“The WCC strongly urges all parties to immediately stop and reverse the escalation of the conflict” the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, said in a statement issued on 13 July. “We insist fully and firmly on the need for all parties to protect civilians – Lebanese, Israeli and Palestinian – in accordance with international law. We call for an end to violent actions, condemning these actions including the destruction of roads, bridges and airport runways and the blockade by sea of Lebanon as is already the case in Gaza,” the statement says. Implementation of international law is “the essential alternative to the cycle of incursions, occupations, violent counter-attacks and international inaction that now looms over the Middle East again,” the statement underlines.
