
On English speaking pages, 88% of pages that mention Kuntar also use the word “terrorist” whereas only 17% say Kuntar and “hero.” Of course this isn’t very reliable since a lot of pages include statements like “Kuntar is not a terrorist” or “Kuntar, the mass murderer, will receive a hero’s welcome.” But these might cancel out and the end result is still a good indicator.
One the other hand, of the 109,000 Arabic speaking web pages mentioning Kuntar, only 8% also use the Arabic word for “terrorist” and 45% use the word Batal meaning “hero.”
Conclusion: Kuntar is seen as a hero by Arabic-speaking people and as a terrorist by English-speaking people. Shocking!
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This reminds me of an Arabic proverb my father used to say:
Wa fassara alma2 ba3d aljuhd bilma2
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