Finally, I can submit a positive article about my country!
Moroccan groups decided to attend the ceremony after a direct invitation from Dutch Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan called on Thursday.
Van der Laan emphasized the need for Jews and Muslims to "come together by understanding each other's pain and suffering."
"Muslims should understand what al-Nakba is for Muslims, the Shoah is to Jews, and vice versa." van der Laan said.
But not everything will be positive about this message, because Dutch MP Harry van Bommel of the leftist Socialist Party will not be present at the Auschwitz commemoration.
He was filmed calling for an "intifada" (uprising) against Israel during a pro-Palestinian rally where protestors also shouted explicit anti-Semitic slogans.
His announcement in the next days that he would be present at the Auschwitz commemoration caused fury among Dutch Jews.
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