...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

Globe shills for Jew-killer: The Globe and Mail’s Orly Halpern assays some ghastly puffery about a despicable murderer, newly freed and acclaimed by death-cultists in Lebanon and elsewhere. (The deal that sprung him saw Israel transforming itself into the national equivalent of Charlie Brown on Halloween—Charlie got rocks; the Jews got coffins):

…Mr. Kuntar left Lebanon as a Communist devoted to the Palestinian cause, which he saw in black and white. But the world has changed and so has he. The contrast between the ideologies he had when he left Lebanon and the knowledge he has gained over the years appears to have left him with many contradictions. On the one hand he says he doesn't regret making the attack, although he vociferously denies killing the six-year-old girl and calls her death a tragedy.

Yet he told Ms. Kotas-Bar that he now opposes attacks on civilians. "I believe today more in the path of Hezbollah, that the first priority is military targets," he said. "Otherwise, the circle [of violence] will not close."

Mr. Kuntar said that as part of his military training he was imbued with a hatred of Israel in order to create motivation to fight no matter the cost. "It's easier when things are black and white. ... You don't hesitate, you don't ask yourself a lot of questions. But when there are other colours you need to think hard."

He told Ms. Kotas-Bar that he wants peace and he implicitly expressed support for a two-state solution. "The solution is that the stronger side needs to compromise and you are the stronger side."

That side says it's now out to get him. The day after his release Israel's Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported that an unnamed Israeli official said that Israel planned to assassinate Mr. Kuntar.

To Ms. Kotas-Bar he said he knew he would have to hold some sort of public role for Hezbollah, which attained his freedom for him, and for his people. But what he longed for was to be alone in the home he bought on the beach in Beirut. "I want to have a key that I can go in and out whenever I want, to drink coffee on the balcony, smoke a cigarette, go down to swim in the sea." (My emphases)

Yup, sounds like a whole new man. Why would that nasty Israel want to go and “assassinate” such an amiable fellow?

Update: An article in Ha'aretz article paints a far different picture of Kuntar:

Sounds like "Communist" Sammy's itching to get back in the saddle and off some more Jews a.s.a.p.

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