Palestine atazingidwa ndi West Bank akumenya malire a Israeli kuti awoneke ngati malo omwe akukula, ngati sizingatheke, malo oyendera alendo.
Polimbikitsidwa ndi kuwirikiza kawiri kwa alendo chaka chatha komanso kufuna ndalama zamkati, boma la Palestine likuyembekeza kukopa alendo obwera kudzadabwa ndi zipilala zakale za Dziko Lopatulika ndi zomanga zake zamakono, kuphatikizapo khoma la Israeli "antiterror" ndi manda a Yasser Arafat Ramallah.
Pamsonkhano woyamba wapadziko lonse wa West Bank ku Betelehemu koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, womwe udawonetsa ma projekiti amtengo wofanana ndi $ 1 biliyoni, Palestinian National Authority tsopano idakhazikitsa tsamba lake loyamba la zokopa alendo, www.visit-palestine.com.
Palestine ikulephera kudzikweza ngati malo odziyimira pawokha chifukwa cha kuwongolera kwa Israeli pabwalo la ndege ndi chitetezo. Alendo opita ku Betelehemu amayenera kuyenda ulendo wovuta kudutsa pamalo ochezera ankhondo komanso chotchinga chachitetezo cha konkriti - chomwe tsopano chili pamtunda wa mailosi 280 - chomwe Israeli adayamba kumanga mu 2002.
Komabe, a Palestine ali ndi chiyembekezo. Yousef Daher, woyang'anira wamkulu wa ABS Tourism, adati:
"Mwayi ndi wochuluka, ndi kuchuluka kwa kopita. Pali kuthekera kwa ndalama zatsopano. Ramallah adachulukirachulukira chifukwa Betelehemu ndi Yerusalemu sadathe kuthana ndi kayendetsedwe kake mu Epulo mpaka Meyi, pomwe Gaza idzakhala mwayi waukulu alendo nthawi ikadzakwana. "
Polankhula mu ofesi yake ya Betelehemu, pansi pa chimodzi mwa zithunzi zomwe zimapezeka paliponse za Yasser Arafat, Khouloud Daibes, nduna yatsopano ya zokopa alendo ndi zinthu zakale za Palestine, akukondwerera kale kupambana koyambirira pa ntchito yake.
Mayi Daibes, yemwe ndi mkulu m’dera limene likucheperachepera la Aarabu ndi Akhristu a ku Betelehem, anati: “Takhala tikulandira alendo odzaona malo kapena oyendayenda kwa zaka zosachepera 2,000, choncho takhala ndi chikhalidwe chambiri komanso zinthu zambiri zothandiza kuti tilandire alendo.”
Alendo a Khrisimasi opita ku Betelehemu adawonjezeka katatu kufika pa 60,000 chaka chatha, pomwe ziwerengero za boma zimati chiwerengero chonse cha alendo ku mahotela aku Palestine chinaposa kawiri mu 2007 kufika pa 315,866.
A Daibes adawonjezeranso kuti: "Tikufuna kuyikanso Palestina pamapu, kugwiritsa ntchito Betelehemu ngati njira yothanirana ndi alendo. Lero, tikuyang'ana pa makona atatu a Yerusalemu, Betelehemu ndi Yeriko, omwe amapezeka kwa alendo.
“Mwezi uliwonse timaona ziwerengero za alendo zikukwera. Izi zimatipatsa chiyembekezo kuti pakufunika anthu ambiri.”
Wakopa kale maboma angapo kuti akweze machenjezo achitetezo kwa apaulendo opita ku Betelehemu, ndikulimbikitsa kutsatsa ku UK, Spain, Italy, ndi komwe kale kunali Soviet bloc.
Iye anati: “Tikufuna kukhala mabwenzi ofanana ndi Israyeli ndi kugawana Dziko Lopatulika. Koma pakali pano pali kugawidwa mopanda chilungamo kwa phindu la zokopa alendo kumbali ya Israeli, ndi 95 peresenti ya alendo omwe akukhala ku Israel, kutisiya 5 peresenti yokha. "
Chifukwa choletsa kupitilira kwa Israeli pakuyenda kwa alendo komanso anthu akumaloko kupita kumizinda yakale monga Nablus, Hebroni ndi Yeriko, Mayi Daibes tsopano akulimbikitsa madera ena, kuphatikiza malo okhala m'chipululu kunja kwa makoma akale a Yeriko ndi manda a Yasser Arafat mkatikati mwa tawuni. Ramallah.
Iye anatsindika kuti: “Ngakhale ntchito zokopa alendo zachipembedzo zidzapitirizabe kukhala mtundu wathu wotchuka wa zokopa alendo, tikufuna kukhala ndi mipata yatsopano yogwirizana ndi zochitika zapadziko lonse, kuphatikizapo zokopa alendo, zokopa alendo za achinyamata, ndi zokopa alendo za thanzi. Ndife dziko laling'ono lomwe lili ndi malo komanso nyengo zosiyanasiyana ndipo tili ndi mwayi wopeza malo atsopano."
Kuwonjezeka kwa alendo odzaona malo kwayamba kuonekera m’malo okhala anthu ambiri ku Betelehemu, mashopu, malo odyera ndi mahotela.
Woyang’anira hotelo wina anati: “Izi n’zotanganidwa kwambiri monga ndikukumbukira. Tili ndi anthu aku Poland, a Russia, Germany, Italy, ndi Spanish ndipo timawalandira ndi manja awiri.”
Mmodzi wa apolisi oyendera alendo mumzindawo anati alendo amafika “ali ndi mantha komanso akunjenjemera” koma amasangalala ndi kusangalala ndi tchuthi chawo pakatha maola angapo.
Iye anati: “Atolankhani a ku Israel ndi padziko lonse lapansi amati Palestine si malo otetezeka kwa alendo odzaona malo, koma samanena zoona – kuti anthu aku Palestine amafuna mtendere ndi chitetezo ndipo ndife ochezeka komanso olandiridwa bwino.
“Chinthu chofunika kwambiri kwa ife n’chakuti alendo odzaona malo azibwera ku Betelehemu n’kuona chilichonse komanso kuti amvetse mmene tilili komanso zimene tikufuna.”
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