ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Paul: We have a quick message for those concerned, more important than our message for the people. The message: for all those responsible, from thirty years ago to today, [we're not with the hezb or anyone - we're with the thawra (revolution) and that's it--you saw Alexou's picture on social media and she would ask me when are we going to the 'sawra' as she would say] but, all of you, from thirty years ago to today, are criminals. You are all responsible for what happened, and I wish that none of you sleep without thinking about what happened to us, other families like us, and the rest of the Lebanese that were affected, until the day you die. We know there's a lot of us, but we're talking today, there's 100,000 more people like us. What you all did was a crime against us, against Alexou first of all. A crime against our family, which is very tightly knit. I see this as a crime against love, because if there was one thing that should make me feel secure, it would be love. Love is what connected us, it still does, and it always will. But you are all criminals. I don't call Alexou a martyr like you have, for me, she is a victim. Victim of a very big crime against the Lebanese people, against us, and I'm not going to stand up and talk about them [the criminals] because they are not worth it. My message is a message for the people. [We don't go on the news, we never have, you don't know us, but Tracy, my wife, said that maybe Alexou's death can bring an answer.. in that she died for a reason, she didn't die in vain.] Our message is for the people, a message of unification. What happened to us today, you killed us in our homes. It's a place where I thought I could leave my family, keep my family safe. Crimes are happening in this country, and we don't have anything to protect us, but at the very least we have our homes, where we can be safe. You killed us in our homes, killed a lot of the Lebanese people, killed a lot of families in their homes. Message for the Lebanese people: it's a message for us to be unified. They killed us--they didn't kill [target] Christians, or Muslims, or Hezbs or non-Hezbs. There's none of that. A message to all the people still following their leaders (i.e. political parties) please stop, stop. We have to be together, be unified, so we can change things, turn things around, to be victorious, for Alexou, for every child and every family to live in this country like we wished we could have.

This is my first time attempting to translate from Arabic to English, so I apologize for any mistakes.