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Mother of Kuntar victim: This monster will be a Lebanon hero
By Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Samir Kuntar, Danny Haran 

The mother of a man killed nearly 30 years ago by Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar has written to President Shimon Peres regarding the imminent prisoner swap expected to take place this month with the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah.

82-year-old Nina Keren's son Danny Haran and granddaughter Einat were killed by Samir Kuntar when he broke into their Nahariya home in 1982 and shot them.

Keren's other granddaughter, Yael, also died during the incident. Only Smadar Haran, Keren's daughter-in-law, survived the attack.
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In her letter to Peres, Keren appealed to Peres to cancel plans for Kuntar's release.

"When I close my eyes at night, I see Einati's black eyes, wide open in fear, not understand why her hero of a father was not saving her the rifle hitting her on the head," she wrote.

"For more than 29 years, I have sentenced myself to silence. The difficult incident, in which I lost my son, Danny, and my two granddaughters, Einat and Yael, in such indescribably cruel circumstances.

"But today, just before you cut the sentence of this despicable murderer, I can no longer smother my screams.

"Five life sentences were given to this same beastly person. In a few days, he will be freed, before even one life sentence has run out?How will I bear the moment when he crosses the borders and turns from a despicable monster to the new hero of Lebanon," she wrote.

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      1.   Kuntar is already seen as a hero 20:30  |  Paul Wood 03/07/08
      2.   There is no mercy to Kuntar. He should be targeted togather with 20:34  |  Vittorio 03/07/08
      3.   An indictment of our current corrupt "leaders..." 20:46  |  bat yam 03/07/08
      4.   I`ll be happy when... 21:03  |  JP 03/07/08
      5.   mother of victim kuntar 21:11  |  Dale 03/07/08
      6.   A hero to the forces of darkness 21:17  |  utagawa 03/07/08
      7.   Smadar Haran is a living hero 21:22  |  Jeremy 03/07/08
      8.   Celebrating the return of a psychopath tells what they are like 21:32  |  AliciaYasmeen 03/07/08
      9.   Israel Should Change His Sentence To Death 21:36  |  Living In Rishon 03/07/08
      10.   Vote All Of Kadima & Labor Out Of Office For This 21:45  |  Sderot Israeli 03/07/08
      11.   If we have any sense left we should 21:48  |  Dror 03/07/08
      12.   mercy to the cruel is cruelty to the merciful 21:51  |  nat 03/07/08
      13.   #1 Wooden heart 21:51  |  larry from maine 03/07/08
      14.   Paul Wood 21:58  |  yariv 03/07/08
      15.   five life terms should mean five life terms 22:21  |  daniel yefet 03/07/08
      16.   Paul Wood 1 22:25  |  ChanahS 03/07/08
      17.   Paul Wood 22:30  |  Brad 03/07/08
      18.   Paul Wood moving on to what? 22:45  |  Joe Sittizen 03/07/08
      19.   Paul Wood 23:11  |  Jacob 03/07/08
      20.   ridiculous to trade living terrorist murderers for corpses;INSANE 23:13  |  Elliot 03/07/08
      21.   Kuntar is no hero. 23:19  |  Deborah 03/07/08
      22.   Paul Wood... 23:25  |  Phoenix 03/07/08
      23.   reply to those who replied to me 23:55  |  Paul Wood 03/07/08
      24.   Failed leadership 23:56  |  CM 03/07/08
      25.   poor samirele 23:58  |  peter 03/07/08
      26.   wrong 00:04  |  moody 04/07/08
      27.   monster Baruk Goldstein.. 00:08  |  Edithann 04/07/08
      28.   Paul Wood: Fabricated Cover Up 00:59  |  Brad 04/07/08
      29.   Deborah: Moral Equivalency Based On Delusions 01:02  |  Brad 04/07/08
      30.   Paul Wood 01:32  |  rich 04/07/08
      31.   Paul Wood 19 01:42  |  ChanahS 04/07/08
      32.   Kuntar 02:05  |  Yariv 04/07/08
      33.   Perez is a Murderer himself 02:52  |  Joe 04/07/08
