Israel Condemns Organ Theft Story in Sweden's Paper

Israeli cabinet ministers are calling an organ theft article published in Swedish paper "anti-Semitic." The article has created tension between the two nations and Isreal is considering legal action against the paper.
Israeli cabinet ministers criticized the Swedish government for its silence over the Aftonbladet newspapers organ theft story and are considering legal actions against the paper.

The article that sparked outrage in Isreal was about the Palestinian accusations dating to early 1990s that Isreali troops took organs from men who died in custody.

The article began by noting a case in New Jersey where an American Jew has been charged over trafficking in kidneys.

An Israeli-official branded the article as anti-Semitic.

[Daniel Hershkowitz, Israeli Cabinet Minister]:
It's an unacceptable behavior of the government of Sweden and I very much hope that it will find very soon the proper way to condemn that publication in the Swedish newspaper.

[Isaac Herzog, Israeli Cabinet Minister]:
"We on our side will definitely consider legal actions against the paper who published such an article.

The editor of Aftonbladet, Jan Helin, hit back hard at Israel for attacking his paper's coverage. He called it an opinion piece raising questions of Israel in the context of a suspected link to Israel in that U.S. case.

He denied any suggestion of anti-Semitism from his paper.

Israeli media reported that Swedish officials had refused to officially condemn the article, an act they view as an interference to the freedom of speech.

Meanwhile Israels Government Press Office, which issues press cards to foreign journalists, was delaying the decision to issue press cards for two reporters of Swedens Aftonbladet.

[Danny Seaman, GPO Director]:
"In the past in cases where people who worked for very blatant anti-Semitic organizations were denied press credentials. Same thing in this case, we will evaluate to see if Aftonbladet will continue to be a center stage for anti-Semitic accusations against the Jewish people or it will become a reasonable and serious media organization. That's what we are going to evaluate.

Freelance journalist Matt Gezelius works for Aftonbladet in Jerusalem .

He says he finds the international row a big ado about not so much.

[Matt Gezelius, Freelance Journalist, Aftonbladet]:
"One article, not so substantiated perhaps, not the best article that has been written, more of an op-ed piece on the cultural page of a Swedish newspaper and then it becomes a diplomatic scandal.

Gezelius said GPOs intention to delay press cards was a knee jerk reaction, and it serves no purpose to antagonize Swedish journalists.

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[midnight9wanderer]

What is unacceptable is the organ trafficking, not the exposing of it. It is obvious that they did not deny the allegations, instead getting over blown and hyper-defensive labeling them as anti seemitic. That is a tacit acceptance of the allegations. Either condemn this organ trafficking or be blamed for endorsing it, nobody cares about your empty threats of branding someone an 'anti seemite'. It's a meaningless and over used, lame, vapid and banal tactic that has no more sting or thrill.

[deah99]

How can ANYONE believe what's printed in "Aftonbladet"? For those of you who are uninformed - and that would seem to be MANY of you - Aftonbladet is the lowest of the low in Swedish gutterpress. I believe the American equivalent is "The National Enquirer". And still, some of you base your "opinions" on this trash? What about "Elvis found to be training Hamas"? Or perhaps "Santa Claus is a Mossad Agent"? What the fuck ELSE are you prepared to beieve?

[RCBreaker]

Anyone else finds it funny that Israel is accusing another country of "unnacceptable behavior"?

[RumbitSwe]

Trust me on this one, anything from either "Aftonbladet" or "Expressen" isn't worth being bothered by. Only crap coming from those papers. Pure shit, 100%.

[DeathbloomSWE]

stop crying Israel!

[TheSevenmind]

Anti-Semitic; there no such thing as Anti-Semitic, the word Semitic is group of languages of the Africa and Middle East.These are the Synagogue of Satan American economy collapsed, Iraq destroy, Afghan destroy, Iran next, now the whole picture is clear, they kill Palestinian to sell the organ.Call me Anti-Semite I don't care; it does not bother me, I wont fell guilty nor will give fall for your trick.

[blanenbishop]

anti this anti that bottom line the jews got spanked with there paints down mfs cant take it

[MalikHussein8]

Now you may understand why the zionists need to own and control all media.