Samir Qantar, libéré le 16 juillet 2008, est-il un monstre ou un héros ? Le site menassat.com constate que la presse libanaise opposée au Hezbollah a préféré ne pas polémiquer sur cette question :
"But what of the media critical of Hezbollah? How did they manage to transform the controversy over Hezbollah's capture of the two Israeli soldiers in 2006 and the ensuing 34-day war into praise over the prisoners exchange?
(...) no criticism was in evidence this week.
Al Anwar newspaper, usually a strong critic of Hezbollah, joined the bandwagon and declared the event to be an example of "national unity at the historic reception of the liberated prisoners."
Al-Mustaqbal newspaper, a vehicle for the pro-western Future Party of MP Saad Hariri, saw its offices attacked and surrounded by pro-Hezbollah fighters during Hezbollah's brief takeover of West-Beirut last May.
But Al-Mustaqbal too declared Wednesday's events "a unifying Lebanese celebration of the return of Kuntar and his comrades."(...)
A cursory analysis of Lebanon's media would have it seem that voices previously calling for Hezbollah to disarm are now silent. Does this mean that everyone is now convinced of the need for Hezbollah to hold on to its weapons?
Not quite.
The most widely distributed newspaper in Lebanon, An-Nahar, boldly proclaimed in an editorial, "After the return of the prisoners and the remains, the state must now implement the international resolutions."
The editorial continued, "The initial assessment by the parliamentary majority and the majority cabinet was that Sayed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on Wednesday generally contained positive signs of political cooperation."
Lire l'article complet : One man's hero de Kawzally Saseen, sur menassat.com