Fattah, a protestor at the demonstration, told SPA that he decided to come out to support the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories. “They're struggling…it's a sad day today…we are here, still here and we're fighting [for] 60 years,” he said. Participants intend to send a letter to the U.N. requesting that they enforce the right of return for Palestinian refugees. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the Palestinian remembrance of the “Nakba” “to underline his support for the Palestinian people,” his spokesperson Michele Montas said. A week earlier, Montas said, Ban called Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Israel.