      34.   #12 ChanahS. For once... 02:56  |  Maureen Ann 04/07/08
      35.   Quntar and war criminals 03:09  |  Seymour 04/07/08
      36.   #23 Right, the needs of the rest of Israel comes before 2 bodies 03:28  |  you just dont get it 04/07/08
      37.   To Response 1 04:34  |  Liorah 04/07/08
      38.   Edithann re Goldstein! The Arabs lynched him 06:12  |  PETER SM 04/07/08
      39.   to moody #26 07:04  |  maya 04/07/08
      40.   Israel Don`t Do It 07:30  |  Yosemite 04/07/08
      41.   Killing and Killing in return 07:57  |  Elias 04/07/08
      42.   he`s a "hero" as long as he`s in prison; then he`s just man 08:13  |  eric 04/07/08
      43.   Exchnge Kuntar`s body for bodies of soldiers 08:58  |  AlexK 04/07/08
      44.   Kuntar 09:55  |  Ralph 04/07/08
      45.   moody you are wrong - totally so 09:57  |  ChanahS 04/07/08
      46.   Edithann 27 10:04  |  ChanahS 04/07/08
      47.   Monsters have monster heroes 10:08  |  Ilan 04/07/08
      48.   #36 you just don`t get it 10:17  |  Rachel Stevens 04/07/08
      49.   Releasing Kuntar is spreading the plague of jihad across the whol 10:35  |  Evelyn Haze 04/07/08
      50.   Telling it to the wall 11:05  |  Walnut N. 04/07/08
      51.   Strange argument 11:12  |  truth 04/07/08
      52.   Peter Sm blinded by bigotry 11:16  |  Truth 04/07/08
      53.   #23, Wood: "the Lebanese people" 12:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/07/08
      54.   Nina Keren and Smadar Haran are our heros. NOT Madame Goldwasser 12:32  |  S 04/07/08
      55.   just return his bones like hizbullah will with regev and goldwass 12:35  |  Daniel 04/07/08
      56.   Kuntar and a potential work accident 12:44  |  Michael Durson 04/07/08
      57.   kuntar/ idf. soldier... whats the difference? 12:47  |  ravi 04/07/08
      58.   All killers should be punished, not become heros.. 12:52  |  Peter 04/07/08
      59.   He didn`t shoot the child 12:57  |  jackie 04/07/08
      60.   to # 52 truth 13:02  |  moody 04/07/08
      61.   Edith Anne 13:03  |  Jackie 04/07/08
      62.   # 47 Ilan 13:04  |  Christina 04/07/08
      63.   To Paul Wood 13:07  |  Jackie 04/07/08
      64.   to maya, 39 13:10  |  moody 04/07/08
      65.   Truth be told 13:11  |  FreeOne 04/07/08
      66.   Releasing a criminal is very bad 13:15  |  Andreas 04/07/08
      67.   It is sad that this is even being considered while this women is 13:29  |  alive. I thought 04/07/08
      68.   Have mercy - make peace 13:48  |  Anonymous 04/07/08
      69.   Christiana, 62, 13:51  |  Jozef 04/07/08
      70.   Elias # 41 That`s A Nice Thought 14:38  |  Jeff Northridge 04/07/08
      71.   The Lebanese announce that they will embrace the murderer 14:41  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 04/07/08
      72.   #69 Jozef 14:55  |  rational 04/07/08
      73.   Paul Wood - you move on abandon your hatred and polemic here 15:03  |  x-ray 04/07/08
      74.   #71 Margie 15:10  |  Sylvia 04/07/08
      75.   #54 S 15:22  |  Friend of Goldwasser 04/07/08
      76.   Old ladies tend to be late 15:29  |  Tosefta 04/07/08
      77.   # 27 Edithann..Baruch Goldsein 15:34  |  KATHY 04/07/08
      78.   #11 Dror..If Kuntar is going to be released I venture to say: 15:41  |  KATHY 04/07/08
      79.   Anonymous # 68 For Some Prisoners Maybe 15:44  |  Jeff Northridge 04/07/08
      80.   Ilan 47 15:48  |  ChanahS 04/07/08
      81.   Rachel Stevens # 48 15:50  |  ChanahS 04/07/08
      82.   To 72, rational 16:06  |  Jozef 04/07/08
      83.   to moody 16:06  |  Baruch 04/07/08
      84.   To Kristina from Jeneva # 62 16:12  |  Abu Yusuf 04/07/08
      85.   To Ilan and ChanahS 16:22  |  Ben 04/07/08
      86.   Man Israel must be classified as a terrorist haven and group 16:27  |  Opposition 04/07/08
      87.   #65 FreeOne of Lebanon 16:29  |  Lynn 04/07/08
      88.   UN Resolution 1701 BETRAYED Israel, Lebanon & the Free World 16:29  |  Linda Rivera 04/07/08
