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  • 20 MAIO 2024
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Activists vandalized Portuguese company building Jerusalem railway

A group of pro-Palestine activists vandalized, during the early hours of today, the headquarters in Santarém of the company Steconfer, a specialist in railway infrastructure and with projects in Jerusalem, which the group accuses of profiting from the genocide.

Activists vandalized Portuguese company building Jerusalem railway
Notícias ao Minuto

16:35 - 27/04/24 por Lusa

País Steconfer

In a statement, the Collective for the Liberation of Palestine states that "a group of people in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance" and with the movement painted and broke windows of the building and several company vehicles, having written on the facade of the building "Steconfer profits from genocide".

A source from the GNR confirmed to Lusa that the authorities were called to the scene to take charge of the occurrence, having not made any arrests, since the activists had already left the company's premises.

Without mentioning whether it filed a criminal complaint, Steconfer regretted and condemned the incident, in a statement sent to the newsrooms, and states that "in addition to the substantial material damage, these acts also compromise the values that have guided it for 26 years".

In November, activists from the Collective for the Liberation of Palestine, Climáximo and Greve Climática Estudantil had already painted the facade of the offices of the same company in Lisbon red.

The group criticizes Steconfer's projects in Israel, specifically the construction of a new railway line with 53 stations and new maintenance posts in Jerusalem.

The project "actively contributes to the normalization of the Zionist colonial state and to the continuous annexation of Palestinian lands", they state in a statement, adding that it is done "on land that international law itself considers occupied".

In addition to Steconfer, the activists also criticize the "more than 930 Portuguese companies exporting to Israel", appealing to them to "stop consenting to the genocide taking place in Palestine".

[News updated at 6:17 pm]

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