Mauto eIsrael akabvisa nzvimbo huru yekutarisa mumugwagwa unopinda muWest Bank guta reJeriko, ichirerutsa kubata kwayo pane imwe yenzvimbo dzinozivikanwa dzevashanyi mubani reJorodhani.
Hondo neChitatu yakadana ichi "chido" chekupa rusununguko rwakakura rwekufamba muWest Bank kune vePalestine, avo vanodziviswa nemazana emigwagwa yeIsrael nekutsauka.
Pakave nemafambiro akafanana nguva pfupi yadarika, sezvo Mutungamiriri mutsva Benjamin Netanyahu anodaira kufona kubva kuMutungamiriri weUS, Barack Obama, kuti Israel irerudze mutoro wekugara uye kumisa kugara kwemaJuda muWest Bank kukurudzira nhaurirano dzerunyararo.
"Aya inhau dzakanaka kune bhizinesi revashanyi," akadaro Yousef Salman, maneja wepaJericho Intercontinental Hotel, mazana mashoma emamita (mayadhi) kubva kwaimbova nzvimbo yekutarisa.
"Zvinoreva kuti hapasisina mitsetse yakareba uye kumirira kwenguva refu."
Jericho, maminetsi gumi pakutyaira kubva kuGungwa Rakafa panzvimbo yakadzikira pasi, ndeimwe yenharaunda dzekare pasi rose, nzvimbo yebhaibheri reGomo reMuedzo apo vaKristu vanotenda kuti Jesu akaedzwa nadhiabhorosi mushure mekutsanya kwemazuva makumi mana.
VaPalestine vari mukutengeserana kwevashanyi vakati mauto ekutarisa, anogona kunonoka kufamba kweawa panguva dzakabatikana, akatorwa mazuva mashoma apfuura. Nzvimbo yeuto reIsrael inoramba iri panzvimbo, inokwanisa kudzoreredza chipingamupinyi kana charairwa.
Bhazi rakazara mapilgrim ekuAmerica raive rimwe revakatanga kupinda muJeriko kutanga kwesvondo rino vasina kuita zvekuongororwa zvitupa nemasoja ane zvombo, izvo zvinoonekwa nevamwe zvisingafadzi.
"KUTARIRA ZVINHU ZVAKASIMBA"
"Kubviswa kwekuyambuka uku kwakakonzerwa nekuongororwa kwekuchengetedza muCentral Command, uye chikumbiro cheCivil Administration sechikamu chenzira dzekunaka dzakabvumidzwa neGurukota reDziviriro," akadaro Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
Yakawedzera kuti yakanga yabvisa anopfuura 140 maroadblocks mugore rapfuura. Haina kutaura kuti zvingani zvipingamupinyi zvitsva zvakaiswa. Rimwe sangano reUN rinotevera nyaya yekuvharwa kwemigwagwa rakati mwedzi wapera rakaverenga zvipingamupinyi mazana matanhatu nemakumi matatu nemana muna Kubvumbi, makumi maviri nenomwe kupfuura mwedzi gumi nemiviri yapfuura.
United Nations, World Bank neIsrael vanodyidzana nenyika dzekumavirira vanoti imhinganidzo huru kuhupenyu hwehupfumi pamwe nekuzvidzwa zuva nezuva.
Kusvikira kumukira kwePalestine kwakonzera kuparara kwekuchengetedzwa kweIsrael muna 2000, kasino yeJeriko - hafu yeawa kutyaira ichidzika kubva kuJerusarema - yakawana purofiti kubva kuIsrael vasina rezinesi rekubhejera munyika yavo.
Israel parizvino inorambidza vagari vayo kupinda munzvimbo idzi dzeWest Bank - kunyanya maguta akaita seJeriko - ari pasi pesimba rePalestine rinozvitonga.
Achibvunzwa kana kasino, iyo iri chikamu cheIntercontinental Hotel complex, yakagadzirira kuvhurwa zvakare vachitarisira kudzoka kwevabhejeri veIsrael, Salman akati pakanga pasina hurongwa hwekudaro nekuti pakanga pasina izwi rekuchinja kwemamiriro ezvinhu.
Varume vePalestine vanochengetedza vanogadzira yavo yekutarisa pamusuwo weguta vakati vachiri pasi pemirairo yekudzosera vagari veIsrael, sezvinodiwa neIsrael parizvino.
Imwe nzvimbo yekutarisa yeIsrael iri padyo yabviswa, ichisiya maPalestine kutyaira kubva kuJeriko kuenda kuWest Bank administrative centre Ramallah vasina kuratidza mapepa avo kumauto eIsrael.