      89.   Lebanese Christians, Israel`s Jews BETRAYED by peace agreements 16:32  |  Linda Rivera 04/07/08
      90.   #1 Paul Wood......there are some things a mom 16:34  |  Lynn 04/07/08
      91.   Israel is one big soap opera 16:37  |  dyinglikeflies 04/07/08
      92.   Kathy #77 16:44  |  Yana 04/07/08
      93.   Unfit to Rule-Releasing LIVE TERRORISTS for DEAD Bodies 16:44  |  Linda Rivera 04/07/08
      94.   91 dying like flies 16:54  |  Living like humans 04/07/08
      95.   #81 it was a terrorist attack 17:00  |  Rachel Stevens 04/07/08
      96.   #91 Dyinglikeflies 17:02  |  Rachel Stevens 04/07/08
      97.   Friend of Goldwasser #75: I`m friend of Shalit! 17:02  |  S 04/07/08
      98.   Kuntar 17:03  |  Lebanese 04/07/08
      99.   93 Linda 17:22  |  John 04/07/08
      100.   Linda #93 17:27  |  Linguist 04/07/08
      101.   # 92 Yane From Budapest.What an Analogy! 17:33  |  KATHY 04/07/08
      102.   Lynn and Linda Rivera 17:41  |  FreeOne 04/07/08
      103.   Living in Amman 94 17:52  |  ChanahS 04/07/08
      104.   Maybe a "Hero" in Lebanon but Prime Minister material in Israel 18:39  |  Gray 04/07/08
      105.   kuntar 18:59  |  Jenny 04/07/08
      106.   don`t release this monster 19:10  |  mary 04/07/08
      107.   Racial Stevens. Moses didn`t kill Egypt`s first born. 19:14  |  x-ray 04/07/08
      108.   rachel S. 19:31  |  Connie 04/07/08
      109.   HE WILL BECOME A GOOD POLITICIAN, BETTER THAN OLMERT 19:35  |  indrajaya 04/07/08
      110.   IT IS VERY STUPID TO TRADE LIVE TERRORIST FOR DEAD BODIES 19:37  |  SHAUL 04/07/08
      111.   Prisoner release 19:59  |  Barney 04/07/08
      112.   releasing a cold-blooded murderer 20:03  |  Dik 04/07/08
      113.   paul 20:13  |  ben 04/07/08
      114.   John#99 20:17  |  Yariv 04/07/08
      115.   sad days for Gray 20:22  |  peter 04/07/08
      116.   Kuntar / killer 21:42  |  Jacob Mulder/Michael 04/07/08
      117.   #107 X-ray 21:51  |  Rachel Stevens 04/07/08
      118.   #108 Connie 21:54  |  Rachel Stevens 04/07/08
      119.   Now, you`re both Insane 22:01  |  Dave 04/07/08
      120.   really serious business here 22:11  |  Moshe 04/07/08
      121.   Peter #115 22:25  |  Shimon 04/07/08
      122.   Ariel Sharon is another example of a monster that became a hero 22:32  |  Aounist 04/07/08
      123.   As an Egyptian, I agree with this mother! 23:29  |  Sharif Hafez 04/07/08
      124.   The biggest myth: Kuntar can help the Arad case 23:34  |  Tosefta 04/07/08
      125.   Rachel Stevens 00:35  |  Jane 05/07/08
      126.   Racial Stevens 00:51  |  x-ray 05/07/08
      127.   Ben 85 01:02  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      128.   Gray 104 01:10  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      129.   Murdering Children 01:14  |  Jane 05/07/08
      130.   Racist Stevens - 117 01:16  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      131.   Racial Stevens 117 - Really? 01:19  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      132.   #29 Brad 03:06  |  Deborah 05/07/08
      133.   Channah; re: Netueri Karta 03:44  |  Gray 05/07/08
      134.   To Free a Felon to Fight Another Day 04:58  |  Daniel Akill-Attieh 05/07/08
      135.   Alas, he already is 05:18  |  Mark Lincoln 05/07/08
      136.   Jane from Orlando 05:30  |  Mark Lincoln 05/07/08
      137.   Tosefta - it is a myth 05:43  |  Mark Lincoln 05/07/08
      138.   I was only following orders 05:53  |  Mark Lincoln 05/07/08
      139.   I hope he rots in jail 06:03  |  Mark Lincoln 05/07/08
      140.   Mark Lincoln 06:46  |  Jane 05/07/08
      141.   Kuntar is a Boy Scout.... 06:57  |  Gray 05/07/08
      142.   Mark Lincoln 07:09  |  Jane 05/07/08
      143.   Cuntar Should Rot in Jail till is death! 07:19  |  Baruch Gold 05/07/08
      144.   #27 Dr. Baruch Goldstein was a humanist, a hero and a gentlemen 07:25  |  Baruch Gold 05/07/08
      145.   SHIN BET PLEASE READ!!!! 07:29  |  Baruch Gold 05/07/08
