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The project, called the Bearing Witness Archive, aims to gather items created by ordinary people, family members, or institutions around the world as a form of homage and solidarity.

Participants protested against Portugal’s decision to support the creation of a State following the October 7 attacks, calling the measure a “derailment of civilization”.

CDS opposes the Government’s decision; Israeli Ambassador in Portugal warns it is a “reward for terrorism”.

The initiative takes place in the context of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly under the theme “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights”.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot also unveiled a slate of 12 sanctions targeting the Jewish state.

The 28-year-old Portuguese-Israeli was killed in the Hamas attack of 2023; his body was located in Gaza nearly two years later.