I-BETHLEHEM, i-West Bank - Ukuhamba kwakho okulandelayo, unokuqwalasela oku: ubusuku obune kunye neentsuku ezintlanu kwindawo enelanga "iPalestine: umhlaba wemimangaliso".
Kunzima ukuthengisa indawo esele ifana nobundlobongela baseMbindi Mpuma, kwilizwe elingekabi lilizwe elingawuphathiyo wonke ummandla walo, singasathethi ke ngezinto zalo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi.
Ukanti amanani anyukele kunyaka wesithathu. Iirekhodi zenkonzo yezoKhenketho ePalestine zibonisa ukuba abakhenkethi abamalunga ne-2.6 yezigidi bandwendwela i-West Bank egcinwe yi-Israel ngo-2009.
Kwezo, ngaphezulu kwe-1.7 yezigidi yayingabantu basemzini, nje i-1.2 yeepesenti engaphantsi kuno-2008 - ummangaliso wokwenyani ngokwawo ngexesha apho ukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kuye kwathumela ukhenketho ukuba lungene ngeepesenti ezili-10 kuwo wonke lo mmandla.
Inyaniso yokuba imimandla yasePalestina iyingxenye yeLizwe eliNgcwele lichaza inxalenye enkulu yempumelelo.
IBhetelehem, ikhaya leCawe Yokuzalwa kukaYesu eyakhiwe phezu koko sikholelwa ukuba yindawo awazalelwa kuyo uYesu, yeyona nto inomtsalane. Ngaphezu kwama-80 ekhulwini kubo bonke abakhenkethi abeza kwimimandla yasePalestina batyelela eBhetelehem.
“Asinawo ulwandle okanye amaziko emidlalo, asinawo ioli okanye ifashoni okanye imijuxuzo yasebusuku. Iindwendwe kufuneka zize njengabahambi ngezonqulo,” utshilo usodolophu waseBethlehem uVictor Batarseh.
Ukuba yindawo enomtsalane enye kuneengxaki zako, nangona kunjalo, kwaye abo bezayo abachithi ixesha okanye imali eninzi.
UAdnan Subah, othengisela abakhenkethi imizobo yomthi womnquma nezinto ezenziwe ngodongwe wathi: “Yonke imihla beza kusityelela isixeko sethu, kodwa yimizuzu nje engama-20.
“Baphuma ebhasini bangene ecaweni baphinde babuyele ebhasini,” utshilo, ethetha edanile kwivenkile yakhe engenanto nangona ikwindawo entle kufutshane necawa eManger Square.
Sekunjalo, phezu kwayo nje intetho ethi “iPalestine: ilizwe lemimangaliso,” isebe lezokhenketho lasePalestina lithi linokunikela okungakumbi kuneendawo ezingcwele.
Iincwadana ezinemifanekiso zithetha ngokumangalisayo kweebhafu zaseTurkey zaseNablus, iivenkile zekofu ezihlala kwihlabathi lonke eRamallah kunye nezinto ezikhangayo zakudala zaseYeriko yamandulo.
Kodwa iincwadana ezimenyezelayo zihlala ziqaqambisa ubunyani obuntsokothileyo bommandla oguquguqukayo kakhulu.
Iinzame zenkonzo zinikelwe ubukhulu becala kwizinto ezinomtsalane zaseJerusalem, abathi amaPalestina likomkhulu lelizwe labo elizayo.
Kodwa yonke iYerusalem ilawulwa nguSirayeli, owathimba indawo esempuma yesiXeko esiNgcwele kwiMfazwe yeeNtsuku eziThandathu zowe-1967 waza emva koko wasihlomela kwintshukumo engazange yamkelwe luluntu lwezizwe ngezizwe.
Iiphecana zenkonzo yasePalestina nazo azikhankanyi iindlela zokuvalwa kwendlela yomkhosi wase-Israel okanye umqobo wokwahlula we-West Bank obandakanya udonga lwekhonkrithi oluziimitha ezisibhozo (26-foot-) olunqumle iBhetelehem ukusuka eYerusalem.
