Yintoni ingxaki kaRichard Branson no-Israyeli?

URichard Branson-ingqwayi-ngqwayi yeshishini ekhokele indibano yenkulumbuso, iVirgin Group, eyaziwa kakhulu ngenqwelomoya yayo yeVirgin Atlantic kunye negama leVirgin Mobile engenawo kunxibelelwano olungenazingcingo-ibizwe njengenkosi yeshishini kunye nobudlelwane noluntu, kwaye iqokelele amawaka ezigidi ngokusebenza kwayo.

Ndidibene naye ngezihlandlo ezimbalwa. Ngesinye isihlandlo, eOxford, xa wavula indawo yokutyela nomhlobo wam, umpheki owaziwa lihlabathi uRaymond Blanc. Kwaye kwakhona kwiQonga lezoQoqosho leHlabathi eDavos. Kuzo zombini ezi zihlandlo wayenobuhlobo, engeneka kwaye ephantsi komhlaba.

Kodwa into encinci eyaziwayo kunye nelishwa malunga noMnu Branson ngumbono wakhe ongaqhelekanga, ochasene no-Israyeli kunye nemisebenzi ephantsi kwendoda eyaziwayo ngokuba nentliziyo elungileyo nenobubele.

Ngo-2007, ngengcebiso kaMnu. Branson, uNelson Mandela waseka umbutho owawubizwa ngokuba yi-The Elders, owawunebhunga labalishumi elinambini labadala abasebenza njengeenkokheli ezizimeleyo zehlabathi ezisebenza kunye kuxolo namalungelo oluntu. Enye yeenjongo eziphambili kunye nezinto eziphambili kulo mbutho kukuzifaka kwimfazwe yase-Israeli neyasePalestina kunye nefuthe lesiphumo salo. Umnumzana Branson uhleli kwiBhunga eliDala laBadala, esebenzisa ubutyebi bakhe obukhulu ukuxhasa umbutho ngezimali. Ngelishwa, abadala uMnu Branson okhethelwe iqela lakhe elitsha ngoo 'Ngubani Ngubani' wabona bantu banamandla, abachasene no-Israyeli kwihlabathi namhlanje, kunye neengxelo zabadala ezichasene no-Israyeli kunye nokugweba ilizwe lamaJuda ubungqina obubuhlungu beli nyaniso.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, uMnu.Branson uyazi ukuba kuphela kwabantu abazinikezele kwintlalontle yasePalestina ngabo babakhuthazayo ukuba benze idemokhrasi, bachithe imali ezikolweni kunokuba basebenzise iibhombu kwaye bafundise abantwana babo ukuba bathande ilifa labo kunokuthiya amaJuda. Abadala. (Ifoto: Facebook / TheElders)

Uluhlu oluphezulu lwabadala ngulowo wayesakuba nguMongameli uJimmy Carter, indoda eyayizinikele kwisikrelemnqa esinyanyekayo nesichasene namaSemite sokuba u-Israyeli ngurhulumente wocalu-calulo. Izityholo zokungcolisa uMnu. Carter zibandakanya ubuxoki kungekuphela nje ukuba u-Israyeli ufana nocalucalulo uMzantsi Afrika kodwa amazwi aphuma eJerusalem alawula imithombo yeendaba. Kunyaka ophelileyo wathi uNetanyahu wayengenamdla wokwenza uxolo, kodwa watsho malunga nenkokheli yobunqolobi ye-Hamas u-Khaled Meshal: Andikholelwa ukuba ungumgrogrisi. Uyayithanda inkqubo yoxolo. IZiko leCarter lifumana amashumi ezigidi zeedola azinikezele kugqithiso lwakwaSirayeli olusuka kumazwe aneerekhodi ezothusayo zamalungelo oluntu kubandakanya ne-Saudi Arabia, Oman, kunye ne-UAE. Ukwafumene i-500, 000 yeedola kwiziko elichasene ne-Semitic, elixhasa inkxaso yabanqolobi, iinzame zakhe zokuqhubeka nokudumisa unyaka olandelayo. Uluhlu lwezenzo zika Mnu. Carter nxamnye nelizwe lamaJuda zihlazisa iofisi ka-august kamongameli wase-United States-nokuba zichazwe emva kwenyani.

Ukanti ngo-2014, uMnu Branson ogama linguJimmy Carter ngomnye wabantu abahlanu abahlonitshwayo emhlabeni, kunye nendoda ngaphambi kwexesha lakhe. Kwinkomfa eyayise-Egypt, uMnu.Branson wazisa uMnu. Carter njengoyena mntu ubalaseleyo ophilayo namhlanje. Ukucinezela abaphulaphuli ukuba banike uMnu Carter umjikelo wesibini wehlombe, Umnumzana Branson wabhengeza, ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuthi ungomnye wabantu abambalwa kweli lizwe oye wahlala ethembekile kumaPalestina.

