2009 Aftonbladet Israel controversy

On 17 August 2009, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published an article reporting how Israel stole the organs of Palestinians in custody. Israel initially called the allegations antisemitic,[1] before conceding they stole Palestinian organs.[2] The Swedish government refused to condemn the article valuing Aftonbladet's freedom of speech and journalism.[3][4] The Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military. An Israeli doctor said they did not plan to harvest their organs when they killed them.[2] Several US representatives[5][6] said that it was part of international conspiracies against Jews. Israeli officials confirmed this happened.[2] They said that the person behind it was fired and the practice stopped in the 1990s.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Prusher, Ilene R. (25 August 2009). "Israeli officials press Sweden on journalist's organ theft story". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Black, Ian (21 December 2009). "Doctor admits Israeli pathologists harvested organs without consent". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Article about organ harvesting sparks Israel-Sweden tiff" Los Angeles Times 24 August 2009
  4. ↑ Paper's organ harvesting article causes Israel–Sweden rift, CNN 17 August 2009
  5. ↑ "U.S. Congressmen to EU: Condemn IDF organ harvesting article - Haaretz - Israel News". Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "CARDIN, HASTINGS CALL ON EUROPEAN LEADERS TO DENOUNCE ANTI-SEMITIC ARTICLE IN SWEDISH PRESS". Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  7. ↑ Israel harvested organs in '90s without permission Google News 20 December 2009.
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