Quds Archbishop: Palestinians will return

Archbishop Theodosios Atallah Hanna of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem') has urged the Palestinians to return to their original land.

In a conference held in Lebanon, Hanna spoke to the Palestinian people to return and take control of the occupied city.

The conference, which is the Third International Conference for the Return of Palestine, also took on the title, “In support of the Al-Quds Intifada,” in reference to the current anti-occupation intifada.

"The Palestinian issue is everyone’s issue. It is an issue for Palestinians, Muslims, Christians and Arabs. It does not matter how long it continues for nor how many schemers are involved. The Palestinians will continue to hold onto Palestine with Jerusalem as its spiritual and national capital," he said.

"With the right of return, the right of all Palestinians who suffered the Nakba in 1948, and the Naksa in 1967 to return to their homeland, we will not give up even a single returnee who has the right to come back to Jerusalem and Palestine," he added.