Iincwadana zide zicebise abahambi ukuba bathathe indawo yeGaza Strip, edume "ngomoya opholileyo wolwandle".
Namhlanje, abakhenkethi abavumelekanga nokuba bangene kwindawo ekwanti, edlakazwe yimfazwe elawulwa ngumbutho wamaSilamsi iHamas, eyathi ngo-2007 yakhupha ngogonyamelo imikhosi yehlabathi ethembekileyo kwiGunya lasePalestina elixhaswa yiNtshona.
Ukusukela ngoko, i-Israel ne-Egypt ziye zabeka uthintelo olungqongqo, zivumela kuphela iimpahla zobuntu ezisisiseko kumhlaba oselunxwemeni.
Umphathiswa wezokhenketho wasePalestine uKhulud Daibes, umzobi waseJamani ofunde eJamani, uthi ngelixa ezi ncwadana zinemifanekiso zizama ukubonisa yonke into enokunikelwa ngulo mmandla, eyona ngqwalasela yazo isengqiqweni ngakumbi.
"Asikwazi ukukhuthaza yonke imimandla yasePalestina, ngoko sigxile kunxantathu waseYerusalem, eBhetelehem naseYeriko," watsho. "Kulapho siziva sikhululekile malunga nemiba yokhuseleko kunye nenkululeko yokuhamba."
Ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, uceba ukusungula iphulo elithi “Yeriko 10,000” ligxile kwisixeko esiseBhayibhileni, ekukholelwa ukuba sesona sidala ehlabathini.
Ngokusondele kuLwandle Olufileyo, iYeriko sele yeyona ndawo idumileyo phakathi kwabakhenkethi basePalestina ngokwabo.
Nangona kunjalo, owona mceli mngeni mkhulu womphathiswa kukuzama ukukhuthaza nokukhuthaza ukhenketho kwindawo ethathiweyo.
Abantu basePalestina abasenaso esabo isikhululo seenqwelomoya, kwaye abalawuleki nokunqumla imida yabo ukuya kungena ebumelwaneni baseJordani naseYiphutha.
“Ngumceli mngeni kuthi, indlela yokwenza izinto ezintsha nokukhuthaza ukhenketho phantsi komsebenzi,” utshilo.
"Kufuneka senze abantu baqonde ukuba emva kodonga kukho amava amahle alindileyo, kwaye babenze bahlale ixesha elide kwicala lasePalestina."
Ukhuseleko ngumba ophambili kwiinzame zokunyusa ukhenketho.
Imikhosi yasePalestine eqeqeshwe yi-US ikwazile ukuzisa ukuzola kwiindawo ezihlaselwe lugonyamelo kule minyaka idlulileyo, kwaye oku kuhambe umgama omde ekuqinisekiseni abakhenkethi abanokubakho.
“Besiziva sinexhala ngalo lonke ixesha, kodwa yonke into ilungile,” utshilo uJuan Cruz, oneminyaka engama-27, waseMexico owayetyelele eBhetelehem ngeKrisimesi. "Yonke into ikhuselekile kwaye kukho amapolisa amaninzi kuyo yonke indawo, kulungile."
Enye injongo yePalestine kukuqinisa intsebenziswano noSirayeli.
Ngaphandle kokukrokrelana phakathi kwamaPalestine kunye namaSirayeli, bayavuma ukuba intsebenziswano ibalulekile kumacala omabini.
“Sifuna ukusebenzisana. Sikholelwa ukuba iLizwe eliNgcwele yindawo ekungafanele sixabane ngayo xa kufikwa kubahambi ngezonqulo,” utshilo uRafi Ben Hur, usekela mlawuli wesebe lezokhenketho kwaSirayeli.
Kwaye omabini amacala ayavuma ukuba ayiphelelanga nje ngeedola zabakhenkethi.
“Ukhenketho lunokuba sisixhobo sokukhuthaza uxolo kweli cala lincinane lehlabathi,” utshilo uDaibes.
