nesithathu kubo baye batyelela eBhetelehem.
"Unyaka ophakamileyo kwaSirayeli uguqulela kunyaka woxolo kwiGunya lasePalestina," kusho uMisezhnikov.
Amagosa okhenketho ase-Israel alindele iindwendwe ezimalunga nama-70,000 ngexesha leholide yeKrisimesi.
Ngokuphucuka kwemeko yezoqoqosho nokhuseleko kuLawulo lwaseBethlehem uMphathi weDCO uLieutenant.
U-Israel naye wayecinga ukunika imvume kumaKristu ali-100 asuka eGaza. Abemi abangamaKristu bakwa-Israyeli baya kuba nako ukuwela ngokukhululekileyo eBhetelehem ngelo xesha, watsho.
"Kukho isibonakaliso esicacileyo sokuphucula iimeko zezoqoqosho kunye nezokhuseleko kwi-West Bank kwaye oko kwenza kube lula ukunciphisa izithintelo," watsho.
Uthe amajoni kunye namapolisa aza kube esebenza kwimida yokuwela imida eBhetelehem ngexesha leKrisimesi aya kufumana amagqabantshintshi emihla ngemihla echaza ukubaluleka kweholide kunye nenkqubo echanekileyo yokuvumela abahambi ngezonqulo, iinkokeli zenkolo kunye namaKristu asekhaya akwa-Israeli kunye namaPalestine ukuba awele imida ngokulula.
