… and another thing

Lebanese react to prisoner exchange

July

Two years ago, when Israel invaded Lebanon, I wrote about the exchanges across the border via blogs.

This week, when the bodies of the two Israeli soldiers were exchanged for Samir Kuntar and other prisoners, I thought I would check back with one of the Lebanese bloggers. What did Charles Malik think of what had taken place?
Here’s what part of what he wrote. (Qantar is variation of Kuntar, the way the Arabic name has been spelled in the American media):

“Regarding Samir Qantar, the crime is evident. Qantar killed Israeli government personnel and civilians during a raid in the middle of a war. However, he also killed a four year old girl by smashing a rock into her head. There is no excuse on Earth to justify that action, and there is no way that I can ever say that this man is a hero. Any man willing to smash in the head of a 4 year old child with a rock should remain in prison for the rest of his life.

My disgust has no words… My tears…”

You can find more of his posting, and comments from Lebanese and Israelis, “here.”:http://lebop.blogspot.com/2008/07/lebanese-reactions-to-qantars-release.html

This entry was posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 11:08 pm by Noreen O'Donnell.
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