Sunday, May 4

Copenhagen: Thousands rally for right of return

This is the first report I found - sorry about the source.
(I understand from colleagues that Al-Jazeera had
extensive coverage - 10,000 took part)

Palestinians residing in Europe gather for mass
event in Denmark; Islamic Movement leader
Sheikh Salah tells participants their homes
in Israel await them

Thousands of Palestinians residing in Europe attended a rally
in the Danish capital of Copenhagen Saturday marking 60 years
since a large part of the Palestinian population was expelled from,
or left the newly-founded Israel during the war between Israel and
the Arabs in 1948.

The event, which was held in Europe for the sixth consecutive
year, was organized by the Palestinian Committee in Europe
and al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition.

"Your homes await you," Head of the Islamic Movement's Northern
Branch in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, told participants during the rally.
"The mosques and churches, hyssop and peppermint herbs await you
as well. They symbolize the roots and identity, the history and culture,
they are our future."

Salah added: "We have come to deliver a message of yearning and love
from each grain of sand in the Galilee and the Negev, the Triangle and the
Coastal areas, and Jerusalem. This grain of sand tells you – don't leave me,
I expect to see you very soon at the dawn of the refugees' return."

Salah also attended a prayer at one of Denmark's biggest
mosques, and told worshippers: "The city of Jerusalem is
calling you to salvage it from the Judaization it is undergoing
and from what the Israeli government is doing."
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