In exchange for two Israeli soldiers Hezbollah demands the release of Samir Kuntar.
Who is Samir Kuntar?
In 1979, Samir Kuntar led a raid that targeted civilians in Nahariya. His group entered the apartment of a young couple, Danny and Smadar Haran. They took Danny and his 4-year-old daughter, Einat, hostage and retreated to the beach. Trapped there, first, according to witnesses, they killed Danny. The murder of her father would be the last scene Einat would see. For then the raiders killed the little girl  by bashing her head against a rock. Back at their apartment, Danny’s wife, Smadar, had escaped execution by hiding in the crawlspace above a bedroom with their other daughter, two-year-old Yael. Afraid the child would reveal their hiding place, she had covered Yael’s mouth with her hand. When she took her hand away, the mother realized she had smothered her child to death.
Go here to read the whole story: The World Should Know What He Did To My Family by Smadar Haran
[posted by Linda at Something .... and Half of Something]
Is this really who the left are rooting for in terrorist’s war against Israel? It’s really a fight they are waging against the entire western world.
July 22nd, 2006 at 2:27 pm
They want Israel out of the picture. They have been pretty clear in stating that. This alone is reason why Israel should consider negotiations pointless.
July 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 am
And the UN and our so-called allies want negoiations with these animals? Putin says the Israelis have gone too far?
Where does the Lebonese PM get off criticizing the Israelis. The Lebonese let Hezbollah build bunkers, import missles and then attack Israel in violation of UN mandates. Then when s–T hits the fan, what does the Lebonese military do? Nothing. Why wasn’t their military evacuating civilians by force if necessary. The Lebonese government didn’t even warn their citizens to get out, the Israelis had to do it.
August 3rd, 2006 at 3:25 pm
I am so tired of hearing this excuse of the Terrorists saying they want their stolen land back. Their land was given to Isreal as part of a deal not unlike the deals that made California and Texas part of the United States. Land used to be won and lost in wars thats just the way it has alwasy been. Get over it!!!