PCP firmly condemns Israel's military aggression in the Gaza Strip and demands that the Portuguese government urgently undertake an adequate position and political and diplomatic initiatives that aim to end the bloodshed in Palestine.

The long-time planned invasion by Israeli troops of the Gaza Strip, that has resulted in hundreds of victims and countless destruction, assumes the utmost graveness, as it is part of the plan of imperialist dominion of the region and of the forces that consider war as a solution to the serious crisis of capitalism that is affecting the world

PCP condemns the position of the USA Administration of support and stimulus to the criminal Israeli aggression, as well as the position of the UE in coordination with the US in the massacre of the Palestinian people, and considers disquieting the absence of any action of the UN regarding this offensive.

PCP expresses its solidarity with the Palestinian people in its prolonged and heroic struggle for the construction of their own independent and sovereign State in the territory of Palestine. PCP values the courageous actions of social and political forces that in Israel are fighting for peace and the recognition of the national rights of the Palestinian people.

PCP considers unacceptable the position of the Portuguese government, of evading the condemnation of the continued Israeli aggression and insists on the imperious need for a clear and unequivocal condemnation by Portugal of the illegal and criminal actions of the State of Israel.

Appealing to the workers, the youth and the population at large to mobilize around the demand for an immediate end to the Israeli aggression, PCP expresses its support for the rally called for by several organizations, to be held on January 8th, at 18h, in front of the Israeli Embassy.