A man with a flag of Israel invaded the camp in Rossio, Lisbon, and was expelled by protesters. The PSP intervened at the scene to remove the individual.
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21/10/2026
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Um man holding a flag of Israel invaded, on Wednesday night, the camp in defense of housing and for better living conditions in Rossio, in Lisbon.
According to SIC News, the man invaded the space where the tents are set up and ended up being expelled by the demonstrators themselves.
The concentration took place since the end of the afternoon in Praça D. Pedro IV peacefully, bringing together a few hundred people who participated in a popular assembly, but when the man appeared next to the tents that are being set up on site, shortly after 10 p.m., there were moments of some tension.
Elements of the PSP that were close to the concentration then removed the man from the midst of the protesters, who began to shout phrases such as “peaceful, peaceful” or “we are all anti-fascists”.
The incident occurred after about 200 protesters had approved to return to overnight in tents at Rossio Square in Lisbon.
The proposal put to the vote in the popular assembly which has been held in Praça D. Pedro IV since 7:30 had 190 votes in favour and 270 abstentions.
This morning, the Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, said that the PSP will act “by anticipation” in demonstrations for housing, stressing that no member of the Government is satisfied with any act of violence.
In the face of journalists' insistence on how the PSP will act in the coming days before concentrations in various cities of the country in defense of housing for all and at fair and decent prices, Luís Neves insisted that it was “very clear” and that acting in anticipation is not to let grow.
The minister also clarified that when he said that “the camp was over” it was in the sense that the law is to comply with, insisting that manifesting is a legitimate, constitutional and free right, but it must be in compliance with the law.
Between demonstrations and so-called camped demonstrations, with hundreds or thousands of protesters, the current protests against the housing crisis began in Porto on October 10 and expanded to Lisbon, but they have also motivated concentrations in other cities, days after the parliamentary approval of the new rental law, now under discussion in the specialty.
The initiatives, promoted by civic movements and spread across social networks, demand measures that respond to the crisis in the sector, the control of the prices of essential goods and fuels and defend taxes on the extraordinary profits of large companies in the banking sector.
On October 15, the protesting movement in Porto, with a camp, denounced a violent police charge during the early hours that caused injuries in 39 of the participants, two of whom were in a serious state, and in a police officer. In Lisbon, the authorities removed dozens of Rossio tents early in the morning of Tuesday and held 55 demonstrators, who will be present to judge on 27.
Protest promoters promise to stay on the streets.
[News updated at 10:32 p.m.]