Israelis Respond to Organ Harvesting in China

ZHANG:
In an unprecedented move, the United Nations anti-torture committee is calling on the Chinese regime to investigate large-scale organ harvesting in the Mainland and to punish those responsible for this crime.

How are human rights experts reacting? Our Israeli bureau introduces us to one man who is working to raise awareness of the issue.

STORY:
Canadian investigators David Kilgour and David Matas first published their report exposing the systematic organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners in China almost two years ago. The facts they described are so terrible that many can't believe such crimes are possible nowadays.

Here at the "Ethics and Human Rights in a Globalized World" symposium in Jerusalem, we asked some participants on their views of the facts.

[Sarah Wittkopp, PhD. Student, Germany]:
"This is very new that Human Rights committee condemned China for the first time. That's a very, very wonderful step, actually, that is brought to public and that the international awareness is raised... and well see how China reacts to that."

[Prof. Yuval Shany, Ac. Director, Minerva Center for HR]:
"I need to learn a lot more about the situation, of course, from the information that gets to Israel, you realize that there are some very serious problems and there are very serious shortcomings."

Mordechai Miller doesnt have any academic degrees, nor is he a human rights expert, but for this young man the facts are clear and beyond the shadow of a doubt.

[Mordecahi Miller, "Yeshiva" Student]:
"I was exposed to the terrible situation in China, through reading Rabbi Shlomo Aviners article.... I sat and wrote down, as a Jewish man, as someone who cares, and I published in "Makor Rishon" on the website and in the newspaper, and in NFC [Israeli website] and in my "Yeshiva", where I learn, that people should know what's happening with thousands and hundreds of thousands of people who are taken to camps, fired from their jobs, books are being burned, houses are being destroyed, lives are being destroyed just for believing in compassion, just for being good people, caring people, in China, China is a dictatorship."

Mordechai isn't only writing about the issue, he is also telling the facts to his friends.

[Meir Buchnik, Mordechai's Friend]:
"He actually gave me facts and showed me the facts... and reading about it on the Internet and after looking at it, I found that it's actually true. I felt terrible and how it can be that I am living and go through my day without knowing about such a terrible thing happening every day, basically."

And what does Mordechai thinks about the people and the governments who still take no action?

[Mordechai Miller, "Yeshiva" Student]:
"A lot of people just couldn't believe it, and for a lot of people, it's better for them to close their eyes...So many camps all over China. As I am talking now, yesterday and tomorrow... if nothing is done, these horrifying things, this nightmare will continue."

NTD, Israel.

ZHANG:
Our correspondents in Israel will continue to monitor and report on public reactions to organ harvesting as events unfold.

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[geoffshred]

right .. since when is aa goddamn jew going to give a crap about anything but money

[Dogface276]

All you assholes blaming the Jews for this and that when in fact it's China we're talking about...."Damn....Oh gee hell I forgot, it's so clear now". In China the organs harvest you.

[fuckystoat]

BLOOD LIABLE its not true!!!!!!

oh sorry thats what the jews say.....

[fuckystoat]

@dancam1289 you mean like in israel lol you jidf/idf child killing gimps are not fooling anyone

[fuckystoat]

what a sick joke these jews are doing the same thing VAMPIRES

Israeli Army of Cyber-Soldiers Target Our Right to Know....

what about the palestinians that these so called jews are committing genocide against not to mention the israeli organ harvest of palestinians...

[TLshadow1997]

@HerrSpieldose DAMN RIGHT!

[HerrSpieldose]

the Israelis are doing the same fucking thing... they have no room to talk...

[dancam1289]

Maybe a person in Australia spreads the awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, maybe a person in Israel spreads awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong in China, maybe they give their stance and say it is inhumane and wrong. Does it matter who said it? I say good on anyone who stands up for human rights. Imagine being a citizen in a certain country whose political leaders were scoundrels and you were criticized as being the same as them....

[ManFromMelbourne]

This happened over a year ago. Six months after this, jews and rabbis in America were arrested for the same thing. Could Chinese intelligence have passed on information to the FBI as revenge to the jews for exposing the Chinese organ harvesting?

[benhokke]

they blame china nowso that nobody will blame the jews. fuck that china is cool israel sucks