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Bradley Burston/ The pleasure that Hezbollah takes in torture
By Bradley Burston
Tags: torture, Israel News 

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Torture takes many forms. We take it and we hand it out, we live with it and we live with ourselves knowing that we may be subjecting our loved ones to it, that our loved ones may be engaging in it, that innocent people on every side may be torture's direct victims.

Few innocent people have been tortured like the loved ones of the people murdered by Samir Kuntar, the Palestine Liberation Front monster convicted of a crime so brutal that even the designation terrorist is too good for him.
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This week, the loved ones will know that Kuntar will be feted to a hero's welcome staged by Hezbollah, whose claims to being a religious organization, stain the word religious with a level of sadism that is astonishing, reaching new levels with every gloat by the torture master who calls himself a spiritual leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

But that will be only one aspect of the glee with which Hezbollah will likely take explicit pride and claim exultant victory.

Not satisfied with keeping the families of kidnapped IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev in the dark for two years as to their fate, a Lebanese report which appears to have been leaked by Hezbollah two days before the prisoner swap, stated that one of the soldiers had survived the kidnapping attack, but that the other was surely dead.

Then, to torture the families further, the report refrained from revealing which of the two had been killed, or whether the other was still alive.

But for sheer gratuitous sadism, the case of Samir Kuntar has few rivals. Consider the survivors of Kuntar's acts of murder.

Consider Smadar Haran, a survivor of the 1979 attack led by Kuntar. Kuntar burst into Haran's apartment building in the dead of night, seizing Smadar Haran's husband Danny and their daughter Einat, 4 years old.

Desperate to save their two-year-old girl Yael, Smadar Haran huddled with her in a crawl space in the attic. "I will never forget the joy and the hatred in the voices [of Kuntar and his men] as they swaggered about hunting for us, firing their guns and throwing grenades," she later recalled in the Washington Post.

"I knew that if Yael cried out, the terrorists would toss a grenade into the crawl space and we would be killed," she wrote in 2003. "So I kept my hand over her mouth, hoping she could breathe. As I lay there, I remembered my mother telling me how she had hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust. 'This is just like what happened to my mother,' I thought."

Smadar Haran's personal torture had only begun. She would later learn that Kuntar had dragged her husband Danny and older daughter to the beach nearby, where he shot Danny execution style, making sure that her father's death would be the last sight her little girl would ever see.

Kuntar then took the butt of his assault rifle and brought in down on Einat's head, crushing it against a rock.

Smadar Haran would later recall, "By the time we were rescued from the crawl space, hours later, Yael, too, was dead. In trying to save all our lives, I had smothered her."

Two weeks ago, in an act of heroism that is beyond imagination, Smadar Haran spoke publicly of coming to terms with the impending release of the monster who turned her life into a waking nightmare. "Samir Kuntar isn't, nor has he ever been, my private prisoner," she told a news conference. "His fate must be decided now according to Israel's needs and ethical interests."

There will be those who note that Israelis have been responsible for acts as inhuman as those of Kuntar. They have. But that neither excuses Kuntar nor legitimizes his elevation to the status of hero and martyr to the Palestinian struggle or the Lebanese resistance.

For Israelis, even after all these years, the release of Kuntar is a form of self-inflicted torture. So heinous, so unpardonable were his crimes, that American Jewish author and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, himself a veteran of the IDF, wrote on The Atlantic Monthly's Website last week, "As unbelievable as this sounds, Israel is actually thinking of swapping Samir Kuntar in a prisoner exchange with Hezbollah. Kuntar is perhaps the most terrible person held in an Israeli prison, a man who crushed the skull of a Jewish child against a rock. Sometimes, these prisoner exchanges don't seem worth it."

What are they for, these prisoner exchanges? Perhaps only for this: that when sending their troops into battle, Israeli commanders can continue to look them in the eye and say with candor and in good faith that if they are taken prisoner, Israel will spare no effort to bring them back.

It may be all we have left to endure this torture. But it may also be the essence of what we are.


