Several hundred people, including politicians and artists, demonstrated this Saturday in the center of Lisbon to call for a ceasefire in Palestine and the “end of genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
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Convened by the Collective for the Liberation of Palestine and under the motto “End Genocide. “Free Palestine now!”, the protesters marched from the Municipality Square, where the headquarters of the Lisbon City Council is located, to the doors of the Assembly of the Republic.
The protest participants, who carried flags of Palestine and posters reading messages such as “peace”, “end the occupation” or “one Holocaust does not justify another”, they chanted slogans such as “liberate, liberate Palestine” and “free Palestine today and always”.
Likewise, some carried red-stained sheets and false shrouds representing children killed in the conflict.
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The coordinator of the Bloco de Esquerda party, Mariana Mortágua, was present at the demonstration, who told journalists that her participation in the march “means support and solidarity with the victims of Israel in this massacre in Gaza” and also the defense of the cessation to the “immediate” fire to “stop the massacre.”
“Israel has to be forced to stop the massacre,” he insisted.
The war between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, when the Islamist group launched a surprise attack on Israeli soil that left some 1,200 dead and more than 200 kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Stripthat controls.
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Since then, the Israeli Army has attacked the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air, leaving more than 11,500 dead and nearly 30,000 injured.
