يستنكر مجلس السلام العالمي ويدين بشدة الهجمات الأخيرة التي شنها الجيش الإسرائيلي على لبنان بتدمير مساكن المدنيين والبنية التحتية واغتيال القادة السياسيين للشعب اللبناني. إن هذا الهجوم العشوائي بالأسلحة الثقيلة على العاصمة اللبنانية بيروت يظهر الوجه الوحشي للنظام الإسرائيلي الذي يتصرف في الشرق الأوسط بأسره منتهكاً كل معاني القانون الدولي. إن مقتل المئات من اللبنانيين وتشريد عدة آلاف آخرين من أبناء الشعب اللبناني وتهجير آلاف آخرين من ديارهم، يهيئ الأرضية لـ”قطاع غزة جديد“ في المنطقة، بينما يستعد الجيش الإسرائيلي لاجتياح بري لجنوب لبنان.

The World Peace Council (WPC) denounces and condemns vehemently the recent attacks by the Israeli military against Lebanon with the destruction of civilian residences and infrastructure and the assassination of political leaders of the Lebanese people. The indiscriminate attack with heavy weapons against the Lebanese capital Beirut shows the brutal face of the Israeli regime which is acting in the whole Middle East in violation of every sense of International Law.

The Swiss government has decided to join two PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) projects. With this decision, the government takes another step closer to the NATO war alliance, increasingly undermining Switzerland's neutrality and independence. The Swiss Peace Movement sharply criticizes this decision.

79 years ago, on August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States of America (USA) dropped two atomic bombs on the populations of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing the immediate death of many tens of thousands of people and many more in the days, months and years that followed. The effects of the radiation are still felt today, as evidenced by the high rates of malformations and cancer diseases that continue to be recorded there.

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1974, Turkish military forces invaded Cyprus, following the coup d'état that had taken place there a few days earlier, with NATO's involvement. Since then, Türkiye has illegally occupied Cypriot territories.

The Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE) is holding rallies all over the country in commemoration of the 79th anniversary of the bombing of the martyr cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two major events will take place on 6th August at the "Acropolis" of Athens and in Thessaloniki at the "White Tower".

This year's main slogans are:

79 Years from the bombing of Hiroshima&Nagasaki

The PCPS invites you to participate in the International Day of Solidarity with Gaza and Palestinian Prisoners, which will be held on August 3rd, 2024. This day will be marked by actions of solidarity with Palestine against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and silent genocide in West Bank.
Free Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails!
The facts of the aggression till today are:
39258 Palestinians killed in the Palestinian Gaza
90589 injured
500 killed in the Palestinian West Bank
9850 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit taking place in Washington on July 9 and 10, marking the 75th. anniversary of the creation of this political-military bloc, is bad news for the safeguarding of peace and collective security, and for the rights and sovereignty of the world's peoples, given its stated or reaffirmed warmongering aims.

The Handala, which is part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition fleet, docked on Wednesday July 3, shortly after 2pm at Lisbon's Parque das Nações Marina on a leg of its "For the children of Gaza" mission. Representatives from the four organisations (CPPC, MPPM, CGTP-IN and Projecto Ruído) that host the Handala in Portugal were on board to meet the crew.

Audience in the Assembly of the Republic

The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) reaffirms its long-standing demand that the United States remove Cuba from its arbitrary and illegitimate list of so-called "state sponsors of terrorism". Cuba's inclusion in this infamous list has serious consequences for the country's economy, in practice reinforcing the criminal and illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US for more than 60 years, which represents the most serious obstacle to Cuba's full development.