      146.   Mark Lincoln and obvious distinctions 09:02  |  x-ray 05/07/08
      147.   Kuntar vs Sharon 09:58  |  Imad 05/07/08
      148.   To Jeff Northridge 10:27  |  Elias 05/07/08
      149.   #130 Chanah S 11:45  |  Rachel Stevens 05/07/08
      150.   #130 Chanah S 11:52  |  Rachel Stevens 05/07/08
      151.   Put Cuntar to Death! 11:57  |  Baruch Gold 05/07/08
      152.   Radish (should be red faced) Stevens 13:19  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      153.   #27, how dare you ? 14:40  |  david 05/07/08
      154.   #145 Chanah S 15:19  |  Rachel Stevens 05/07/08
      155.   People Who Have a Child Murderer as a Hero Are Morally Bankrupt 15:24  |  Murray the Mongoose 05/07/08
      156.   #121-Simon 17:02  |  peter 05/07/08
      157.   It is about information (Mark Lincoln #137) 18:03  |  Tosefta 05/07/08
      158.   The inept Rachel Stephens 20:19  |  Dror 05/07/08
      159.   Elias, civilians were warned to leave the front, Hez stopped them 21:16  |  I 05/07/08
      160.   #153 Dror of Haifa 21:25  |  Rachel Stevens 05/07/08
      161.   There are no angels on either side Israel has monsters too 21:50  |  Dutch 05/07/08
      162.   Tere are no angels on either side -Israel has monsters too 21:52  |  Dutch 05/07/08
      163.   To Post # 159 (I) 22:34  |  Elias 05/07/08
      164.   R Stevens Jews celebrate their delivery from Slavery 22:36  |  I 05/07/08
      165.   # 109, nothing but a scumbag 22:52  |  david 05/07/08
      166.   Radish (red faced) Stevens 154 23:12  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      167.   #149 Rachel, Their own blood thirty killing.... 23:16  |  Dutch 05/07/08
      168.   Gray 133 23:19  |  ChanahS 05/07/08
      169.   to Mark Lincoln 23:44  |  Judah N. Wenkel 05/07/08
      170.   x-ray you are so full of it 01:20  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      171.   Jane, alleged adults and decisions 01:28  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      172.   Dutch 01:30  |  Jane 06/07/08
      173.   Jane the effects of war upon men 01:37  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      174.   Jane, watch carefully the news reports 01:43  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      175.   Dutch - morality and war 01:56  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      176.   to #102 FreeOne (my 2nd attempt) 02:05  |  Judah N. Wenkel 06/07/08
      177.   Mark LIncoln 02:38  |  Jane 06/07/08
      178.   Channah ; Yes, actually the last one in this series 03:01  |  Gray 06/07/08
      179.   Olmert is a PIG 03:30  |  Bill 06/07/08
      180.   Moral fiber 04:28  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      181.   Judah N. Wenkel from Sweden 04:56  |  Mark Lincoln 06/07/08
      182.   Haaretz; Please post earlier 2 messages to.. 05:03  |  Gray 06/07/08
      183.   kuntar 06:08  |  sam 06/07/08
      184.   re 27 Good for the goose 06:45  |  Alan the real one 06/07/08
      185.   re 46 You know better Chanah 06:50  |  Alan the real one 06/07/08
      186.   re 77 why lets facts get in the way 06:53  |  Alan the real one 06/07/08
      187.   Israeli Public 08:13  |  Ron 06/07/08
      188.   Channah; It looks like Haaretz isn`t going to post 08:36  |  Gray 06/07/08
      189.   Judah N. Wenkel of Sweden? 08:55  |  FreeOne 06/07/08
      190.   Mark Lincoln 136 13:46  |  Margaret 06/07/08
      191.   Israel need Caroline Glick to become the next PM 12:19  |  MORDECAI BEN NATAN 13/07/08
      192.   Will Wonders Never Cease? 14:20  |  JordanisPalestine 17/07/08
      193.   Jeremy # 7 14:27  |  JordanisPalestine 17/07/08
      194.   Vittorio # 2 14:28  |  JordanisPalestine 17/07/08
      195.   Vittorio # 2 14:31  |  JordanisPalestine 17/07/08
      196.   ٌWhat`s the difference between a F-16 pilot and ... 18:01  |  Alborz 17/07/08
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