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  1.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 15:48  |  Natallie Durson 15/07/08
  2.   well said 15:50  |  alex 15/07/08
  3.   Nutsallie, Your words prove that you fit that bill as well 16:04  |  Dan 15/07/08
  4.   Mr. Burston.....their pleasure will be shortlived 16:06  |  Lynn 15/07/08
  5.   How many Pals prisoners exist in jails without legal rights? 16:11  |  Against Torture 15/07/08
  6.   @natalie 16:15  |  pvdh 15/07/08
  7.   Arabs have killed far more Arabs than Israel has. 16:16  |  Avi 15/07/08
  8.   When Jews Are Killed Because They`re Jews 16:26  |  Yosemite 15/07/08
  9.   It is not just Hezbollah that tortures 16:39  |  Chris Linthwaite 15/07/08
  10.   Hizbollah is pure hate 16:47  |  ScotGuy 15/07/08
  11.   Freed TERRORISTS Coming SOON to Your City, Your Shopping Mall 16:47  |  Linda Rivera 15/07/08
  12.   ISLAMICS Make WAR On CIVILIAN Populations.Break International Law 16:54  |  Linda Rivera 15/07/08
  13.   Disgusting bunch 16:59  |  Dhimmi Hendrix 15/07/08
  14.   Moral victory 17:06  |  Niv 15/07/08
  15.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 17:39  |  JACKAL 15/07/08
  16.   Yosemite (8) it is not only about killing Jews Brad is 17:43  |  Jew- and Bookburner 15/07/08
  17.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 17:50  |  Edithann 15/07/08
  18.   Acts of brutality by Israelis...... 17:56  |  Miriam Ashkelon 15/07/08
  19.   #9 Care to share your sources Chris? 18:03  |  Bob 15/07/08
  20.   Arab "Heroes" who murder POWs 18:07  |  Bob 15/07/08
  21.   MORAL RELATIVITY 18:09  |  JOHN ISH ISHMAEL 15/07/08
  22.   Mr. Burston 18:10  |  Helen Jones 15/07/08
  23.   Just another day in islam 18:23  |  Arie 15/07/08
  24.   Another Bald Assertion - Civilians v. Terrorists 18:25  |  Truth B. Told 15/07/08
  25.   some justice 18:25  |  Harry 15/07/08
  26.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 18:26  |  Kris Lazar 15/07/08
  27.   Niv 18:39  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/07/08
  28.   Truth: Israel`s Leftist Selfhating Elites enjoy freeing Kuntar 18:52  |  Oiy Va Voiy 15/07/08
  29.   #18 Bob 19:01  |  Chris Linthwaite 15/07/08
  30.   #1. Israel has killed far more civilians than the "terrorists" 19:09  |  Lenny 15/07/08
  31.   too big a victory for Hezbollah 19:11  |  Ernst 15/07/08
  32.   Re Oi va Voi 19:27  |  Ernst 15/07/08
  33.   It was a grave crime to be sure 19:27  |  rm 15/07/08
  34.   #1 - Natallie Durson 19:37  |  MichaelF 15/07/08
  35.   #5 - Against Torture 19:42  |  MichaelF 15/07/08
  36.   Bradley Burston is living in his own world! 19:54  |  Stu 15/07/08
  37.   Kuntar is a creation of Hezbullah 19:55  |  Yosi 15/07/08
  38.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 19:59  |  Imad 15/07/08
  39.   exchange 20:08  |  Art Calick 15/07/08
  40.   Chris - there`s only one side to this story 20:13  |  ERSB 15/07/08
  41.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 20:18  |  Secular 15/07/08
  42.   so true 20:23  |  gezer 15/07/08
  43.   IT IS TRUE 20:23  |  Jean Ziegler 15/07/08
  44.   Put human shield myth to rest 20:30  |  Fed Up 15/07/08
