"IN TANDEM WITH ITS POLITICAL MOVES,THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IS CONSCIOUS THAT THE HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE IN LEBANON AND PALESTINE REQUIRES GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM ALL ARABS, MUSLIMS AND HONORABLE PEOPLE. BASED ON THE ABOVE, THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES HAS ADDRESSED A CALL FOR A POPULAR FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN STARTING TOMORROW URGING ALL SAUDI CITIZENS TO SHOW THE USUAL GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE ARAB AND MUSLIM NATION. WITH REGARD TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON AND PALESTINE IN THE WAKE OF THE HUGE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION, THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IS PLEASED TO BE THE FIRST TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THESE EFFORTS: WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES HAS ISSUED HIS DIRECTIVES TO EARMARK AN $500 MILLION GRANT FOR THE LEBANESE PEOPLE TO FORM THE NUCLEUS OF AN ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON. HE HAS ALSO DIRECTED THAT AN AMOUNT OF $1 BILLION TO BE DEPOSITED WITH THE LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK IN SUPPORT OF THE LEBANESE ECONOMY. MOREOVER, THE KING ORDERED THE ALLOCATION OF A $250 MILLION GRANT FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AS A NUCLEUS FOR AN ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PALESTINE. THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA URGE ALL ARABS AND ISLAMIC NATIONS AS WELL AS WORLD COUNTRIES TO LIVE UP TO THEIR ROLE AND RESPONSIBLITIES TOWARDS CURRENT EVENTS WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO EXTEND EFFECTIVE AND TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON AND PALESTINE RATHER THAN STATEMENTS OF CONDEMNATION AND DENUNCIATION. MAY ALLAH HELP US TO HOLD FAST OUR FAIR STANCES AND GRANT US PATIENCE AT TIMES OF HARDSHIPS." --SPA 1654 Local Time 1354 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/378153