Malia paha ʻo ke kūlana palekana mālie, a i ʻole ʻo ia ka nalu wela maʻamau o Pepeluali i hoʻomau ʻia ma ka ʻāina mai ka pule i hala aku nei - akā no kēlā me kēia kumu, ua piʻi ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Ieriko i ka pule i hala, a hiki i 24,000.
ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ke haʻi pololei i ka nui o ka piʻi ʻana o kēia, akā aia kahi ʻaelike maʻamau ʻo Ieriko ka wahi mākaʻikaʻi Palestinian.
Wahi a ka mākaʻi mākaʻikaʻi Palestinian a me nā mākaʻi kahiko, kokoke i ka hapakolu o ka poʻe kipa i Ieriko i ka pule i hala aku nei he poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole, ma kahi o 12,000 mau Palestinians mai West Bank a ʻo 4,500 he Palestinians me ka ʻIseraʻela kupa.
He nūhou maikaʻi ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi no ke kaona ʻo Ieriko, e hoʻolālā ana i kahi hoʻolauleʻa nui ma ʻOkakopa 2010 e hōʻailona ai i 10,000 mau makahiki o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo West Bank.
"Ke hana nei mākou i ka ʻoihana, loaʻa iā mākou nā papahana mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi a ke hoʻolaha nei mākou i ke kūlanakauhale ma o nā hoʻolaha," wahi a Wiam Ariqat, ke poʻo o ka Public Relations and Culture Department ma ke kaona ʻo Jericho.
Hoʻolālā ke kaona e hana i kēia ma ka huki ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka pilikino hou aku i ke kūlanakauhale.
"He kūlanakauhale honua ʻo Ieriko," wahi a Ariqat. "I kēia mau manawa i hala iho nei, nui nā mākaʻikaʻi i hele ma Ieriko. Ke nānā nei mākou ʻaʻole wale ka hele ʻana o kēia poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ke kūlanakauhale a kipa i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha mau wahi - makemake mākou e hoʻonui manawa kēia mau mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻaneʻi, e kū i Ieriko, e hele i nā hōkele, e hana i kahi noho kūikawā a e ʻai i ka ʻaina awakea ma ʻaneʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻokahe ʻana i ke kālā hoʻomaha o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o nā luʻi nui i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻIseraʻela a me Palestinian, ʻo lāua ʻelua e hakakā nei no nā ʻeke like.
Hoʻopiʻi pinepine ka poʻe Palestinian i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela i nā huakaʻi no nā malihini kipa a hōʻoia i ka holo ʻana o ke kālā i loko o kā lākou mau hōkele, alakaʻi, hale ʻaina a me nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻonele ai i kā lākou mau hoa Palestinian i ka loaʻa kālā.
"Ke hoʻomalu nei lākou i nā palena, nā hui huakaʻi, ka hoʻolaha, nā alakaʻi a me ka lawe ʻana," wahi a Ariqat. “Makemake mākou e hoʻololi i kēia manaʻo. No ka pono o ka ʻāina, pono lākou e hui pū no ka mea ke hoʻolālā nei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa aku iā Ieriko e kipa aku i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa - Ieriko, ʻIseraʻela, Ioredane a me ʻAigupita.
ʻO Iyyad Hamdan, ka luna hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā wahi archeological ma Ieriko no ka Palestinian Ministry of Tourism i hōʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o Ieriko i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka wā mākaʻikaʻi, ka ʻoluʻolu o ka wā a me ke kūlana palekana.
"I kēia mau lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kūlana, akā i kekahi manawa ua paʻakikī nā mea nānā i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Hamdan. "Inā mākou e hoʻohālikelike i ke kūlana i kēia manawa i ke kūlana i ka makahiki 2000, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Intifada [ka piʻi ʻana o Palestinian], ʻoi aku ka mālie i kēia manawa a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi."
Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hamdan i nā pilina paʻakikī ma waena o ke aupuni o ka ʻIseraʻela i kēia manawa a me ka Palestinian Authority (PA) ke kumu o ka nele o ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o kā lākou mau luna mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ghassan Sadeq, ka luna hoʻokele kālā a me ka ʻoihana ma InterContinental Hotel ma Ieriko, koe wale nō i ka makahiki 2009, i ka wā o ke kaua ma Gaza, ua piʻi ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu mākaʻikaʻi o Ieriko mai ka makahiki 2008.
Akā ʻo ke kaumaha, ʻōlelo ʻo Sadeq, ʻoiai ʻo nā helu hoʻoikaika, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, makemake mau ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e noho ma nā hōkele ma Ierusalema me ka nānā ʻole i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū a kāna hōkele.
"I ka makahiki 2007, ua hele mākou i nā hui huakaʻi o ka ʻIseraʻela a hāʻawi iā lākou i nā palapala no kā mākou mau hōkele," wahi āna. "Ua ʻōlelo mākou 'inā hoʻouna ʻoe iā mākou i nā mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻonohonoho mākou no ko lākou palekana, ʻaʻohe pilikia ma Ieriko.' Akā ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻouna i hoʻokahi kanaka mai kā lākou hui mākaʻikaʻi. He pilikia mau nō ia.”
Manaʻo ʻo Sadeq ma lalo o ke ʻano politika o kēia manawa a me ka nui o ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, ʻo ka manawa wale nō e hoʻouna aku ai nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi o ʻIseraʻela i nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā hōkele ma Betelehema a i Ieriko paha inā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hōkele ma Ierusalema.
ʻO ka mahina i hala aku nei ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ka ʻIseraʻela Central Command Chief a me ke poʻo o ka Civil Administration e ʻae i nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻIseraʻela e huakaʻi i Ieriko a me Betelehema me nā pūʻulu o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻole o ka ʻIseraʻela a alakaʻi iā lākou i nā ʻāina ʻo Palestinian Authority, ma ke noi ʻana mai ka ʻIseraʻela. Keena hookipa.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Ariqat i ke kānalua no ka pono o kēia hoʻolālā.
"E kōkua paha ia i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi, akā e hoʻouna lākou i kā lākou mau leka i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a ʻaʻole mākou hoihoi i kēlā," wahi āna. "Loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou leka a me kā mākou ʻike a makemake mākou e launa pū me nā mākaʻikaʻi."
