Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation

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Once again, in Lisbon, between the Roma-Areeiro train station and Lisbon Forum (and inside), the demand for Peace was reaffirmed and solidarity with Palestine was expressed.

Many joined, at 3pm a human cordon, holding hands in the traditional Palestinian way, symbolizing unity. The chants which echoed demanded once again the end of genocide and the end of Israel's crimes, reaching the Forum, where at 4pm, the Concert began.

Between the 2nd and 12th of October, nineteen actions of solidarity with the Palestinian people and for peace in the Middle East took place across the country.

With different expressions, between debates, cultural moments with music, painting, dance, even concentrations and demonstrations, the colors of the flags of Palestine, Lebanon, and Peace, filled the portuguese streets and squares in the cities of Coimbra, Setúbal, Portalegre, Alpiarça , Covilhã, Viseu, Porto, Évora, Guarda, Leiria, Beja, Viana do Castelo, Braga, Espinho, Faro, Funchal, Vila Real and Lisbon.

Between the 2nd and 12th of October, nineteen actions of solidarity with the Palestinian people and for peace in the Middle East took place across the country.

With different expressions, between debates, cultural moments with music, painting, dance, even concentrations and demonstrations, the colors of the flags of Palestine, Lebanon, and Peace, filled the portuguese streets and squares in the cities of Coimbra, Setúbal, Portalegre, Alpiarça , Covilhã, Viseu, Porto, Évora, Guarda, Leiria, Beja, Viana do Castelo, Braga, Espinho, Faro, Funchal, Vila Real and Lisbon.

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) vehemently repudiates Israel's bombings against Lebanon, which in just a few hours killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and forced many more to abandon their homes. The bombings, intensified from Monday, September 23, follow the unspeakable attack involving electronic devices (such as pagers or walkie-talkies), which left a trail of death and mutilation in the country.

79 years ago, on August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States of America (USA) dropped two atomic bombs on the populations of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing the immediate death of many tens of thousands of people and many more in the days, months and years that followed. The effects of the radiation are still felt today, as evidenced by the high rates of malformations and cancer diseases that continue to be recorded there.

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1974, Turkish military forces invaded Cyprus, following the coup d'état that had taken place there a few days earlier, with NATO's involvement. Since then, Türkiye has illegally occupied Cypriot territories.

The Handala, which is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition fleet, docked on Wednesday July 3, shortly after 2pm at Lisbon's Parque das Nações Marina on a leg of its "For the children of Gaza" mission. Representatives from the four organisations (CPPC, MPPM, CGTP-IN and Projecto Ruído) that host the Handala in Portugal were on board to meet the crew.

Audience in the Assembly of the Republic

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