THE SHOURA COUNCIL CONDEMNED ISRAEL'S brutal acts against the LEBANESE AND PALESTINIAN PEOPLES. IN A STATEMENT ISSUED TODAY, THE SHOURA COUNCIL DENOUNCED THE TARGETING OF CIVILIANS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN LEBANON IN A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND HUMAN TREATIES AND LAWS. THE COUNCIL CALLED ON THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO CONDEMN ISRAELI AGGRESSIONS AGAINST LEBANON AND PALESTINE. IT LAID STRESS ON THE ARAB POSITION ACCORDING TO THE ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE APPROVED BY THE 14TH ARAB SUMMIT IN BEIRUT IN 2002.