UMnu Branson yindoda eqaqambileyo. Ngaba uyakholelwa nyani umntu ovumele abantu basePalestina ukuba baqhubeke noloyiko lwabo lokunyaniseka uthembekile kwinjongo yabo? Ngokuqinisekileyo, uMnu.Branson uyazi ukuba kuphela kwabantu abazinikezele kwintlalontle yasePalestina ngabo babakhuthazayo ukuba benze idemokhrasi, bachithe imali ezikolweni kunokuba kuqhushumbe iibhombu, batyale imali kwiiyunivesithi kuneerokethi kwaye bafundise abantwana babo ukuba bathande ilifa labo kunokuthiya AmaYuda.

UDesmond Tutu ukholelwa kwelokuba abantu base Palestina basokola kakhulu kunamaJuda ngethuba lembubhiso, esithi ‘amagumbi egesi’ enze ‘ukufa okucocekileyo’ kumaJuda.

Abanye abadala kumbutho kaMnumzana Branson baquka odume ngokuchasene no-Israel, u-anti-Semitic u-Bishop Desmond Tutu, endithe ndadibana naye amatyeli aliqela, kubandakanya ne-Oxford Union. Umnumzana Tutu ungumxhasi wentshukumo ye-BDS, esithi makudutyulwe u-Israyeli noqoqosho nenkcubeko. Iimbono zakhe ezithandwayo ziye zavela kunye neenkcazo ezinje, indawo yokungenisa eyamaJuda inamandla-inamandla kakhulu, ngelixa etyhola amaJuda ngokuzikhukhumalisa -ukuzikhukhumalisa kwamandla kuba amaJuda aligorha elinamandla kulo mhlaba kwaye zonke iintlobo zabantu zifuna inkxaso yabo. Umnumzana Tutu utshilo ukuba iZiyonism inezinto ezininzi ezinento yokwenza nobuhlanga, kwaye utyhola ilizwe lamaJuda ngokubeka abantu base Palestina kuhlanga lakwa Israeli. Ukholelwa ukuba abantu basePalestine babandezeleka ngaphezulu kwamaJuda ngexesha lembubhiso, esithi amagumbi egesi enzele amaJuda ukufa.

Iimbono ezinjalo aziyonyanyezelo nje kuphela kodwa zimela ibala elibi nelisisigxina lendoda eyaphumelela iNobel Peace Prize.

Ngaba yile nto uRichard Branson wayecinga ngayo xa wayethetha ngodliwanondlebe, Kwaye ngokucacileyo emva kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, umhlaba waba novelwano olukhulu kubantu abangamaJuda. Kwisithuba samashumi eminyaka, olo velwano luphulukene…?

Ndiyakholelwa entliziyweni yam uMnu Branson uyindoda elungileyo neyoyithandayo. Kutheni le nto uthetha izinto ezinje ngamaYuda?

'Sikhuthaze abantu baseYurophu ukuba babhale iimveliso ezenziwe ngabantu base-Israeli abahlala ePalestine, ukuze abathengi bathathe isigqibo sokuba bayazifuna okanye abazifuni.'

Umnumzana Branson waphinda wacofa owayesakuba yintloko ye-UN uKofi Annan, indoda enye eyathi yamoyisa u-General General Romeo Dallaire ngo-Epreli 1994 kwaye yamyalela ukuba angasebenzisi imikhosi yakhe ye-UN ukuze axhobise ama-Hutus kwaye awathintele ekubulaleni ama-800,000 amaTutsi. Umnumzana u-Annan kwixa elidlulileyo wabhengeza ukuba uSaddam Hussein yindoda anokwenza nayo ishishini, ehleli phantsi ukuze atshaye iisigare ezibizayo nge Butcher yase Baghdad. Uye wazibhengeza ukuba uchukunyiswe kukusweleka kobugrogrisi u-Yasser Arafat kwaye wayalela ukuba iflegi ye-UN ibhabhe kwisiqingatha semasti.

Okubandakanyiweyo kwiqela labadala likaMnu Branson yindoda uKofi Annan oqeshwe njengommeli okhethekileyo weZizwe eziManyeneyo Afghanistani kwaye Irakh , ULakhdar Brahimi. Ngexesha lokunikezelwa kuka Mnu Brahimi wagxeka ubundlobongela bakwa-Israyeli kunye noxinzelelo lwamaPalestina kwaye wabiza u-Israyeli ngetyhefu enkulu kulo mmandla.