  45.   How many innocents Goldwasser and Regev killed in lebanon? 20:43  |  kaled 15/07/08
  46.   Human Rights Watch 20:47  |  Harold 15/07/08
  47.   ERSB of Tel Aviv 20:53  |  Chris Linthwaite 15/07/08
  48.   @ 36 "Defending".... 20:56  |  Jew- and Bookburner 15/07/08
  49.   C. 21:02  |  C. 15/07/08
  50.   C. 21:03  |  C. 15/07/08
  51.   MichaelF is an Ideologue 21:05  |  C. 15/07/08
  52.   Mr. Ziegler hitting todays jack pot 21:05  |  Jew- and Bookburner 15/07/08
  53.   Jean Ziegler is not a UN Worker 21:06  |  C. 15/07/08
  54.   LETS COMPARE 21:06  |  MO 15/07/08
  55.   Unlike Jihadists,Israel places value on life not martyrdom 21:09  |  PETER SM 15/07/08
  56.   Fed Up In chicago 21:10  |  Arie 15/07/08
  57.   The type of society that upholds a Kuntar 21:25  |  David G 15/07/08
  58.   Psychopath Kuntar 21:26  |  Maureen Connelly 15/07/08
  59.   Kuntar 21:38  |  American jew Lebanes 15/07/08
  60.   censorship! go haaretz 21:39  |  Abc123 15/07/08
  61.   ITS part of the " honor" self delusion."Religion of peace"? even 21:55  |  PETER SM 15/07/08
  62.   Brad has lost the plot 22:04  |  headly 15/07/08
  63.   #14 Niv of Israel......Nasrallah will never know 22:06  |  Lynn 15/07/08
  64.   Not to worry, Kuntar will meet his fate 22:09  |  Gilles 15/07/08
  65.   #45 kaled.....so many massacres, so little time 22:12  |  Lynn 15/07/08
  66.   Why should they respect Israeli life.A few weeks ago they killed 22:21  |  PETER SM 15/07/08
  67.   WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS 22:30  |  Alex 15/07/08
  68.   Solution: Kill the monster kuntar ^_^ 22:43  |  Denise Thompson 15/07/08
  69.   Let them enjoy. 22:48  |  Ron 15/07/08
  70.   So many murderers, both Palestinian and Israeli 22:51  |  mehmet 15/07/08
  71.   44 Fed Up 22:52  |  Miransky 15/07/08
  72.   to C "Hezb did not exist" 23:02  |  Srulik 15/07/08
  73.   Lynn I wish your comment to Niv was justified 23:02  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/07/08
  74.   #65 Linn: expel the invaders deserves a celebration 23:03  |  kaled 15/07/08
  75.   Good heavens headly get a sense of proportion 23:05  |  x-ray 15/07/08
  76.   to "Abc123" you are a sick individual 23:05  |  David G 15/07/08
  77.   Release of Kuntar is a mistake 23:21  |  Daniel 15/07/08
  78.   Not to Justify killing a 4 year old with a rifle butt ... 23:57  |  Bernie 15/07/08
  79.   Miriam Ashkelon: Brutality 00:27  |  Guy From NYC 16/07/08
  80.   Why can they trade him THEN quickly kill him? 00:44  |  Question 16/07/08
  81.   Get over yourselves Israelis 00:48  |  Guy From NYC 16/07/08
  82.   #74 kaled...yes indeed it is 01:01  |  Lynn 16/07/08
  83.   Chris Lintwat 01:50  |  Star of David 16/07/08
  84.   #73 Margie...there truly is Universal Justice 01:54  |  Lynn 16/07/08
  85.   Land for Peace 03:02  |  Scharker Yid 16/07/08
  86.   Kuntar has been punished 03:42  |  Truth 16/07/08
  87.   Olmert and Livni are spineless for releasing baby butcher 03:54  |  ROB GOTTESMAN 16/07/08
  88.   The Author is Right in That Both Sides Committed Such Crimes 03:55  |  Oslo 16/07/08
  89.   #18, MIRIAM ASH, murder is murder 04:04  |  VIPER 16/07/08
  90.   #45 Kaled 05:07  |  Moshe 16/07/08
