Janairu 30, 2020

Hadarin soyayya a Baitalami

"Ba zan iya zama tare da iyalina ko a gidana a Baitalami ba," ta rubuta Elaine Lindower Zoughbi a wani sakon da ta wallafa a shafinta na Facebook a ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 2019. Kimanin sa'o'i 60 a baya ta tashi zuwa Tel Aviv, Isra'ila, a hanyarta ta gida zuwa Yammacin Kogin Jordan - kawai an tura ta zuwa Amurka. An tsare ta a filin jirgin sama na Ben Gurion, aka tsare ta na wasu sa’o’i 12, aka hana ta shiga, aka kore ta.

A ƙarshen 1980s ne Elaine Lindower ta fara zama a Isra'ila da Falasdinu a matsayin matashiyar ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa daga Indiana. A can ta kamu da soyayya da Zoughbi Zoughbi, Bafalasdine daga birnin Bethlehem da ke gabar yammacin kogin Jordan, yankin da ke karkashin ikon sojojin Isra'ila. Sun yi aure a shekara ta 1990 kuma ta mai da gidansa gidanta—gidan kakanni kusa da Coci na Nativity, a wani wuri da tsararraki da yawa na iyalinsa suka zauna na ɗaruruwan shekaru.

Iyali yana kiyaye tushensa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa da kuma al’adar bangaskiyar Zoughbi, Cocin Katolika na Girka ta Melkite. Tushen su a Amurka yana cikin Indiana da Jami'ar Manchester. Elaine da mahaifiyarta, Margaret Lindower ta Prince of Peace Church of the Brother a South Bend, da kuma marigayi mahaifinta, 'yan'uwa mata uku, da yayyenta, kawuna, da ƴan uwanta tsofaffi ne. 'Ya'yan Zoughbi biyu sun sami digiri na Manchester-Lucas a 2017 da Tarek a 2015. Dukan yaran Zoughbi hudu sun halarci koleji ko jami'a a Amurka.

Akwai tushen zaman lafiya a bangarorin biyu na iyali. Kazalika hidimar Elaine a cikin BVS, Zoughbi shine wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Sauya Rikicin Falasɗinawa ta Wi'am. A cikin 2019, Taron Shekara-shekara ya tabbatar da Lucas Al-Zoughbi don yin aiki a kwamitin Amincin Duniya.

Shekaru na rashin tabbas

A cikin tsawon shekaru 30 na rayuwar aure, Elaine ta yi zamanta a Baitalami amma kuma ta yi tafiya zuwa Amurka na wasu lokuta saboda dalilai daban-daban ciki har da samun digiri na biyu a fannin gudanar da ayyukan sa-kai. Ta kuma koma Amurka don sabunta bizar yawon bude ido don ci gaba da zama da mijinta a Baitalami. Wannan ya zama dole domin Isra'ila ta hana ta matsayin zama na dindindin.

A cikin shekaru biyar na farko na aurensu, ma’auratan a kai a kai suna neman abin da ake kira “haɗin kan iyali” don Elaine ta zama mazaunin doka. "Tsakanin 1990 zuwa 1994 mun nemi haɗin kan iyali kusan kowane wata shida, kuma an ƙi kowace aikace-aikacen," in ji Elaine. "Sa'an nan, tare da yarjejeniyar Oslo, ma'auratan Palasdinawa da suka yi aure tsakanin 1990 zuwa 1993 sun sami damar biyan kuɗin tsawaita biza na shekara guda, sannan su sake neman takardar neman ƙarin shekara guda kafin su bar ƙasar."

Ko da yake sabbin dokokin sun ba ta damar samun ƙarin bizar yawon buɗe ido akai-akai, yana da tsada. "Dole ne mu biya kowane lokaci, wani lokaci don neman haɗin kan dangi, wani lokacin kuma don tsawaita biza," in ji ta, "amma hakan yana nufin zan iya zama na tsawon watanni 27 a jere." Ciki har da kuɗaɗen kuɗin jirgi na zuwa Amurka saboda dole ta fita daga Isra'ila don samun wani bizar yawon buɗe ido. Tsarin ya haɗa da neman takardar izinin shiga Isra'ila ta atomatik na watanni 3, sannan kuma neman ƙarin bizar na watanni 12.

Sannan, a cikin 2017, an hana ta ƙarin biza na watanni 12. A wannan lokacin, ta fara fuskantar ƙoƙari na gaske don hana ta zama a Yammacin Kogin Jordan, ciki har da jinkiri ko rashin amsawa ga aikace-aikacenta, wanda ya kai ga hana biza bisa ga uzuri. Ta kwatanta kwarewarta da na abokan Amurkawa da suka yi aure da Isra'ilawa, waɗanda suka sami matsayin zama na dindindin a cikin 'yan watanni na aurensu.

A cikin dogon sa'o'i da aka tsare a filin jirgin sama na Ben Gurion, a karshe ta ji wani jami'in kula da kan iyaka ya fadi gaskiya. Me yasa aka hana ta biza da zama na dindindin? "Saboda kana auren Bafalasdine," in ji shi.

Elaine ta bai wa Isra'ila wani yabo don ba da matsayin zama na dindindin ga ƙaramin kashi na ƙasashen waje na ma'auratan Falasɗinawa. "Kimanin 2,000 a kowace shekara suna karɓar shi, daga cikin 30,000-plus waɗanda suka nemi kuma ba a amince da su ba." Ta kara da cewa, "Ban taba haduwa da matar aure [Bapalasdinu] da ta sami wannan matsayi ba."

