Among the noisy tilint of the pans percuted with spoons and other kitchen utensils, more than a hundred protesters shouted in Lisbon for the end of hunger in Gaza from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Assembly of the Republic. In Porto, the same was asked in a vigil over 15 hours.
Before dozens of people took to the street to demand a position from the Portuguese government. In Lisbon, the protest began with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In Porto, a vigil took place throughout the day, on Wednesday, in front of the City Council.
March in Lisbon
The pans they used to hear are also the symbol of Hunger that lives in Gaza.
With others Symbols and Explicit Postersthe protest organized by a group of citizens who claim to have no party calls demanded against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pressure and action of the Portuguese government.
Patricia Nabiço is one of the promoters of the march that joined the Portuguese Palestinians away from the countries unable to watch without doing anything.
“Making a statement to appeal to the Israeli government to end the actions is not enough. I have to put pressure, embargoes, applying sanctions, cutting business, economic and armament.”
Only recently has been allowed to distribute humanitarian aid, but for those who return to Gaza after five months reality overlap with memories. Os They do what they can with the means that are few for the number and severity of cases.
Vigil in Porto
The sound of the pots echoes along Avenida dos Aliados as a cry of revolt. Dozens of people joined A whole day of waking to demand that the World Look at the Gaza Strip.
In front of the Porto City Council, an installation: 70 dolls wrapped in red -painted sheets.
The vigil against hunger in Gaza started at 09:00. It was expected to last 24 hours, but the municipality was opposed, based on the Portuguese Constitution. It lasted until 00:30, a total of 15 and a half hours.
Already almost two years that the same group performs daily vigils, between 09:00 and 23:00 in the same place. They promise to continue until the end of the Israelite block.
