UK Archbishop condemns Israel's destruction of Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/20/2006

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams yesterday unequivocally condemned Israel's continuing bombardments of the Lebanese people and civilian infrastructure.

"The distress felt at the destruction not only of life but also the infrastructure so painstakingly rebuilt after years of conflict will, I know, be acute and reinforce the sense of helplessness at being caught up in a wider regional struggle," the archbishop said.

"My condemnation of this resort to violence is unequivocal," he said in a statement issued to the heads of Churches in the Lebanon.

The spiritual leader of the Church of England said he was "alarmed at the spiral of violence, the vicious circle of attack and retaliation, that has developed over the last few days." "As thousands of foreign passport-holders are evacuated from Beirut, I am only too conscious of the plight of those, from all communities, who have no place of refuge from the violence that has been unleashed," he said.

The archbishop said "it pains us all greatly to see again the ancient Christian communities of the Middle East fleeing the land where they have borne witness for two millennia and to contemplate the hardships that will be faced by those who stay."

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