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LCCC strongly condemns the killing of four civilian Israelis

Elias Bejjani - 9/29/2010

There are no words that could actually describe the brutal killing of four Israeli civilians on August 31 near Hebron in the West Bank. What is disgusting and extremely unpardonable by all means is the kind of bizarre celebrations that were carried out by the Hamas Militants in the Gaza trip. The massacre was celebrated on the Gaza streets by distributing sweets as a sign of joy as if the crime was a great and honorable military victory. This kind of cruel conduct is totally inhuman and has no relation at all to civilization, peace, freedom, tolerance and human rights. Definitely such a barbaric ritual belongs to the stone age era and to the jungle law.

We, in the Lebanese Canadian Coordinating Council (LCCC), fully adopt the statement issued today by the Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs that said: "“Canada strongly condemns last night’s killing of four Israeli civilians. We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims’ families. Such brutal, cowardly acts by those who resist peace efforts must not be allowed to undermine the important step that will be taken toward a comprehensive, negotiated settlement tomorrow in Washington, D.C.
“Canada encourages both parties to remain committed to the resumption of negotiations. Violence and unilateral actions will only jeopardize the peace talks.”

We express our condolences to the victims' families and call for the terrorists behind this horrific act to be brought to justice.

In conclusion there will be no peace in the whole Middle East before the Syrian and Iranian regimes that are fully accountable for breeding, training, fostering, financing and exporting terrorism and fundamental organizations are either toppled like was the situation in both Iraq and Afghanistan or forced by all means to completely stop their terrorism schemes.