I-Flag of Palestine: isithombe, umlando wesenzakalo nanamuhla

I-Palestine iyinsimu eMpumalanga Ephakathi okwenzeka esikhathini esedlule ezweni lakwa-Israyeli, ingxenye yeSiriya, iJordani, i-Golan Heights, iGaza Strip, iSinin Peninsula, izingxenye zeLebhanoni kanye nebhange elisentshonalanga yoMfula iJordani. Manje akekho into enjengesizwe "iPalestine", kodwa kunenye indawo ehlonishwayo ezindaweni zasePalestina. Le nsimu isakashisa "kumephu" emhlabeni jikelele.

Ifulegi lasePalestina: isithombe

Uphawu lukazwelonke lombuso lunesimo segange, lapho kuhlanganiswe khona amaqembu angemibala eluhlaza, emhlophe, emnyama. Kukhona unxantathu wombala obomvu emgqeni wefulegi. Ngokusemthethweni, ifulege lasePalestine lavunyelwa ngo-1916.

Iphalethi yefulegi ayikhethwa ngengozi. Umbala oluhlaza ubonisa amaFatimids, obomvu - iKharijit, umhlophe - i-Umayyad, omnyama - i-Abassid. Ifulege lasePalestine laba isisekelo sokudala izimpawu zikazwelonke zamazwe alandelayo:

• Kuwait.
• Iraq.
• ESiriya.
• I-United Arab Emirates.
• Isifunda sase-Saudi Arabia ngaphansi kweHijaz.
• Jordan.

Ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi ifulege lasePalestina neJordan lifana kakhulu. Eqinisweni, zifana nhlobo: i-palette yombala ne -triangle enomvu ikhona kuwo wonke amaflegi. Kodwa-ke, ifulege laseJordane libonisa inkanyezi enxantathu, futhi ubukhulu bayo bungaphezulu kunelasefulegi lasePalestina.

Ukuvela kwefulegi lombuso

Ifulegi lasePalestina lavela kanjani? Le nkinga isalokhu iphikisana kuphela phakathi kwababhali-mlando, kodwa futhi ithole inani elanele lezinganekwane. Kunezinguqulo eziningana. Ngokwe-version yokuqala, amazwe ase-Arab, angamalungu e-Literary Club, akhetha imibala yesizwe sikazwelonke eConstantinople ngo-1909. Ukuzikhethela kwenziwa ngaphansi kwethonya likaSafi-Din al-Healy, owayengumlobi odumile wekhulu le-13. Ngokombiko wesibili, amalungu e-"Youth Arab Community", eyasungulwa ngo-1911 eParis, bakhetha i-palette yombala wefulegi. Ngokombiko wesithathu, i-diplomate yoMbusi wayo iNdlovukazi yaseBrithani Great, uSir Mark Sykes, yenza uphawu lukazwelonke lukahulumeni. Abalando-mlando abakwazi ukuthola ukuthi iyiphi inguqulo elungile. Kodwa-ke, kwaziwa ukuthi ngo-1917 u-Hussein bin Ali wasebenzisa lokhu ukunyakaza kwezwe eMashiriq.

Ifulege lasePalestina eZizwe Ezihlangene

Ngo-September 30, 2015 kwaba usuku lokuziqhenya kwabasePalestina emhlabeni jikelele. Yilokho uNobhala-jikelele we-UN uBan Ki-moon athi ngokukhulisa ifulege lasePalestina endlunkulu yenhlangano (eNew York, eU.SA) namahhovisi emhlabeni jikelele. Kwakuvame ukuphakamisa amafulege amazwe angamalungu angokomthetho we-UN. Kodwa ngoSeptemba, isinqumo samukelwa esivumela ukuphakanyiswa kwamafulege amazwe anesimo sokubuka. Isimo esinjalo asikho kuphela iPalestine, kodwa futhi neVatican. Ifulegi lasePalestina lizovuka ngemva kwamazwe onke-abahlanganyeli be-UN.

Umkhosi wokuphakamisa umbala

Ephendula isinqumo, umholi wasePalestine, uMajimoud Abbas, uthe kusukela kulolu suku ngoSeptemba 30 kuzoba yiSuku soMbuso kaHulumeni. Lesi sinqumo samukelwa ngoSepthemba 10, futhi lo mkhosi wabanjwa ngo-Septhemba 30. Lesi sigameko senzeke ensimini yase-rose endlunkulu ye-UN e-New York, esekelwe ku-First Avenue (phakathi kwamigwaqo angu-46 no-42).

Lo mbuthano wawukhona nezikhulu eziphezulu zamazwe amaningi ezinhlangano zenhlangano. Kodwa-ke, i-US ne-Israel ayivumelani nesinqumo esamukelwe kanye nokuphakanyiswa kwefulege yasePalestina. Lokhu kuchazwa ukukhathazeka kwe-US mayelana nesimo seMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kodwa i-US iyaqhubeka yenza imizamo yokuxazulula impikiswano phakathi kwePalestina no-Israyeli. Ngokuphathelene nesikhundla sika-Israyeli, lokhu kubangelwa ukukhathazeka mayelana nokukhula kwesimo esifundeni saseGaza futhi kungenzeka ukuthi uhloniphe iPalestine njengesihloko, hhayi into, yobudlelwano bamazwe ngamazwe.