Activities in commemoration of Qana massacre today
Lebanon, Culture, 4/18/2000

Solidarity functions, activities and visits were paid today to the tombs of the Qana massacre victims, in commemoration of the 18th of April, and the 4th anniversary of the Qana massacre, committed by Israel in the year 1996.

Most prominent among these activities was the function called for by Head of the Lebanese Association for the Care of Handicapped, Mrs Randa Berry, in presence of Lebanese First Lady, Andre' Emile Lahoud, and the wives of ministers, deputies and accredited Arab and Foreign Ambassadors to Lebanon.

In her delivered word, Mrs. Berry extended thanks to all the Lebanese and Arab figures who visited the martyrs' cemetery in Qana on this occasion.

On his part, Head of Qana Municipality, Doctor Salah Salameh, welcomed the delegations in Qana, calling it "Qana: the Wedding," rather than "Qana: the Funeral." After the function, Mrs. Lahoud and Mrs Berry distributed gifts among the children of the martyrs and toured the photo exhibition held by the Islamic Scouts at Qana Museum.

Then, Mrs. Lahoud and Mrs. Berry laid wreath on the martyrs' tombs.

It is to note that crowds of citizens, intellectuals and students from different areas of Lebanon visited today the martyrs' cemetery in Qana on the said occasion.

Meanwhile, Minister of Information and the Displaced, Anwar Al-Khalil, confirmed that the anniversary of Qana massacre renews our commitment to the unified national stand in support of the Resistance against occupation.

Khalil also called on writers to conduct researches and documentation in order to provide the upcoming generations with knowledge bases, beneficial for the construction of a future rich in its national didactic lessons, particularly the national struggle epic against Israeli aggression.

Minister Khalil's words come during the dinner banquet held yesterday by the Publishers' Union Syndicate in Lebanon at Beirut Hall, Sin El-Fil, in honor of publishing houses currently partaking in the 6th International Book Exhibition. The dinner banquet was attended by Head of the Union's Syndicate, Mohammed Assi, and the Syndicate's members, as well as Culture and Higher Learning Ministry's Director General, Mohammed Madi, and representatives from the Arab Publishers' Union.

In a word delivered by the Union Secretary, Nabil Sader, he called for a dialogue over private and official media role in publishing printed books in Lebanon.

On this occasion, the Syndicate presented to Minister Khalil the shield of the Publishers' Syndicate in Lebanon. It also distributed other shields among pioneering publishers in Lebanon and the Arab World.

Prime Minister Selim Hoss stressed today that Lebanon is the only country that Israel enters, and leaves, defeated, under the force of weapons and the determination of the Lebanese youth. Thus, Premier Hoss went on to consider that the Resistance in the South has become a symbol of struggle and of the people's determination to resist oppression.

Al-Hoss' words came in an address today, delivered by North Governor, Nassif Qaloush, who represented Hoss in a memorial ceremony in commemoration of the Qana massacre.

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