Vigil in Lisbon commemorates victims of Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip

The thousands of Palestinian dead victimised by Israel's barbaric aggression against the Gaza Strip were commemorated yesterday, 3 November, at a vigil held in Lisbon's Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, on the initiative of the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN), the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM), and the youth association Projecto Ruído.

Hundreds of people took part in the initiative, which began with the placing of 8,000 Palestinian flags on the lawn, which was the number of victims at the time the initiative was called, a number that has unfortunately already been far exceeded.

400 candles made up the word PEACE, which was the dominant theme of the speeches of the four speakers': an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian assistance and peace for the region.

António Olaio read poetry by Palestinian authors and Pedro Henriques, from Projecto Ruído, Julie Neves, from CPPC, Raul Ramires, from MPPM, and Gonçalo Paixão, from Interjovem-CGTP, spoke.