  91.   These terrorists are walking dead men after they are released 05:20  |  Joe 16/07/08
  92.   Is Israeli torture different than Hezbollah`s? 06:03  |  Edithann 16/07/08
  93.   bottom line 06:14  |  moody 16/07/08
  94.   Guy from NYC 06:27  |  Miriam Ashkelon 16/07/08
  95.   Viper #89 06:32  |  Miriam Ashkelon 16/07/08
  96.   Edithann 06:40  |  Guy From NYC 16/07/08
  97.   remember khaim...? 07:19  |  ravi 16/07/08
  98.   re: torture 07:26  |  Taz 16/07/08
  99.   #74 kaled 07:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/07/08
  100.   Lynn 07:58  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/07/08
  101.   Edithann 08:00  |  x-ray 16/07/08
  102.   Guy from NY and fairness 08:04  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/07/08
  103.   Miriam Ashkelon: Brutality 08:11  |  Guy From NYC 16/07/08
  104.   qana 08:49  |  justice 16/07/08
  105.   Excusing The Cruel and Inhuman 09:17  |  Gray 16/07/08
  106.   Just Imagine... 09:32  |  Gray 16/07/08
  107.   WHAT ABOUT 9000 PALESTINIANS INSIDE? 09:46  |  indrajaya 16/07/08
  108.   Re Justice: qana 10:19  |  Guy From NYC 16/07/08
  109.   My Condolences Bradley 10:39  |  Yosemite 16/07/08
  110.   unprecedented cruelest precedent 11:23  |  nate 16/07/08
  111.   Life goes on 11:54  |  jack 16/07/08
  112.   107 12:07  |  Israel 16/07/08
  113.   #83 David of Perth 12:17  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/07/08
  114.   Guy from NYC 12:19  |  JN 16/07/08
  115.   Gray 12:25  |  Sarah 16/07/08
  116.   #112 12:27  |  Pnina 16/07/08
  117.   Sad day 13:25  |  Peter 16/07/08
  118.   Rachel Corrie deliberately put herself under the tractor 13:45  |  x-ray 16/07/08
  119.   Let the World Watch 13:47  |  Tzfonit 16/07/08
  120.   There is still a long way to compromise 14:01  |  Sensible 16/07/08
  121.   Margie the `moraliser` 14:11  |  Roo 16/07/08
  122.   @100 Margie in Tel Aviv 14:22  |  Mark B. 16/07/08
  123.   justice #104 good intentions... 14:33  |  Roo 16/07/08
  124.   response to roo and NYC dude 14:58  |  justice 16/07/08
  125.   Margie #99 (thousands would have died...) 15:15  |  Guido 16/07/08
  126.   Mark B. 15:20  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/07/08
  127.   you guys are missing the point.... 15:26  |  bob_boston 16/07/08
  128.   Dear Bradley Too Upset to even try to write.Exeption.Here Goes. 15:53  |  KATHY 16/07/08
  129.   Hero`s welcome for a child killer? 16:02  |  Zackari 16/07/08
  130.   #104 justice.....I still have one question 16:09  |  Lynn 16/07/08
  131.   USRAEL CRUSHED THOUSANDS OF ARAB CHILDREN SKULLS 16:21  |  africanobserver 16/07/08
  132.   Margie #126 (the judge of morality) 16:26  |  Guido 16/07/08
  133.   Lynn #130... Are you serious??? 16:26  |  Zackari 16/07/08
  134.   Response to Lyn 16:27  |  Justice 16/07/08
  135.   THE FROG AND THE SCORPION 16:29  |  Iskander 16/07/08
  136.   sorry bradley we know the truth... 16:45  |  barry 16/07/08
  137.   response to Lynn 16:48  |  justice 16/07/08
  138.   response to Lynn 17:01  |  nothing 16/07/08
  139.   Lynn to justice #130 (why did the parents leave them) 17:07  |  Roo 16/07/08
  140.   `Justice` 17:09  |  x-ray 16/07/08
  141.   Pain & Joy 17:44  |  Alex 16/07/08
  142.   Kaled#45 17:52  |  Mickey 16/07/08
