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MPPM condemns the visit to Portugal of Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, this Wednesday and Thursday. Allegedly intended, as initially announced, for a meeting with the Secretary of State of the United States, Michael Pompeo, which would already be objectionable, this visit will be used, it is known today, for meetings with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, which is of the utmost gravity.

According to Israeli media, the topics of the meeting between Netanyahu and Pompeo include Iran and other regional issues, as well as the possible annexation of the Jordan Valley and a defence pact between Israel and the USA.

MPPM strongly condemns the ongoing invasion of Syrian territory by Turkey.

This invasion, unfortunately, is far from being an exceptional case. Rather, it is the latest episode of the war imposed on Syria for eight years, aimed at its fragmentation and the liquidation of its role in supporting the Palestinian people, in opposing Zionism and imperial designs in the region.

Nor can the war against Syria be understood outside the framework of Western aggressions and interferences in the region, namely in Iraq, in Libya, in Yemen, with devastating consequences for its martyred peoples.

Foreign interference in Syria, including the funding and arming of terrorist groups, has been carried out not only by Turkey, but also by Israel and the Arab petromonarchies, as well as by the USA and by European Union states that illegally maintain troops in the country.

On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, which on 20 June is marked throughout the world on the initiative of the UN, MPPM expresses its particular concern about the threats that the policy of the United States government imposes on the fate of Palestinian refugees. At the same time, MPPM draws attention to the centrality of the refugee question in the current international situation and expresses its solidarity with refugees throughout the world and in particular with the millions of refugees in the Middle East.

The plight of the millions of refugees requires us to search for the deep causes of their situation. Particularly in the case of the Middle East, they are inextricably linked to the action of the Western powers that, in order to maintain their hegemony in the region, have fomented and continue to support wars of interference and destruction such as those in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen .

1. The seriousness of the statements by the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, announcing the intention to proceed with the formal annexation of occupied territories of the West Bank, cannot be ignored or silenced. The statements by US Foreign Minister Michael Pompeo that such annexation would not pose a problem for the so-called "deal of the century" are equally unacceptable and give rise to well-founded fears about this US government-sponsored plan.