Report: IDF organ harvesting reporter 'rethinking' story

Isn't that what the Palestinians do? Doesn't anyone remember what the Pals did to Israelis in Ramalah? They cut them to pieces same as the Hezbollah did to the Israeli soldiers they kidnapped. How do you think they returned their bodies? They mutilated them, where is the UN outrage? they were the ones returning the bodies. I understand why the Israelis didn't show to the world how the bodies were returned, it was to protect the families and save them from additional pain. Maybe Israel should show the world what the Arabs are really like.

Maureen Ann has a selective memory when she asks why journalists were barred from entering Gaza,she conveniently forgets Hezbollah,s receiving valuable info. from embedded journos in 2006 ,concerning Israeli troop movements etc.

Is AMir Mohammed from Sweden admitting that the Arab press hs been telling untruths all this time;infantile deductions and conclusions from the Arab side is what he says?

"Bostrum had a team of forensic scientists ready" Really? So you were THERE when the "team" was DENIED entry? Or, as one of the MANY hats that you ASPIRE to WEAR, you are - GASP! - one of the "forensic scientists"? C'mon, make our toes LAUGH.

None of that you bring forth, is evidence for the allegations found in the Bostrom article. He is only jumping to his own conclusions. It is a GREAT difference between homemade theories and evidence. End of story.

JS: "Bostrum printed uncorroborated accusations without making any attempt to check their veracity or determine if such a thing could actually occur " Bostrum had a team of forensic scientists ready, and he had the permission from the next-of-kin to exhume the bodies and perform an autopsy on those Palestinian youths. The day before they were to begin the IDF declared the area a "closed military zone", meaning that no civilians (including Bostrom and his forensic team) could exhume the bodies. All true, Joe. It's the little things they don't tell you in Haaretz that catches you out, isn' it.....

BJ: "None were there to WITNESS what took place on anything they`re commenting about, merely relying on scuttlebutt and third hand information, resulting in lying through their teeth" That was said, of course, by someone who posts from the USA....... Or have I misread you, and you are actually dropping broad hints that your real name is "Yehuda Hiss"? Would that be right, BENjie?

Come on, think about it: Haaretz is getting a journalist (the anonymous "haaretz service") to devine for its readership what another journalist (Bostrom) is thinking. Hahahahahahahah!!!! Even the most gullible amongst you must recognize the Monty Python-style absurdity. Hint: Cut Out The Mind-reading Middleman And Go To The Source. If Haaretz wants its readers to know what Bostrom now "thinks" about the "organ harvesting story" then it knows of a journalist with authoritative insight into that subject i.e. the dude called "Donald Bostrom" Slip him a generous fee and ask him to write a 2,000 word Op-Ed entitled "What I now think about those Organ Harvesting Allegations". Heck, he'll probably write it for free.

Your postings give me the hope there are still decent people in the world!

Amir, More power to you! You are a refreshing voice of reason.

Why did Israel prevent journalists entering Gaza? How many journalists, photographers/peace activists, has Israel "accidentally" shot, killed or maimed? Have your forgotten the appalling manner Israel treated award-winning Palestinian journalist, Mohammed Omer? Mohammed Omer's crime - he dared show the world images of Israel's crimes against humanity. He gives a voice to the voiceless in Gaza. Quite an opposition to Israel's hasbara!

The New Jersey-incident has NOTHING at all to do with the Bostrom-article. It is an intellectual and moral failure to connect these two totally unrelated entities with each other.Repeatedly we see these kind of infantile deductions and conclusions from our side, sometimes with major disasterous consequences.

I think it was Avri Gilad TV Interview And his much more gentle approach of questioning That brought him to the understanding! Now all we need to do is bring Goldstone, and all is settled!

A rabbi in New Jersey, by the name of Levy Izhak Rosenbaum was arrested for donating organs. Of course, the patients were alive. They were vulnerable people flown in from Israel. It's highly liking these vulnerable people might have consisted of poor Arab-Israelis or Palestinians. Who knows. Of course, the story about organs taken from dead people doesn't make sense unless the person is dying and you peform surgery right away. There has been no evidence of that, only that a rabbi in the US had people flown in. The IDF has not been implicated. I am sure some Israeli doctors must be guilty of corruption, though, to have assisted him.

I hope your honest voice resonates in the world. Fact and truth will make peace easier to acheive.

The story was covered by US media, over 40 people involved and arrested, including the Rabbi ringleader. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBsAg0v4_ik

I am pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. It's time everyone realizes supporting both will give them courage to move forward. Economic developement is the key to peace and prosperity for both. I think both sides feel insecure and need to fell more secure and safe.

Reminds me of a recently viewed movie, 'Doubt,' in which a good and dedicated priest is driven from his pulpit by a self-righteous, obsessed, rumor mongering nun. Comparison is made to a feather filled pillow torn open in the wind. The gist? Rumors are like the feathers. Once released, it is impossible to recall all the feathers. The damage is done. Unfortunately, the sanctimonious freely and wantonly wield their loshon hara and the effects remain.

...my opinion from the very first beginning of this story, was that the original article was an example of poor journalism.The allegations were unsubstantiated and contra-productive for the Palestinian cause.Furthermore, the overwhelming majority of IDF-serviecemen are decent people, who want peace as much as the average Palestinian. The article was way out of line.

Bostrom hasn't done any rethinking. I have heard him speaking after congress on radio and he repeats his views. He is a snake that cowardly refuses to take responsibility for what is clearly understood to be the message of his article. He hasn't given any reason why connecting two different stories, 17 years apart, in his article. In the same manner you can build a conspiracy theory about anything - But why does Bostrom do this especially about IDF and Jew in the US?

you interview a killer on death row, afterwards you say he's not a bad guy and probably didn't kill and shouldnt be put on death row. why were the organs missing from the palestinians? why were there scars from head to tow? the ol you are anitsemite trick worked on this guy

Bostrum printed uncorroborated accusations without making any attempt to check their veracity or determine if such a thing could actually occur (the way he described it, it can't, as medical experts have repeated that you can't transplant organs from a body that is dead more than a minute or two). That means his article was not "normal", but a standard piece of sensational trash for a tabloid aimed at selling copies and advertising space, not quality (and certainly not the truth).

None were there to WITNESS what took place on anything they're commenting about, merely relying on scuttlebutt and third hand information, resulting in lying through their teeth BBS, for one, as his people used to say "Speaks with forked tongue"

After the storm passed, any fool can 'rethink' or regret yesterday. The damage is done nonetheless. I'm utterly disgusted.

Donald Bostrom got the same kind of evidence, as Judge Richard Goldstone did in Gaza. Never proof, only unsubstantiated, even fabricated horror stories. How long will it take the judge, until he accepts that he has been duped? Bostrom has learned a lesson for life.