Imvumi uCarlos Santana.(Ifoto: HECTOR GUERRERO / AFP / Getty Izithombe) Phambi kwesihlwele sabalandeli abamalunga nama-50 000 eHaYarkon Park eTel-Aviv ngobusuku bangoMgqibelo, inkwenkwezi edumileyo yamatye uCarlos Santana uthathe umyalezo wakhe wothando noxolo kwa-Israyeli, esenza umdlalo ofanelekileyo weHolo yoDumo isiginci virtuoso. Ngelixa uSantana kunye neqela lakhe elinetalente eliqela bexubana namaYuda, ndandisitsho phantsi isiqhu, ndisazi ukuba ndinetyala kuMnu.
Ndimele ndazi ngcono. Ndenze uphando kwaye ndibhala malunga ne-anti-Israel propaganda kunye ne-Boycott, Divestment kunye ne-Sanctions intshukumo phantse ishumi leminyaka, ndiyazi ukuba iinyani kunye nenyaniso azinanxaxheba kwingxelo yabo. Kwiminyaka emininzi, intshukumo ye-BDS waxoka malunga esemthethweni ukucwangcisa ungquzulwano ekubonakaliseni ubuxoki uSantana njengomzekelo weenkwenkwezi zomculo ezixhasa intshukumo ye-BDS kunye nokwala ukwenza kwa-Israyeli. Ukuqala emva kokuba imvumi yaseLatin irhoxise umboniso e-2010 kwa-Israyeli, i-BDS ze-propagandists ziyijikeleze inyaniso ngokufanelekileyo kangangokuba ubuxoki babo baba yinto eyamkelekileyo ngokubanzi.
Kwaye ndayiwela.
Ngomhla ka-Meyi, 2014 wokuhlela Inkqubo ye- INew York Post , Ukunyikima kwa-Israyeli ngaphandle kwentiyo Ndithathe uSantana ndayalela ukuba ndibengomnye wabalandeli abakhulu abaxhasa amakhwenkwe ngokuchasene nelizwe lamaJuda. Inqaku ligxile kwiposta yeBDS yomntwana uRoger Waters, owayesaziwa njengoPink Floyd. I-rock-anti-Semitic's anti-Semitic rock is full-bore, njengoko ibanga ukuba u-Israyeli 'ngumbuso wocalucalulo olunobuhlanga' owenza 'ukucocwa kwezizwe' kwaye uthelekisa amaJuda nabasebenzisana namaNazi.
Ndabeka uCarlos Santana kudidi olufanayo naLamanzi, indoda iZiko likaSimon Wiesenthal elichazwe njengomzondi ovulekileyo wamaJuda kunye ne-Anti-Defamation League yathi yayigqwethwe lukruthakruthwano olungenangqondo.
Ukuphuma kwam ngempazamo eSantana njenge-bigot kwakungaphelelanga kwinqaku elinye. Ngentshukumo ye-BDS kunye naManzi rhoqo ekhupha indelelo kumaJuda, igama likaSantana lalihlala likhankanywa njengomnye weemvumi ezimbalwa ezibalaseleyo ezazithiyile ilizwe lamaJuda. Kunye no-Elvis Costello, uStevie Wonder noBrian Eno, igama lakhe lalidla ngokukhankanywa njengenxalenye yehlaya elikhulu-iBDS isilela ukuba nefuthe.
Jonga ulungelelwaniso lwekonsathi yasehlotyeni kwa-Israyeli kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kwaye uya kubona awona magama makhulu kuzo zonke iintlobo zomculo. I-Rolling Stones, uElton John, uBon Jovi, uLady Gaga, uBeyoncé, uJustin Timberlake noKaty Perry yimizekelo nje embalwa yamandla eenkwenkwezi enza kwa-Israyeli kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Ukusebenza kukaBon Jovi ku-Okthobha ophelileyo kwa-Israyeli, njenge-Santana kwimpelaveki, ngomnye umzekelo we-BDS ye-propaganda eqinisekiswe bubuxoki. Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, iimpapasho ezinjenge-UK Ezizimeleyo Ukuxhasa umkhankaso wokuchasana no-Israyeli ngebango le rocker yaseNew Jersey ixhaswe yi-BDS Nangona iinyanga ezintandathu ngaphambi kwale ngxelo, uJon Bon Jovi ngokucacileyo uxelele i-BBC wayefuna ukudlala uSirayeli.
Obu buxoki obucacileyo malunga nokusebenza kweqela ngo-Okthobha u-2015 yayiyiflegi ebomvu ecacileyo ebonisa ukuba umbutho we-BDS wokukhulisa ulwazi lwe-disinformation awunamida. Kodwa eso ayisosi sizathu. Bekufanele ukuba ndibuze ngoku, ngaba uCarlos Santana uyi-BDS'er?
I-BDS sisifundo endijongana naso phantse yonke imihla. Njengomongameli weendaba ezingenzi nzuzo kunye neqela lomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu elikhusele amaxabiso aseNtshona, ndibuhlungu ngokwazi uhanahaniso kunye nokuchasana nobuJuda okubandakanya intshukumo. Imibutho eqhubela phambili ikhetha ilizwe lamaJuda ukuba libaleke-ngelixa betyeshela ububi obenziwa ngabamelwane bakwa-Israyeli ngokuchasene nezitabane, abasetyhini kunye nenkolo encinci-yi-21stInkcazo yenkulungwane yokuchasana nobuYuda. NjengomJuda notata, le ntshukumo kunye ne-ajenda yayo eya kubenzakalisa abantwana bam kuba bezelwe bengamaJuda, ngamanye amaxesha, ngokuqinisekileyo, iya kuchaphazela isigwebo sam.
Kodwa ayinguye lo uCarlos Santana.
Ukuba kukho nayiphi na induduzo, Mnu. Santana, oyena mntu uphulukileyo kuyo yonke le nto ibindim.
Ndenzeka ukuba ngumlandeli omkhulu. Ndiqale ukubona ukudlala ngokukuko kukaSantana ngo-1992. Ndathenga i-albhamu yakhe yenkululeko ngo-1987 mhla yapapashwa. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ibindim ndedwa. Kodwa njengo-Pink Floyd, ndiyekile ukumamela umculo kaRoger Waters xa ndafumanisa ukuba ungumxhasi weBDS. Ndivale izandi zasezulwini zikaSantana xa esenza uluhlu lwee-bigots. Amanzi andingqinile ngokuchanekileyo izihlandlo ezilikhulu.
Ngokuphathelele uSantana, ndandisisidenge ukukholelwa ubuxoki.
UPaul Miller nguMongameli kunye noMlawuli oLawulayo weZiko leHaym Salomon. Landela @pauliespoint
