BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Vatengesi vemuguta reBethlehem vakatarisana neKisimusi isina kujeka gore rino apo vari kukwikwidzana kuti vawane mari iri kudiwa nevanhu vakawanda munyaya dzekushanya.
Mukutanga kwaZvita, vashandi vakamhanyira kunomisa zvitoro zvezviyeuchidzo paManger Square yeBethlehem uye kubatidza mwenje weKisimusi vachitarisira zviuru zvevashanyi vachadzika mutaundi racho kuzoshanyira Church of the Nativity, inotendwa kuti yairatidza nzvimbo yakaberekerwa Jesu.
Asi vatengesi vanogunun'una kuti vashanyi ava vanopinzwa nekubuda muguta reWest Bank munzendo dzehafu yezuva kubva kuJerusarema. Neawa imwe chete kana maviri muBheterehema, vashanyi vane nguva shoma yekudya kana kutenga muGuta Rekare riri pedyo.
"Kisimusi yaimboreva zvakawanda, ikozvino haireve chinhu," akadaro Ahlan Subor, mutengesi ane makore makumi maviri nemana, ane chitoro chakarongedzerwa nemakavha, mapoto uye mifananidzo yekuzvarwa nemaoko.
Kunyange zvazvo iri kure nemakiromita mashomanana chete, Bhetrehema rinoparadzaniswa neJerusarema nerusvingo rwekuparadzanisa rweIsrael, rinoshanda sechiyeuchidzo chechisimba chakaputira Bhetrehema uye chikamu chikuru cheWest Bank muIntifada yechipiri, kana kuti kumukira kwevanhu vakawanda, kwakatanga muna 2000 uye kwakatora makore mana. makore.
Israel yakakasira kumisa rusvingo muna 2003, ichitaura nezvekudiwa kwekuchengetedza vagari veIsrael kubva pakurwiswa kwehugandanga hwePalestine. Masangano epasi rese akakurumidza kushoropodza kuvakwa kwemadziro, vamwe vachizviona sekuyedza kuvanzwa kwakavanzika kwekutora nyika yePalestine.
Mumakore achangopfuura, Bhetrehema yave ine rugare rusina kusimba mumumvuri worusvingo. Vashanyi vadzokera kudhorobha - nzvimbo huru yekuenda kumaKristu - uye mahotera anotarisira kurekodha huwandu hwekugara kwevanhu panguva yeKisimusi gore rino.
Vanoda kusvika miriyoni 1.5 vanhu vakashanyira Bhetrehema muna 2008, uye vakuru vakuru vanofanotaura kuti nhamba iyi ichave pedyo nemamiriyoni maviri gore rino, sekureva kwePalestinian Tourism Ministry.
Huwandu uhu hunoratidzika kunge hunokatyamadza, asi vakuru vakuru vePalestine vanoti dhorobha rinoona mari shoma kubva kune vashanyi ava.
Makumi manomwe muzana evashanyi vese kuBethlehem vanodzokera kumahotera muIsrael, nepo vanhu vekuPalestine vachingowana zvikamu zvishanu kubva muzana zvemari kubva kune vanoshanyira Israel neWest Bank, sekureva kweGurukota rePalestine Tourism Khouloud Daibes.
"Ivo [hurumende yeIsrael] vari kutarisa zvakanyanya kuzvibatsira," Daibes akadaro. “Vanoziva kuti havangadzime Bethlehem kubva munzira yerwendo, saka vanoda kuderedza kushanya… kusvika maawa mashoma chete.”
Israel yakawedzera kuedza kwayo kudzikisa zvirambidzo muWest Bank - kunyanya nekuputsa nzvimbo dzekutarisa kurerutsira kufamba kwezvinhu nevashandi - kusimudzira hupfumi hwePalestine. Hurumende yemutungamiri wenyika, VaBenjamin Netanyahu, inoona budiriro yehupfumi sechinhu chakakosha mukudzoreredza runyararo mudunhu iri.
