Actual first thought about this charming little story: "I don't really have much to say about it, but I might as well post it since everyone is going to be in a tizzy." Then I saw that Anne and Elder got to it yesterday - so now I have even less to say about it. But for completion's sake:

Notorious Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar on Tuesday said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas requested a recent meeting between the two that has angered Israel. Kuntar said in a statement that the meeting last week in Beirut was in response to a direct request by Abbas. An aide to Abbas denied that, saying it was Kuntar requested the meet. The aide was speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press. Kantar was convicted of killing three people in a particularly brutal attack in Israel in 1979.

Eh. These things just happen ya know? Sometimes Abbas wakes up and just wants to celebrate the most brutal and vicious Palestinian terrorists he can find. The last time around he was awarding the PA's highest medal to terrorists responsible for the Sbarro Massacre. Before that he was promising to turn US weapons on Israeli civilians. Which is not really a surprise since he's made it explicitly clear again and again that he believes that Palestinians should be allowed to invade and overrun Israel.

So yeah. He meets with child killers. Look on the bright side: at least he didn't give Kuntar a medal.

References:
* Samir Kuntar: I met with Abbas in Beirut at his request [Ha'aretz]
* Abu Mazen meets Kuntar [BtB]
* Moderate peace partner pays homage to child murderer [Elder]
* Abbas To Award PA's Highest Medal To Hamas Terrorist Responsible For Sbarro Massacre [MR]
* Abbas: Good Chance We'll Use Our US Security Assistance To Go Back To Killing Israelis [MR]
* PA Responds To $150M In New US Funding By Explicitly Rejecting Israel's Right To Exist. Again. [MR]
* Abbas: Of Course Palestinians Reserve The Right To Invade and Overrun Israel [MR]

Previously:
* Palestinian Terrorist Poisoning Plot Not So Kind To Expert Expertise Of Foreign Policy Experts Who Deny Sunni-Shiite Cooperation, Advocate Embrace Of Fatah
* Fatah Responds To $250 Million In Aid By Dropping Rockets On Israeli Schools And Hospitals. Again.
* US Knew That Arafat Ordered Murder Of US Diplomats, Worked With Fatah For Three Decades Anyway