Solidarity actions «Solidarity with Palestine – End to aggression, end to occupation» carried out in Lisbon, Porto and Évora were promoted by the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian People and for Peace in the Middle East (MPPM) and General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP-IN).
A delegation from the PCP, headed by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP, was present at the concentration held in Lisbon.
Jerónimo de Sousa expressed PCP's solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just struggle in the face of yet another escalation in Israel's aggression and to demand from the Portuguese government a clear and strong position in defence of the national rights of the Palestinian people and compliance with the United Nations resolutions consecrating them.