Matanho aya akabudirira pamwe, zvichikonzera kukura kuri kutarisirwa ne7% kwegorosi remumba gore rino. Asi nyanzvi munyaya dzezvehupfumi dzinoti rubatsiro rwevanopa rubatsiro rwakakosha zvikuru mukusimudzirwa kwehupfumi hwenyika, uye vanoti pachine mazana enzvimbo dzekutarisa.
"Pavanotaura nezverunyararo rwehupfumi ... unokanganwa nezvedambudziko guru, rinova basa," Daibes akadaro. “Iri ndiro zano raIsraeri. Vanoda kuti isu titungamirire basa, kwete (kuti ivo) vapedze basa racho. "
Vashanyi sezvavanoungana muChurch of the Nativity kuti vaone chidyiro chaJesu, zvitoro zvezviyeuchidzo muGuta Rekare zvinomira zvisina vanhu. Mushure mekubuda muchechi, vashanyi vazhinji vachakwira murairidzi anoenda kuJerusarema.
Anwad Khalil, mutengesi ane makore makumi mana chitoro chake chiri mayadhi mashoma kubva kuManger Square, akati akatengesa kamwe chete zuva iroro nemaeuro gumi chete.
"Dambudziko hombe madziro," Khalil akadaro. “Vashanyi pavanouya kuzoona madziro, vanofunga kuti vari kuuya kunzvimbo ine njodzi. Rusvingo rwaputsa bhizinesi redu. Vashanyi vazhinji vanotya kuunza mari yavo nemakadhi eVisa navo.”
Vamwe vashanyi vanosvetuka Bethlehem zvachose, vanodaro vane mahotera eko, kunyanya kana vakamboshanya. Vashanyi vanomiswa nepanzvimbo yekuongorora kupinda nokubuda muBhetrehema, kwavanogona kutarisana nokunonoka kwenguva refu.
“Dzimwe nguva mabhazi haabvumirwi kupinda muBhetrehema,” akadaro mutevedzeri wemaneja weimwe hotera yepamusoro-soro yeBethlehem, uyo akakumbira kusadudzwa nezita. "Vanodonhedza vashanyi pakati peIsrael nemuganhu wechipiri, voudza mabhazi anobva kudivi reArab kuti auye kuzovatora."
Asi vakuru veIsrael vanopokana nezvinotaurwa nePalestine. Rafi Ben-Hur, mutevedzeri wemukuru-mukuru webazi rezvekushanya kweIsrael, vakati shumiro yavo yakashanda nesimba kukurumidza kuyambuka nepanzvimbo dzekutarisa.
"Kana mahotera eBethlehem akabatikana, zvakanakira nzvimbo iyi, zvinodzivirira kutya," akadaro Ben-Hur. “Tiri kuita zvose [zvatinogona] kukurudzira vanhu kuuya kuBhetrehema.”
Kusiyana nevatengesi, mahotera ari kunakidzwa neimwe yemwaka yawo yakanaka kubvira 2000, apo maKristu akadirana kuBethlehema muzviuru zvavo kumitambo yeKisimusi. Gore rino, vagari vehotera vakakwira nezvikamu makumi matatu kubva muzana.
Ruzhinji rweava, zvakadaro, vashanyi veIsrael maArabu - maPalestine ane chizvarwa cheIsrael - nepo vashanyi vekunze vane mari yakawanda vari kungodzokera zvishoma nezvishoma, vehotera vanodaro.
Zvisinei, iye zvino Bhetrehema rava kungopfuura, vakuru vakuru vanodaro. Nekugona kushoma kupesvedzera huwandu hwevashanyi vanoshanyira Bethlehem, maresitorendi nevatengesi vezvitoro vanofanirwa kuita zvakanakisa pane zvavanazvo.
"Paunenge uchigara pasi pekugara, haugone kuva nechiono," akadaro mutevedzeri wameya George Sa'adeh. "Chiono chekushanya chinodzorwa nezvematongerwo enyika uye chinodzorwa nehupfumi."
