Israelis React to Swedish Article On Israeli Organ Harvesting

A Swedish newspaper article calling for an investigation into claims that Israeli soldiers harvested the organs of dead Palestinians in the 1990’s has not been well-received by the Israeli community.

According to the author of the article, there is no proof that the organ harvesting occurred; however, families who suspect that the organs of loved ones were harvested have offered to have the bodies exhumed for investigations. 

Israeli officials have called the op-ed article blatantly racist and have asked Sweden’s government to condemn it. 

See Tricia Escobedo, Swedish paper’s organ harvesting article draws Israeli outrage, CNN, Aug. 19, 2009.