Haaretz, wata babbar jarida a Isra'ila, ta ba da labarin Elaine a farkon wannan shekara. Ya ba da rahoton “rashin tabbas . . . ta addabi dubban sauran mutane a halin da take ciki, 'yan kasashen waje da suka auri Falasdinawa mazauna Yammacin Kogin Jordan da Gaza, kuma sun dogara da biza na yawon bude ido daga Isra'ila, saboda Isra'ila ta yi watsi da 'yancinsu da kuma neman izinin zama na dindindin."

Bisa lafazin +972 Mujallu, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta tana ba da aikin jarida mai zaman kanta daga Isra'ila da Falasdinu, matsin lamba kan ma'auratan Falasdinawa wani bangare ne na manufofin Isra'ila na "kewa 'yan kasashen waje shiga Yammacin Kogin Jordan." Ya shafi “abokan tarayya mazauna Falasdinawa mazauna Yammacin Kogin Jordan, iyayen yaran da ke zaune a Yammacin Kogin Jordan, da mutanen da suka yi aiki a yankunan da aka mamaye shekaru da yawa.” Ya haɗa da hana izinin aiki da kuma ƙin neman biza, kuma sakamakon yana da mahimmanci: “A cikin bugun jini guda ɗaya, an rubuta kalmomi biyu—‘buƙatun da aka ƙi’—an rubuta ɗan ƙaramin rubutu da ke maƙala da fasfo na mai nema. A cikin dakika kadan, waɗannan mutanen sun zama ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a ainihin wurin da suka zauna kuma suka yi aiki na shekaru da yawa, kuma ba zato ba tsammani suna fuskantar kora. . . . Duk iyalai sun sami kansu a cikin wani yanayi da ba zai yiwu ba, inda Isra’ila ta bar su da zaɓi ɗaya—su fita.”

Ci gaba da wahala

Tun watan Afrilun bara, sau biyu Elaine ya sami nasarar komawa gida zuwa Bai’talami ta hanyar yin aikace-aikace ga Mai Gudanar da Ayyukan Gwamnati a Yankunan (COGAT, reshe na sojojin Isra’ila). Tsarin aikace-aikacen yana ɗaukar kwanaki 45, ba tare da garantin nasara ba. Ta karɓi izinin shiga biyu na watanni uku, a farkon lokacin rani 2019 don bikin auren ɗan Lucas, kuma a cikin fall. Ita da danginta dole ne su zo da garantin banki na dala 20,000 (Sabuwar Shekel na Isra'ila 70,000) da aka saka a asusun banki na sojojin Isra'ila. Suna bata kudin idan ta wuce lokacin biza ta wata uku. Takaita tafiyarta zuwa yankunan A da B, kasa da kashi 40 na Yammacin Kogin Jordan.

Domin an dakatar da ita daga filin jirgin sama na Ben Gurion, dole ne ta shiga ta makwabciyar kasar Jordan. Tafiya ce mai nisa.

A bazarar da ta gabata ta yi tafiya tare da yarta kuma sun jimre tsawon jira a mashigarwar gadar Allenby da tattaunawa mai wahala da hukumomin kan iyaka. Dole ne su yi kira ga jami'ai da su girmama izinin shiga ta. Izinin COGAT yana ba da damar taga kwana huɗu don shiga Isra'ila. Oktoban da ya gabata, yayin da ake jira a Indiana don amsa aikace-aikacenta, COGAT ta aika sanarwar amincewa a farkon waɗannan kwanaki huɗu. Nan da nan ta tashi zuwa Jordan a ƙoƙarin haye gadar cikin lokaci-sai dai ta ga an rufe ta don Asabar. Ta kwana a Urdun, ta yi nasarar hayewa da sassafe, ta isa Baitalami a rana ta ƙarshe da aka ba ta izinin shiga.

A farkon 2020 dole ne ta sake barin. Za ta sake samun kanta a Amurka, bisa jinƙan sojojin Isra'ila, ba tare da sanin lokacin da za a ba ta izinin komawa wurin mijinta da gidanta ba.

Raba labarin

Tun bayan korar ta a watan Afrilu, Elaine ta yi ta tofa albarkacin bakinta kan abin da ake nufi da zama Ba’amurke da ta auri Bafalasdine. Ta yi hira da manema labarai. Ta wallafa sakwannin gaskiya a Facebook. "An gamu da bakin ciki da yanke kauna tare da goyon baya da kauna," ta rubuta a daya daga cikin wadancan sakonni. “Abokai, ’yan uwa, har ma da baƙi sun aiko mini da sako, sun kira ni, kuma sun tuntube ni. Dukkansu sun yanke shawarar raba raɗaɗin iyalina, ba da kalamai na ƙauna, ƙarfafawa, da goyon baya, da kuma ɗaukar mataki don taimakawa wajen wayar da kan jama'a da kuma kawo karshen wannan rashin adalci."

"Baya ga wannan taron guda daya," in ji danta, Tarek, a kan Facebook, "mutanena, iyalina, da ni har yanzu muna shan wahala da sauran abubuwan da suka faru na zama da kuma rayuwa a karkashin tsarin zalunci da rashin adalci.

"Zan iya zama soyayya kuma in faɗi wannan game da haɗuwa da iyali: Ƙauna ɗaya ce daga cikin manyan haɗarin tsaro na Isra'ila."

Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darekta ne na Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa, kuma editan aboki na Messenger. Ita ma minista ce da aka naɗa kuma ta kammala karatun sakandare a Bethany Seminary da Jami'ar La Verne, Calif.