War forces grown-up fears on children...

In this situation of high urgency in Lebanon, while goes on the bloodshed of Lebanese civilians and innocent children, destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure, and suffering of its people..., we call upon all Lebanese and concerned friends and organizations in Lebanon and around the world to strongly ASSIST LEBANON and to answer to the immediate needs of the Lebanese people.

We call upon all to support the much-needed relief efforts in Lebanon by donating whatever funds they can afford to support the relief activities in Lebanon held by many local and international groups and organizations (NGO's), who are coordinating their efforts to achieve higher efficiency and relevancy of relief work. some of which are listed here in our website - Assist Lebanon.

HUMANITARIAN CRISES IN LEBANON -- Need for solidarity and relief support [ by Nizar Zahreddine -- 05 August 2006 ]

Today is the 25th day since Wednesday the 12th of July 2006, 907 were dead, 3,293 were injured, and more than 913,760 Lebanese civilians were displaced under the most aggressive war attack by Israel on Lebanon.

Israeli aggression against Lebanon went far beyond a reaction to a military operation targeting its soldiers, as the capture of two Israeli soldiers is serving as a mere pretext for a major offensive attack by Israel on the aspiration and the morale of the Lebanese people. In addition to the above stated daily-increasing number of Lebanese victims, three airports were targeted and all the coastal ports and transports and communications infrastructure including bridges and power stations have been bombed severely and left unusable, not to mention the uncountable number of civil homes, buildings, and villages were bombed and grounded, on top of their inhabitants in many cases.

The Israeli army is targeting Lebanese civilians and civil infrastructure since the first day of the attack, and this act has been escalating daily to come up with a second massacre in Qana village south Lebanon on Sunday 30th of July 2006, killed more than 60 people at once, among them 37 were children between 1 to 8 years old (the first Qana's massacre was in 1996, killed 102 children and women who were hiding at the Unifel official center in south Lebanon). Moreover, this delay from the international community to condemn the Israeli attacks and to force Israel for a cease fire in Lebanon has given the Israeli government the political encouragement and an undeclared international cover which hindered the formation of any UN resolution for cease fire till now, and therefore the Israeli army continues to apply the system siege of the Lebanese people and fragmentation of Lebanese villages, towns, and cities into isolated areas, creating a major humanitarian crises and making Lebanon a shattered country. Israeli military aggression against civilians is in direct violation of the laws of war and particularly the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Hague Regulations of 1907. We call upon the international community who is watching the daily massacre in Lebanon to immediately intervene in order to protect civilians and to end Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

Lebanon is in an urgent need for solidarity and relief support in order to face the challenges related to displacement and injuries. There have been more than 9 thousand displaced persons that were forced to leave their homes under the threats of Israeli aggression. Again, we call upon all to support the much-needed relief efforts in Lebanon by donating whatever funds they can afford to support the relief activities in Lebanon held by many local civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations and individual activists, and other international groups and organizations (NGO's), who are coordinating their efforts to achieve higher efficiency and relevancy of relief work to answer to the direct needs of displaced people.

The basic needs of displaced people include:
Mattresses, cleaning detergents, canned food, bottled water, basic medicines (Panadol, basic allergy medicine, cough medicine, anti diarrhea …), candles and cooking gas lamps, cooking oil, bread, soap, clothes, pillows, blankets, cooking pans...etc.

  HOW TO HELP
Please Donate to any of these NGO's working on relief direcly on the ground

   Credit Libanais Bank - Jdeideh
Account Name : Nizar Zahreddine
Account # : 0390012080037124005
Swift : CLIBLBBX

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   Transfers Through Lebanese Banks
Donations to the Lebanese Treasury
Banque du Liban
Account Number:
01/700 36 2123 (In Lebanese Pounds)
02/700 36 2123 (In US dollars)

   Transfers Through Foreign Banks in US$
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - New York
BIC Code: FRNYUS 33
Favor Banque du Liban
Account number 02 108 4694

   Transfers Through Foreign Banks in EURO
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt
BIC Code DEUTDEFF
Favor Banque du Liban
Account number 02 108 4694

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   BANK AUDI - BAB IDRISS
Account # : 841500
Swift Code : AUDBLBBX

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   In all transfers the following applies:
Account with institution: BKAWLBBE (this is the SWIFT code)
Bank of Kuwait and the Arab World s.a.l
Beirut - Lebanon
Beneficiary Name: Green Line Association
Beneficiary Account : 10USD4612006189003

   For USD transfers:
The correspondent in USA with their SWIFT BIC codes are:

1.Bank of New York - New York USA
Swift code : IRVTUS3N

2.HSBC Bank - New York USA
SWIFT code : MRMDUS33

3.Amercian Express Bank - New York USA
SWIFT code : AEIBUS33

   For EURO transfers:
The correspondents in France and Germany with their swift codes respectively are:

1.Societe Generale - Paris, France
SWIFT code : SOGEFRPP

2. Dresdner Bank AG - Frankfurt, Germany
SWIFT code : DRESDEFF

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