A few thousand supporters of Palestinian independence blocked the middle of Lisbon on Saturday afternoon, demanding that the Portuguese authorities take diplomatic steps to cease the operations of Israeli troops within the Gaza Strip.
A number of the demonstrators gathered in entrance of the Portuguese EC consultant workplace within the heart of Lisbon to demand that the European Union authorities power Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
“Cease this genocide!”, “Free Palestine!”, “Lengthy reside the Palestinians!”, “Do not be accomplices of the occupiers!” chanted the protest contributors, a few of whom marched by means of the middle of the Portuguese capital. The demonstration led to visitors chaos in downtown Lisbon.
Among the many demonstrators who’re demanding, amongst others: recognition of Palestinian statehood by the Portuguese authorities, there are additionally activists of environmental organizations who name for a right away halt to the extraction of fossil fuels in Europe.
Saturday is the third consecutive day of protests by supporters of Palestinian independence in Portugal. They conduct demonstrations in numerous methods; on Thursday afternoon, they disrupted a rally going down within the heart of Porto with the participation of the President of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen. Throughout her speech, demonstrators drowned out the German politician by chanting hostile slogans, and on Friday, a bunch of environmental activists and militants from actions for Palestine broke home windows and painted pro-Palestinian slogans on the headquarters of the Portuguese Ministry of International Affairs.
From Lisbon Marcin Zatyka (PAP)
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