Linda Chavez • published July 23, 2008 12:15 am A country’s heroes are a reflection of its people’s values. So what does it say that Lebanon gave a hero’s welcome to Samir Kuntar this week? Kuntar has been in an Israeli prison since 1979 and was released in exchange for the return of the bodies of two dead Israeli soldiers who had been kidnapped by Hezbollah in 2006, leading to Israel’s incursion into Lebanon. He’s not a household name in the United States, far less famous than the terrorist who led the group in which Kuntar operated, Abu Abbas, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. But Kuntar’s crimes are worth recalling. On April 22, 1979, Kuntar, then 16 years old, came ashore with three other terrorists near Nahariya, a beach resort along Israel’s Mediterranean coast. They quickly made their way to...
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