Current situation
On April 2nd, the creation of the National Guard led by Ben Gvir (leader of an Israeli far-right party) has been approved by around 250 million euros funding.
During the last days of Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, East Jerusalem was the scene of violent attacks that triggered an escalation. Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the night of April 4^th and attacked dozens of believers in the Al-Qibli Mosque, claiming to be suppressing "riots" within it. But according to the witnesses, the Israeli police beat the worshipers with batons and threw tear gas and sound bombs only to force them out of the prayer halls. The Red Crescent reported 12 wounded. At least 400 Palestinians have been arrested. Moreover, 24 hours later the occupation forces raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the same way. In the following days, men under 40 were prevented from accessing the Al-Aqsa compound, forcing the believers to pray outside the gates.
On April 7th, thirty rockets were fired from Lebanon upon Israel, shortly after Hezbollah declared its support for "any measure" the Palestinians wanted to take after the attack on Al-Aqsa. During the night, Israel quickly react, firing rockets into southern Lebanon and bombing the Gaza Strip.
On April 8th, a vehicle driven by an Israeli Arab crashed into the crowd who was strolling along the Tel Aviv waterfront. The car overturned and, once the driver came out, he attempted to shoot into the crowd, according to the Israeli police. The man was killed.

The situation of the Mapuche people ("people of the land") in Chile is very complex and sensitive.
As native population, the Mapuche have the right to recognition and respect for their cultural identity, their language, their traditions, and their history.
However, the latter has always been marked by conflicts with the Chilean state and assimilation policies.
The Mapuche are the only native people in Chile who have managed to resist the invasion by the Spanish colonizers. For centuries they have been fighting for the recovery and claim of the territory that is rightfully theirs.
The main conflict concerns, in particular, the control and management of the wallmapu ("all Mapuche territory"), rich in natural resources.
Mining companies and multinational corporations have often ignored the rights of the Mapuche, thus leading to a series of riots and protests.
At the same time, the national policies of economic development, modernization and alignment to European and Western standards have neglected the needs and demands of the Mapuche people, causing social and economic inequalities.
Within this framework we find four companies (Norwegian and Danish) that produce feed for salmons in Pargua, province of P.to Montt, southern Chile.

When J., our friend who lives in Ritsona camp, video-calls us, we do not immediately understand what she is saying, but we see she is outside the camp with many other people. We hear a big confusion in the background and we perceive from her voice that she is worried.
No doubt: something is happening at the camp and we need to be there; we do not wait longer and immediately take the car.
The police stops us few kilometers from the camp because the way was closed, we leave the car and go forward by foot: our friends are waiting for us and we want to be there with them.
Once we arrive we see many Congolese people outside the camp, especially women; some of them shout, some others cry, some pick up rubber pieces to light a fire: “a guy’s dead, he has four kids”, they say, “it’s just carelessness, this is mere racism”.
They say the evening before they called the ambulance at 5 p.m. but it only came in the morning, when it was too late.
He died in the meantime.
“There’s no food, there’s no water, no international protection, this is the result, people die in here”, women voices keep shouting and saying to Congolese people to come out.

Current situation
On December 1^st Israel revoked the residency status in East Jerusalem to the French-Palestinian Human Rights lawyer Salah Hammouri who has been accused of serious crimes against the State security. On March 7^th, 2022, Hammouri, 37 years old, was arrested and held in Israel for nine months under administrative detention. After having revoked his citizenship, the Minister of the Interior decided for his expulsion and, on December 18^th, Hammouri was forcibly sent to Paris, with his hands and feet handcuffed.
On December 2^nd the occupation forces shot at Ammar Hamdi Nayef Miflih, 23 years old, killing him, in Huwwara, near Nablus. Israel declared that the gunfire was the consequence of a stabbing attempt, but many videos prove that Miflih didn’t hold anything in his hands when he was hit and murdered. The Israeli forces prevent paramedics from ensuring medical assistance and they confiscated his body that was given back to his family only on December 29^th.
During a raid of the Israeli army occurred on December 12^th, Jana Majdi Issam Assaf, 15 years old, was killed by gunshots while she was on the roof of her house in Jenin.
Those are just two of the 12 Palestinians who were killed in December.
2022 has been the most lethal year since 2006 in Palestine (East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza): 230 Palestinians were killed, 6.500 Palestinians were detained by Israeli occupation forces – among them 800 were minors and 2.134 were held under administrative detention. More than 900 buildings were seized or demolished thus causing the forced displacement of 1.000 Palestinians from their houses. During the year, around 1.500 attacks conducted by Israeli settlers against the Palestinians or their properties were reported.
On December 29^th, the new far-right government has been elected and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared he will work in order to formally annex the West Bank. During the speech in which he explained the main aims of his new government, he stated: “the Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the land of Israel”.

Colombia - December 2022