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The phrase “Israel kills and Portugal supports” was painted on the gate of the government building. Pro-Palestinian activists accuse the government of supporting “a colonial project based on the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
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The Progressive Socialist Party confirmed that activists in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance smashed several windows in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon, in the early hours of Monday morning, and painted the phrase “Israel kills and Portugal supports” on the building’s gate.
In a note sent to Lusa, a group of activists expressed solidarity with her Palestinian resistance With the Rally for the Liberation of Palestine, Climaximo and the Lisbon Students' Climate Strike condemned what it considered “With the support of the Portuguese Government, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to A The colonial project that has been based for more than 75 years on the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people“.
“Over the past four months, that is The support has become more clear“, considers the group, recalling that since October 7, 2023 – the time of the surprise attack launched by the Islamic movement Hamas on southern Israel -, Minister João Cravinho “He was It was quick to show its solidarity with the Zionist regime“.
“On several occasions, he defended Israel’s right to ‘defend itself’ and its ‘duty of solidarity’. [de Portugal] Towards Israel” and highlighted “the friendship between Portugal and Israel.”
In the note, members of this group mention the phrase painted on the gate of the MNE building, as well as the broken glass, Information confirmed by PSP and GNRwho guards the building.
Speaking to Lusa, a source in the National Guard confirmed that at 03:00 am, officers who were inside the building realized that the glass had been shattered, and a phrase was painted on the gate, reminding that no one had been arrested.
“You Officers were inside and when they realized there were already broken windows and the phrase had been painted overThe source explained, adding that now only using video surveillance images will it be possible to identify the perpetrators.
He said, “This was not the first night that members of the pro-Palestine movement were present there.”
In the memo issued on Monday, The group demanding action It is noteworthy that even when the International Criminal Court agreed, in January, to rule on the South African government’s petition regarding the crime of apartheid committed by the Zionist regime,The Portuguese Government has never expressed support for this complaint“.
“On the contrary, in the same week that the process began in The Hague Tribunal, João Cravinho announced that The Portuguese army will participate in the military attack on the HouthisHe added: “It is a Yemeni group that carried out several acts of resistance in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”
Activists also consider that it is only at the beginning of February.When already More than 25 thousand Palestinians They were killed in the Gaza Strip and nearly two million became refugees“, João Cravinho criticized Israel, citing phrases from the governor at the time, considering that Israel's position was not merely self-defense.
