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Operazione Colomba Operazione Colomba is the Nonviolent Peace Corps of the Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII.

It was born in 1992 thanks to the wish of some volunteers and conscientious objectors to effectively experience a nonviolence approach in conflict areas. How it started:
The volunteers started operating in the former Yugoslavia, where they contributed to:
re-join divided families because of the fronts;
protect ethnic minorities with their nonviolent presence;
create spaces for interactions, dialogue and pacific coexistence. Given the acquired experience in the field Operazione Colomba could open stable projects in different conflict areas all over the world (Africa, Latin America, Caucasus, Middle and Far East). Values:
All the projects lie on three main pillars:
nonviolence;
sharing life with the victims;
people involvement. In the last 24 years, more than 1.500 volunteers and conscientious objectors have been operating in: protecting civilians, promoting dialogue and reconciliation between the parts, supporting local nonviolent realities, doing advocacy activities. Moreover, Operazione Colomba has established important collaborations with international and national institutions and organizations (UN, EU, NGOs, Human Rights centres, associations, local groups, religious institutions, etc.). Currently it is present in Albania, Colombia, Lebanon (in the Syrian refugee camps), Palestine and Israel.

17/10/2026

UKRAINE In Mykolaiv, air raid alerts are color-coded, with each color signaling a specific type of threat.

Red Alert: Indicates a missile threat. Among the weapons deployed by Russia is the Banderol, an attack system that combines the characteristics of cruise missiles and drones.

Yellow Alert: Signals potential drone attacks, including the Shahed drones used to strike cities and infrastructure.

This is the city center, along Soborna Street—spaces crossed every day by local residents, which have not been spared by the war. The sound you hear is yesterday’s red alert.
Here, distinguishing one siren sound from another also means learning to recognize the exact nature of the incoming danger.

16/10/2026

CHILE MAPUCHE On October 12th, Indigenous peoples across Latin America mark the anniversary of the conquest and colonization, remembering centuries of suffering and oppression. Among them, the Mapuche people took to the streets in several Chilean cities—including Santiago, Concepción, and Temuco in the Araucanía region—where nearly a thousand people marched to reclaim their culture and demand their rights.
Throughout the demonstration, many waved the blue flag featuring a white star—a central symbol of the Mapuche struggle. Each flag carried the name of a Mapuche political prisoner currently held in Chilean jails.
The march concluded in front of the Temuco prison, where protesters requested that a delegation of family members be allowed to visit the incarcerated Mapuche prisoners. Although prison authorities denied permission, simply gathering outside the prison holds deep significance for the Mapuche: it sends "newen" (energy and strength) to those imprisoned for the cause, even though inmates were reportedly denied the right to meet and discuss together on such a meaningful date.
At the end of the rally, community spokespersons and representatives of the prisoners delivered speeches. In their addresses, they recalled that while this date symbolizes the pain of the violent colonization of their land, it also stands as a testament to an unyielding resistance. The central focus was the plight of Mapuche political prisoners, with speakers denouncing the harsh sentencing by the Chilean judicial system, which has handed down unacceptable verdicts exceeding eighty years in prison. For the speakers, these sentences do not represent the punishment of individual crimes, but rather the systematic repression of the very idea of self-determination for the Mapuche nation.
Furthermore, they highlighted the stark paradox between proposed pardons for former dictatorship-era torturers and the ongoing criminalization of those fighting against industrial exploitation that destroys the natural environment.
Finally, all speakers emphasized the importance of overcoming internal divisions to defend and demand their rights with greater unity and strength.

14/10/2026

PALESTINE UMM AL-KHAIR & GZEWI, MASAFER YATTA
On the morning of October 14th, 2026, Israeli occupation forces demolished a house in the Palestinian village of Gzewi and another structure in the village of Umm Al-Khair. A Palestinian man was detained during the demolition in Umm Al-Khair.

14/10/2026

PALESTINE QAWAWIS, MASAFER YATTA

On October 14th, 2026, a group of young Israeli settlers violently harassed the Palestinian community of Qawawis and the activists accompanying them.
It began when a young settler grazing his flock into the village attacked Palestinian residents, pushing them and shouting. When the Israeli police arrived, the settlers faced no consequences. Instead, a Palestinian man was arrested.
Later that day, the same settler came back with four other young settlers and harassed the community again. They spat at Palestinians and activists and beat an international activist. They also cut off the electricity to a cave and damaged a Palestinian family’s vegetable garden.

14/10/2026

PALESTINE AL RAKHEEZ, MASAFER YATTA On October 13th, an armed Israeli settler harassed a Palestinian family during the olive harvest in the village of Al Rakheez. Meanwhile, another settler grazed his flock on Palestinian land, damaging the olive trees.

14/10/2026

PALESTINE KHALLET AL HUMMUS, MASAFER YATTA
On the evening of October 11th and again on October 12th, 2026, a group of Israeli settlers harassed the Palestinian village of Khallet al Hummus. They grazed a herd of cows on the village’s land and drove an ATV and a settler security car close to Palestinian homes.
Every day, settlers from the new Israeli outpost harass the community of Khallet al Hummus.

12/10/2026

On 29 September, during the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII (APG23) took the floor to denounce the escalating violence by Israeli settlers and occupation forces in the West Bank.
In its statement, APG23 echoed the words of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and drew attention to the situation of communities such as Masafer Yatta, affected by violence, forced evictions, demolitions, the destruction of livelihoods, and attacks against those who provide solidarity and support.
Facing the growing riskof ethnic cleansing, the appeal is clear: stand by the Palestinian people and communities who are resisting occupation and violence through nonviolent means, end impunity, and fully uphold international law and United Nations resolutions.

09/10/2026

UKRAINE “My life is worth as much as theirs. Not less than theirs, but just as much.”
From Kherson, on the front line in Ukraine, Alberto describes what it means to live every day under the threat of drones, artillery and shelling.
“If you go out to buy groceries, or for any other reason, drones can attack you. And they do.”
In Kherson, even a simple act like going out to buy essentials requires caution and comes with fear. People try to work out which areas are safer, constantly weighing up whether it is possible to go outside.
And yet, some choose to stay. There is a community with whom Operazione Colomba shares everyday life, seeking to keep a space for support and human connection open.
Because being there means, above all, recognising in others the same dignity and the same worth:
“A friend told us two days ago: ‘You’re not changing the situation, in the sense that the war won’t stop. But knowing that you’re here with us makes us think that maybe things will get better.’”

08/10/2026

PALESTINE GHWEIN, MASAFER YATTA
Between 7 and 8 October, a group of Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks and acts of harassment against the Palestinian community of Ghwein. Yesterday, with the help of an Israeli settler-soldier, the settlers put up an Israeli flag among the Palestinian homes, then harassed the community and the international activists who were there. Today, the same settlers came back to harass the village again, grazing their sheep between the Palestinian houses.

07/10/2026

PALESTINE WADI RAKHIM, MASAFER YATTA
On the night of 5 October, Israeli settlers from the Susya settlement carried out a major attack on the Palestinian village of Wadi Rakhim, burning two cars and throwing stones. During the attack, Israeli police and soldiers blocked the road into the village and stopped firefighters, paramedics and activists from entering.

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