  143.   To Africanobserver 17:58  |  David Nigel Braham 16/07/08
  144.   I disagree with you but... 18:04  |  David 16/07/08
  145.   `x-ray` #140 18:06  |  G.Amma. 16/07/08
  146.   he will never have Joy 18:08  |  Alan the real one 16/07/08
  147.   Stupid Kaleb in Rio, Regev and Goldwasser were in 18:38  |  x-ray 16/07/08
  148.   Look who`s talking 18:41  |  Salem 16/07/08
  149.   Miriam Ashkelon PLEASE READ 18:41  |  Ahmed Shama 16/07/08
  150.   #134 justice...thank you for the reply 18:53  |  Lynn 16/07/08
  151.   #147 x-ray: I have many reasons to hate israel, but... 20:15  |  kaled 16/07/08
  152.   to ScotGuy/Jerusalem 20:26  |  Dik 16/07/08
  153.   State terrorists on your doorstep, in your street. 20:33  |  Palestinian Brit 16/07/08
  154.   #153 Pal Brit......you haven`t gained much either 20:59  |  Lynn 16/07/08
  155.   response to Stupid africanobserver in darfur? 21:17  |  Ms Siamese 16/07/08
  156.   Kantar is innocent 21:22  |  as123 16/07/08
  157.   #100 Margie 21:34  |  fiona 16/07/08
  158.   Difference bt targeting civilians and accidents 21:39  |  David Zion 16/07/08
  159.   Haaretz: Please post response to "Sarah" & "x-ray" 21:50  |  Gray 16/07/08
  160.   Mehmet from Istanbul #70 22:04  |  David Israel 16/07/08
  161.   Point taken Margie 22:10  |  Mark B. 16/07/08
  162.   torture 22:16  |  Ralph 16/07/08
  163.   david zion - differences 22:26  |  Zion Bill 16/07/08
  164.   WIL LTHE PARENTS DANCE IN THE STREET 22:35  |  TOBIA 16/07/08
  165.   Bradley The Best Revenge Is Success 22:37  |  Yosemite 16/07/08
  166.   29 Bob 22:50  |  Mona 16/07/08
  167.   #150 Lynn`s shedload 22:51  |  Roo 16/07/08
  168.   Civilized and secular world vs Barbarians fanatics 23:12  |  JP 16/07/08
  169.   143 23:32  |  Llyn 16/07/08
  170.   they should have returned him (Cunt ar) in a coffin.... 23:45  |  Eshkol Hakofer 16/07/08
  171.   Take No Prisoners 23:56  |  FOX 16/07/08
  172.   The Sad Truth 00:05  |  Doc 17/07/08
  173.   African observeor preaches morality while lying 00:34  |  Saffer 17/07/08
  174.   #131 Africanobserver 00:37  |  H 17/07/08
  175.   Without title 00:38  |  Edith 17/07/08
  176.   Mark B has finally went a day without 00:39  |  Saffer 17/07/08
  177.   18.Miriam Ashkelon. Remember Iman the little girl 00:47  |  Esther 17/07/08
  178.   Pleasure in torture or insanity? I`m calling upon the Israeli 00:53  |  Sima 17/07/08
  179.   A Dishonest Comparison Of Victims 01:10  |  Gray 17/07/08
  180.   kuntar 01:14  |  Ralph 17/07/08
  181.   197 response to Israel 01:20  |  shosha 17/07/08
  182.   #29chris 01:38  |  Marc 17/07/08
  183.   Both sides have degraded theirselves in this conflict however 01:39  |  Palestinian Prince 17/07/08
  184.   Miriam Ashkelon what about 01:41  |  Palestinian Prince 17/07/08
  185.   #135 Iskander 01:45  |  ballistic 17/07/08
  186.   #147 Xray 01:47  |  ballistic 17/07/08
  187.   Sima and his pleasure 02:17  |  Guy From NYC 17/07/08
  188.   Sima and his pleasure 02:18  |  Guy From NYC 17/07/08
  189.   Oiy va voi and ranting 02:27  |  Truth 17/07/08
  190.   dear chris (#29) 02:34  |  maya 17/07/08
  191.   Chris Linthwaite-#9 -justifying killing innocent kids 03:11  |  Daniel Leopold 17/07/08
