The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) denounces and vehemently repudiates the currently ongoing Israeli military operations to occupy Gaza City, as well as the plans to expand settlements, isolating East Jerusalem from the West Bank.
The World Peace Council expresses its vehement condemnation about the actions of the US
administration to send and deploy warships in front of Venezuela threatening the territorial
integrity of the country with a clear aim to interfere and intervene in the country.
This new and serious escalation of the US military is following the years’ long actions of
economic sanctions and strangulations of the USA against the people of Venezuela. The goal was
always and is the control of the rich energy reserves of Venezuela and the destabilization of the
On August 7th, between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM, in Rossio Square, Lisbon, thousands heard the names of the Palestinian children murdered by Israel.
In an act of solidarity promoted by CPPC, CGTP, MPPM, and Projecto Ruido, which brought many together throughout the day, dozens of people, including actors, musicians, activists from the solidarity movement, and anyone else who wanted to, gave their voices for a few minutes to pronounce the names of the more than 18,000 children who have been murdered by Israel since October 2023 in the Gaza Strip.
August 6 and 9 marks 80 years since the unthinkable: the dropping of two American atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States of America, instantly killing tens of thousands of people and leaving scars that persist to this day.
World War II had already ended in Europe. The bombs were dropped on a Japan that had already been militarily defeated.
The World Peace Council condemns in the strongest way the new plans of
the government of Israel to invade the already destroyed Palestinian
Gaza strip in order to occupy Gaza City and proceed with its murderous
genocidal plans. While more than 60.000 Palestinians have died from the
Israeli occupation army the last 22 months, the Israeli regime and its
armed forces are assassinating daily dozens of helpless civilian
Palestinians even when they seek the limited humanitarian aid entering
In light of the government's recent statements regarding a possible recognition of the State of Palestine, the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC) reaffirms its long-standing demand: this recognition must be made immediately, without conditionality, and must correspond to the recognition of a viable and sovereign Palestinian State within the pre-1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, as determined by international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.
Following the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs' visit to Portugal and a meeting with the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, a joint Portugal-Morocco statement was released on July 22, expressing the Portuguese government's alignment with Morocco's unacceptable position, which illegally occupies territories in Western Sahara.
The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation strongly condemns the bombings carried out by the United States of America against Iran, in violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. The US involvement in the new escalation of the war initiated on the 13th by Israel is further evidence of the deep complicity that unites the two countries in the destabilization of the Middle East. The US attacks constitute a dangerous militaristic escalation in the region, which must be stopped and reversed—which will only be possible through negotiations.
