International Criticism Conference: Israeli/Lebanon War

International Criticism Conference expresses solidarity with Lebanon

An IDF M109 self-propelled howitzer fires into Southern Lebanon.

July 28, 2006

Amman-Ma'an- Participants in the 11th International Criticism Conference denounced the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and expressed their solidarity with the Lebanese people and government.

The participants, who represent 13 Arab and Islamic countries, confirmed that this conference is an unusual event in both academic and ideological perspectives. The conference, they said, revealed the common challenges that face the Arab criticism in both the East and the West.The conference was held at the Jordanian University of Petra, and more than 80 researchers, thinkers and academics took part.