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UMnu Branson, ngokucacileyo, ubona ngamehlo kunye noMnu Brahimi. Emva kohambo luka-2009 oluya kwa-Israyeli naBadala, uMnu Branson ubhale wathi, Ekubuyeni kwam ndafowunela utata oneminyaka engama-92 ubudala ndamxelela ngohambo lwethu. 'Kuyamangalisa,' utshilo, 'ukuba abezopolitiko bakwa-Israeli babonakala ngathi bayathanda ukugcina inxeba livulekile kwaye liyabuna unyaka nonyaka.' Ngoku, mhlawumbi utata wakhe wayithetha le nto ngokungazi. Mhlawumbi akazazi zonke iinzame zakwa-Israyeli zokwenza uxolo namaPalesitinans aphela ngamawaka ama-Israyeli asweleke kuhlaselo lokuzibulala. Kodwa emva koko, uMnu. Branson kufanele ukuba azi ngcono kunempendulo ayinike utata wakhe: Masithembe ukuba u-2009 uya kuba ngunyaka apho inxeba laphola.

Iqela likaMnu Branson lokuqhekeka kwabenzi boxolo likwabandakanya uMary Robinson, owayesakuba yintloko yenye yezona mbutho zikhohlakeleyo ezichasene no-Israyeli emhlabeni, i-UN Human Rights Council. Ngexesha awayelapho, wayekhokele iNkomfa yeHlabathi yeThekwini yokuChasana nobuhlanga eye yehla ezimbalini njengenye yezona zenzo zibi zoluntu oluchasene nobuJuda kumaxesha akutshanje. Ukanti uyichaze inkomfa njengelungileyo ngokumangalisayo, kubandakanya nemicimbi yoMbindi Mpuma.

Ngexesha lengxabano yaseGaza yonyaka ka-2014 yena noJimmy Carter babhala ileta bephikisa ukwamkelwa nokubandakanywa kweHamas ngenxa yokuba semthethweni kweqela labanqolobi ekubulaweni njengomdlali wezopolitiko. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, aBadala bancoma urhulumente wobumbano weHamas-Fatah.

Ukuqeshwa kukaNks.Robinson kwibhunga laBadala ayothusi, ukubona indlela uMnu Branson awayikhathalelanga ngayo into yokuba iHamas yadubula ngaphezulu kwe-14,000 imijukujelwa kwiidolophu zase-Israeli xa wathi, Ukujonga nje u-Israyeli ehlasela i-Palestine, ne-Palestine ithumela irokethi enye okanye ezimbini ezincinci. Ukuya kwaSirayeli-kubuhlungu kakhulu ukuthetha.

Umnumzana Branson ukwanguye owayengu Mongameli wase-Finland u-Martti Ahtisaari ebhodini, nothe ucela ilizwe lasentshona ukuba liphelise u-Hamas. Ngexesha lika-Ahtisaari kunye naBadala, wagxeka uhlaselo lakwa-Israyeli kwiinqanawa eziya eGaza kwisikhululo seendaba esathi, Abadala bachaza uhlaselo lakwa-Israyeli kuthumelo loncedo kunye nokubulawa kwabantu kunye nokwenzakala njengokungenakuthetheleleka. I-UN ngokwayo yamkhulula uSirayeli kulo mbandela. Kodwa, xa uyi-ajenda kukonakalisa u-Israyeli, akukho sidingo sincinci sokufumana iinyani ezixhasayo zamabango akho acalanye.

Umnumzana Branson ngumntu ophambili kwilizwe lezorhwebo, kwaye ndiyayithanda imbonakalo yorhwebo etshintshayo. Kutheni le nto kufuneka angcolise igama lakhe ngezi ngxelo zichasene no-Israyeli kunye nemibutho. Kutheni ugalela izigidi zeedola kwimisebenzi ejolise ekonzakaliseni nasekunciphiseni ilizwe lamaJuda?

Kutshanje uMnu. Carter uthethe egameni laBadala, esithi, Sikhuthaze abaseYurophu, umzekelo, ubuncinci ukuba babhale iimveliso ezenziwe ngabantu base-Israeli abahlala ePalestine, kwaye bathumele iimveliso zabo ePalestine ziyokuthengiswa eYurophu… Ukuze abathengi bathathe isigqibo sokuba bayazithenga okanye cha.

Lifikile ixesha lokuba uRichard Branson alandele ububele bakhe bomoya ngokuzihlukanisa neentshaba zakwa-Israyeli, ayeke ukubaxhasa ngemali, kwaye axhase kwaye eme emva kokuphela kwedemokhrasi yoMbindi Mpuma. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, i-Israel ayisiyombuso wamaYuda nje. Njengenqaba yenkululeko kunye namalungelo oluntu kwezona ndawo zinobuzwilakhe kwihlabathi, ikwayithemba elikhulu lama-Arab ukuba ngenye imini amazwe ama-Arab aza kukopa umzekelo wawo wenkululeko yenkululeko kunye namalungelo oluntu.

URabi Shmuley Boteach, uMfundisi waseMelika, ungumbhali wehlabathi othengisa kakhulu iincwadi ezingama-30, ophumeleleyo kukhuphiswano lwe-The London Times Preacher of the Year, kunye nomamkeli we-American Jewish Press Association's Award Award for Excellence in Commentary. Kungekudala uza kupapasha incwadi ethi Isold Warer's Handbook.