Jock Isacowitz

**Joseph "Jock" Louis Isacowitz** (7 Fabrairu 1915 &#x2013; 18 Yuni 1974) ɗan siyasa ne na Jam'iyyar Liberal ta Afirka ta Kudu, mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata kuma wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar Springbok Legion.  

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Isacowitz a Benoni a lardin Transvaal a cikin shekarar 1915 ga iyayenta Yahudawa ne, Sarah Leah Bear da Isra'ila Isacowitz.   Mahaifinsa, Isra'ila ya mutu yana da shekaru 34-35 a 1921 lokacin da Jock yana da shekaru shida.  Ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Benoni sannan daga baya Jami'ar Witwatersrand, inda ya kammala karatunsa da digiri na biyu na Pharmacy (Hons).  Shi ɗan asalin Yahudawan Lithuania ne. 

A jami'a ya yi abokantaka da ɗaliban Yahudawa Rusty Bernstein da Kurt Jonas. Yunas ya rinjaye shi, wanda ya gabatar da shi ga Marxism.    A wani lokaci ya kasance memba na Jam'iyyar Kwaminisanci ta Afirka ta Kudu kuma an gano shi a matsayin wanda bai yarda da Allah ba. Ya yi murabus daga jam’iyyar a watan Fabrairun 1946, ya rubuta cewa halinta na kama-karya “ya ɓata mini rai.

Ya yi yakin duniya na biyu tare da sojojin Afirka ta Kudu a Gabashi da Arewacin Afirka, inda ya kasance sajan-manjo kuma ya sami rauni a wani mataki. Ta'addancin Holocaust ya kai ga kin amincewa da sahyoniyanci ya kuma shiga kungiyar Sahayoniya ta gurguzu. Ya shiga Majalisar Wakilan Yahudawa ta Afirka ta Kudu, yana aiki a matsayin wakili a kan zartarwa na ƙasa kuma ya tafi manufa don ziyartar waɗanda suka tsira daga Holocaust a sansanonin 'yan gudun hijira a Turai bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II da cibiyoyin sha a Isra'ila.

## Aiki siyasa
Kafin kafa jam'iyyar masu sassaucin ra'ayi, ya kasance tare da mai ba da shawara Jack Unterhalter, daya daga cikin kungiyoyi masu sassaucin ra'ayi guda uku a Johannesburg.  Samuwar tasu ta nemi kulla alaka da jam'iyyar National Congress ta Afirka da kuma majalisar dokokin Indiya ta Afirka ta Kudu. 

Ya kasance memba na kafa jam'iyyar Liberal Party, yana halartar taron farko a Cape Town a shekarar 1953.  Ya cimma burinsa na farko ne ta hanyar kafa tarurruka tsakanin jam'iyyar da ANC.  Duk da haka, ya bayyana takaicinsa: "Ban ji daɗin yadda yawancin mambobin kwamitin ƙasa suka yi wa jam'iyyar ANC ba... Na fahimci matsalolin da ke tasowa daga bambance-bambancen mutumtaka da ANC amma ina jin tsoron cewa wasu daga cikin mambobinmu ba za su iya raba wannan daga kyakkyawar rawar da jam'iyyar ta ANC ke takawa ba. Ba na jin dacewar sake buɗe tattaunawa tare da ci gaba da tafiyar da su zuwa ga ANC na yau da kullum." 

Ya gina tushen goyon bayan jam'iyyar a Transvaal kuma ya yi aiki a muƙamai da dama a matsayin shugaba na Transvaal da mataimakin shugaban ƙasa. Ya kuma kasance mabuɗi da aka shirya wa jam’iyyar kuma ya jagoranci tarukan ta.  

Gwamnatin nuna wariyar launin fata ta yi masa kallon barazana tare da hana shi halartar duk wani taro na tsawon shekaru biyu. Bayan kisan gillar da aka yi a Sharpeville a shekarar 1960, an ayyana dokar ta-ɓaci  kuma an ɗaure shi na tsawon watanni 3.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ya auri Eileen Lurie kuma sun haifi 'ya'ya uku tare. Ɗansa, Roy, daga baya ya yi aliyah zuwa Isra'ila, inda ya zama ɗan jarida.  

### Mutuwa
Ya mutu daga cutar sankarar bargo a ranar 30 ga watan Janairu 1962, watanni 18 bayan sakinsa a kurkuku.   Ya bar matarsa da ’ya’yansa, da kuma mahaifiyarsa Saratu. Sarah ta mutu a Netanya a Isra'ila a shekarar 1982 kuma Eileen ta mutu a shekarar 2010 a Johannesburg.

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