  192.   No other choice 05:05  |  abi zaid 17/07/08
  193.   #161 Mark B....that has been the point all along 06:22  |  Lynn 17/07/08
  194.   So whats new? 06:56  |  Danite 17/07/08
  195.   Guy from NYC 06:58  |  Yaakov Sullivan 17/07/08
  196.   #18, Miriam Ashkelon, I too would like to know 07:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/07/08
  197.   #73, Margie in TA 07:53  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/07/08
  198.   #84, Lynn 08:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/07/08
  199.   #89, VIPER, arguing in tautologies 08:04  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/07/08
  200.   #128, Kathy 08:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/07/08
  201.   Yaakov Sullivan 08:52  |  Guy From NYC 17/07/08
  202.   Llyn # 168. 09:24  |  David Nigel Braham 17/07/08
  203.   #159 Gray Thank you for an unusually cogent and honest reply 09:25  |  x-ray 17/07/08
  204.   Kaleb 09:37  |  x-ray 17/07/08
  205.   with my regards to mr. burston 10:00  |  eric 17/07/08
  206.   Haaretz my post to #195 Cipora.J.K(3rd attempt) 15:15  |  KATHY 17/07/08
  207.   Cipora 15:51  |  Peter 17/07/08
  208.   #202, Kathy 02:00  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 18/07/08
  209.   # peter that officer was not identified #207 19:05  |  x-ray 21/07/08
  210.   There are many Lebanese with a sense of ethics 00:21  |  A Lebanese 22/07/08
  211.   210 A Lebanese CELEBRATING HEROS THAT ARE NOTHING BUT ZEROS 22:51  |  Rachel 22/07/08
  212.   Sunnis wrong for 800 years ? 09:00  |  Nathan Rai 31/07/08
  213.   WE ARE BETTER!!! 08:01  |  James 03/08/08
  214.   HEZBULLET & ISRAEL 08:51  |  eliezer segal 05/08/08
  215.   respond to # 10 09:48  |  Almond 05/08/08
  216.   Kuntar as an example of Islam 04:46  |  Shmendrik Nashashibi 06/08/08
  217.   Hezbollah was born as a reaction to Israeli torture 05:54  |  Aounist 09/08/08
  218.   israel failed for peace 14:34  |  mouniR_ 09/08/08
  219.   to # 216 23:35  |  anyone 12/08/08
  220.   To mouniR_ # 218 - THE OBJECT OF DESTRUCTION 07:44  |  Dagma 16/08/08
  221.   The pleasure Hizballah takes in torture 16:40  |  Tamer Ibrahim 18/08/08
  222.   Nonsense. Israeli excesses NOWHERE near Kuntar`s brutality. 06:47  |  Shneerhere 21/08/08
  223.   #210, A Lebanese 12:31  |  Ilya 21/08/08
  224.   #1 03:22  |  Jo 28/08/08
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13:35 U.S. Jews to quit UN Holocaust memorial if host attacks Israel
13:33 Kadima kicks off campaign with threat to assassinate Hamas chiefs
13:32 After 60 years, Jewish siblings separated in Holocaust reunited
13:32 Israel to face 'catastrophe' without Palestinian state, says Jimmy Carter
13:45 Shas to endorse Likud's Netanyahu as next prime minister
11:22 Auschwitz survivors gather to mark Nazi death camp's liberation
09:05 Police say case against Lieberman boosted by newly revealed documents
09:11 Barak seeking to 'Putinize' image to attract Russian vote
02:20 Head of right-wing think tank: Settlements must be evacuated
11:24 Israel Eurovision singers skip benefit concert for Gaza civilians, citing political tug-of-war
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