Umphathiswa wezoKhuseleko wase-Israel, u-Ehud Barak, ubhengeze ukuba uya kuyeka kwezopolitiko emva konyulo jikelele ngoJanuwari ozayo.
Umnumzana uBarak, owayeyinkulumbuso yakwaSirayeli phakathi ko-1999 no-2001, uthe ngoku uzakugxila kubomi bakhe.
“Ndifuna ukufunda, ukubhala, ukuphila kwaye ndibe nexesha elimnandi,” uxelele iintatheli.
Umnumzana Barak uthe uzakuhlala njengomphathiswa wezokhuselo de kusekwe urhulumente omtsha.
Esi sigqibo siphelisa iminyaka engama-53 kumsebenzi womkhosi nowezobupolitika wakwaSirayeli.
U-Ehud Barak usebenze kuMkhosi woKhuselo wakwaSirayeli iminyaka engama-39, wenyuka waba yiNtloko yaBasebenzi Jikelele iminyaka emine ukusuka ku-1991 ukuya ku-1995.
Usebenze ngokwahlukileyo kwimfazwe yoMbindi Mpuma yowe-1973 kwaye wongamela imisebenzi emibini yokukhulula amabanjwa akwa-Israel kwiinqwelomoya eziqweqwedisiweyo.
Umnumzana Barak ukhokele iphulo lika-1972 ngokuchasene nabafowuli basePalestine kwiqela leBlack September ababebambe inqwelomoya yeSabena bayinyanzela ukuba ihlale kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iLod (ngoku eyiBen Gurion), kwaSirayeli.
Enxibe njengegcisa lasemhlabeni, weyisela abaqweqwedisi ukuba inqwelomoya ifuna ukulungiswa waza waboyisa ngokukhawuleza, wabulala amadoda amabini waza wathimba abafazi ababini. Inkulumbuso yesibini yexesha elizayo, uBenjamin Netanyahu, usebenze phantsi kukaMnumzana Barak kolo hlaselo.
UEhud uBharaki wayengomnye wabayili bohlaselo oludumileyo lwamaSirayeli e-Entebbe ngowe-1976.Kwiminyaka emine emva koko, uMnumzana Barak wayengomnye wabaqulunqi bogqogqo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Entebbe e-Uganda beyokuhlangula enye inqwelomoya yamaSirayeli eyayibanjwe nguBlack September.
Malunga namashumi amabini eminyaka kamva, njengeNtloko yaBasebenzi Jikelele, waphumeza izivumelwano zoxolo zase-Oslo zakwaSirayeli nePalestina kwaye wathatha inxaxheba kwiingxoxo zoxolo kunye neJordan.
Ukurhoxa kwakhe emkhosini, uMnumzana Barak wazibandakanya norhulumente okhokelwa nguYitzhak Rabin njengomphathiswa wezangaphakathi. Emva kokubulawa kukaRabin ngowe-1995, wasebenza njengomphathiswa wezangaphandle kurhulumente waseShimon Peres de kwawa ngowe-1996.
Umnumzana Barak wonyulwa njengenkokeli yombutho weLabour waza woyisa uBenjamin Netanyahu kunyulo lukawonke-wonke luka-1999 kwimanifesto equka isithembiso sokurhoxa kumazantsi eLebanon.
Wasifeza eso sibhambathiso ngo-2000 kwaye wabamba uthethathethwano oluneenkcukacha malunga nemiba yobume bokugqibela kunye nenkokeli yasePalestine uYasser Arafat, kodwa urhulumente wakhe wawa ngo-2001 kwaye waphulukana namandla kwiqela lika-Ariel Sharon's Likud.
Umnumzana Barak wabuyela kwipolitiki ephambili ngo-2007 xa waphinda wafumana ubunkokeli beqela lezabaSebenzi kwaye wazibandakanya nombutho olawulayo ka-Ehud Olmert njengomphathiswa wezokhuselo. Ubambe eso sikhundla kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo, nangona eshiye iLabour waseka iqela lakhe le-Independence.
Umnumzana Barak uthe ebesithathela ingqalelo isigqibo sakhe kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo kwaye wathi ngoku uzakuchitha ixesha elininzi nosapho lwakhe, nangona uvoto lubonisa ukukhula kwenkxaso yeqela lakhe emva kohlaselo lwaseGaza kwaSirayeli kule nyanga.
(BBC)
