ガザ住民、米国の新大統領に求めるのは紛争終結

【ゴラン高原ＡＦＰ＝時事】紛争で荒廃したパレスチナ自治区ガザ地区の住民は５日、ＡＦＰに対し、米大統領選でどちらの候補が勝利しても、この紛争を終わらせるべきだと訴えた。（写真は、イスラエル軍の砲撃により、煙が立ち上がるガザ地区北部ベイトラヒヤ）
　ガザ市に住むアイマン・アル・オムレイティさん（４５）は、紛争開始からの１年余り、何度も避難を余儀なくされてきた。
　「私たちは、いつどうなるか分からない危険にさらされている」とし、「米国民には、パレスチナ人の苦しみを終わらせることができる人物を選んでもらいたい」と話した。
　「パレスチナ人は、（ドナルド・）トランプ氏が勝利するのではないかと心配し、対立候補の（カマラ・）ハリス氏にとって有利な結果が出ることを望んでいる。彼女は何度もこの紛争の終結を呼び掛けているからだ」と続けた。
　ガザ市内で暮らすハニ・アジュルさんは、誰が米国の大統領になろうと、この戦争を終わらせるべきだと主張した。自身の息子ときょうだいは紛争に巻き込まれて亡くなり、自宅はイスラエル軍の砲撃で破壊された。
　「これだけの犠牲が出たのだから、トランプ氏でもハリス氏でも、勝った方がこの紛争を終わらせ、地域に平和をもたらすのを望んでいる」「爆撃、破壊、殉教する人々に負傷する人々、そして荒れ果てた町。私たちは、この生活にうんざりしている」と語った。
　一方、イスラエル占領下のゴラン高原在住の写真家、アンディ・アルペルンさん（５７）は、米大統領になってほしいのはハリス氏だと話した。イスラエルの最近の世論調査では、国民の大多数はトランプ氏を支持している。
　「カマラは皆が思っているほど悪くはないし、良い働きをするだろう」とアルペルンさん。
　その上で、米国の対イスラエル支援の継続を求め、レバノンからイスラム教シーア派組織ヒズボラを排除し、ガザ地区からはイスラム組織ハマスを排除してほしいと主張。
　ヒズボラとハマスは「悪の組織だ」と話し、「彼らは私たちだけでなく、米国や西側諸国とも敵対している」と続けた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/06-17:40）

Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza told AFP on Tuesday that whoever emerges victorious in the US presidential election must end the conflict in the territory, which has taken an appalling human toll.
We are hanging by a thread, and like every other people in the world, we are looking for someone who can stop the war, said Ayman al-Omreiti, 45, from Gaza City's Al-Daraj neighbourhood.
Our hope is that the American people will choose someone who can end the suffering of the Palestinian people.
Millions of Americans began to cast their ballots on Tuesday in a contest that pre-election polling suggested was too close to call.
Omreiti, who has been displaced several times during the 13 months since the war broke out, said he hoped Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris would defeat Republican rival Donald Trump.
The Palestinian people are worried about a possible Trump victory, and we hope the results will be favourable for his opponent, Harris, because she has called for an end to the war several times, he said.
Another Palestinian resident of Gaza City, Hani Ajur, is clear in his view: Whoever becomes president must end the war.
Ajur's son and brother were killed in the war, while his home was destroyed by Israeli shelling.
We hope that after all these sacrifices... whoever wins, whether it is Trump or Harris, will put an end to this war and bring peace to the region, he said.
We are exhausted with the bombings, the destruction, the martyrs, the wounded and the devastation. We're just tired of this life.
Recent polls in Israel show a majority of Israelis favour Trump, but photographer Andy Alpern's choice for the White House is Harris.
He said Trump might give us more of a free hand (but) do I think it's worth it? I don't, Alpern, 57, who resides in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights said.
I don't think Kamala is as bad as everyone thinks she is, and she will do good things.
But he hoped the United States would continue to support Israel to rid Lebanon of Hezbollah and Gaza of Hamas.
These are evil organisations, he said.
They have just as much against America and the West as they do against us.
Israel has been fighting Hamas in Gaza since the Palestinian militant group launched a deadly attack on Israel on October 7 last year, which resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israel's retaliatory military offensive has killed at least 43,391 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the territory's health ministry, figures considered reliable by the UN.
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