This Sunday, the BE coordinator said that it is Portugal’s responsibility to recognize the State of Palestine and called on the Foreign Minister to abandon the “irresponsible position in which he denied genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
“It is very important that the Foreign Minister [Paulo Rangel]“He, who in the past took an irresponsible position, who denied the genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, will change his position and take a responsible position in defense of peace,” said Mariana Mortagua, who participated in the March for Palestine in Lisbon in April.
Speaking to reporters on a day that marks six months since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, the BE leader stressed that it is “the duty of Portugal” to recognize the State of Palestine, siding with the international community and the UN. Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
“It is important that six months after Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip, we are here to remember what is happening in the Gaza Strip. Israel has killed more than 30 thousand people, and almost half of them are children,” Mariana Mortagua complained.
These figures demonstrate that a “policy of genocide and extermination” is being pursued in the Gaza Strip, said the bloc’s leader, for whom “it is so important that the various countries of the European Union recognize the State of Palestine as a movement for peace.” .
“The recognition of the State of Palestine this Sunday is a political movement to stop genocide and tell Israel that it must recognize the legitimacy of the state and people that are being massacred at its hands,” he said.
According to Mariana Mortagua, it “makes sense” for Portugal to join countries that have already unilaterally promised to recognize the State of Palestine, pointing to the cases of Slovenia, Spain, Malta and Ireland.
The April march for Palestine set off from Lisbon’s Municipal Square shortly after 3:30 pm towards Largo do Intendente, passing through Largo do Carmo to sing the symbolic song “Grândola Vila Morena”.
The ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip was sparked by an attack on Israeli soil by the Islamist group Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Since then, Israel has launched an offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 33,000 people, according to Hamas, which has ruled the small Palestinian enclave since 2007.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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