Rightists confront 'IDF organ trafficking' reporter at Israel airport
Upon Swedish journalist's arrival in Israel, rightists at Ben Gurion airport call for his expulsion.
By Gili Izikovich Tags: Israel organ harvesting Israel news Palestinians SwedenDozens of right-wing activists on Sunday confronted a Swedish journalist who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting organs from Palestinians, shouting at him upon his arrival in Israel at Ben Gurion airport.
The rightists waved banners bearing slogans against Donald Bostrom, who will be a guest of the Dimona Media Conference on Monday, and called for him to be expelled from Israel.
In his article, which was published in August, Bostrom attempted to tie Jewish criminals who trafficked in organs in New Jersey to Palestinian claims that Israel had removed organs from Palestinians killed by IDF soldiers.
Bostrom will be interviewed at the conference on Monday by the anchor of Channel 2's Friday night news show, Yair Lapid.
Although no specific threats were received, Bostrom will be accompanied by a bodyguard throughout his stay, and the conference will make special security arrangements to prepare for potential protests.
Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom, who is also minister for the development of the Negev and Galilee, announced on Saturday that he would not come to the event and would drop his support for it because of Bostrom's presence. The move will cost the conference NIS 200,000.
Organizers said the journalist is expected to visit Israeli towns in the vicinity of Gaza and other local conflict areas.
Bostrom's article, published in the popular Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, set off a media frenzy in Israel, and Bostrom has been accused of disseminating "a blood libel" against Jews.
Sweden's Ministry of Justice announced in August that it would look into complaints alleging that the article was racist and amounted to incitement against Israel.
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Swedish journalist Donald Bostrom. |
| Photo by: (Tomer Appelbaum) |
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to grasp what's going on around him.
While Obama and his henchmen went after Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity because they had the nerve to say something against him and his attempt to control the country and divert it to Socialism?? Based on my previsous experience with your posts, you wouldn't know black from white, right from left or the truth if it hit you on the noggin
You can't disassemble them in a filthy junkyard type environment Body Parts must be removed under controlled & clean conditions, otherwise they are worthless
about america?
You want to know what his stories are untrue how about he proves that his claims are true he has offered no cast iron evidence that can be considered reliable. Also the very fact its not practicable from a medical point of view. You have to take organs from the body straight after death otherwise they die ( you have a matter of hours between death & making the transplant ) In IDF doesn't have the facilities. Once you take organs out the body you have to do the transplant very quickly, organs cannot be put into the freezer to take out when needed. Whats the point of taking organs from dead palestinians because the IDF cant do tests to see if they are compatible with somebody on a waiting list. What about when the organs get to the hospital for the transplant you don't think the doctors are going to ask questions especially if the army always seem to have access to plenty of organs who would have also had to come from an anonomous donor. How long before people start asking questions
Birds of a feather. Flocked today at the airport.
Why don't you go to Saudi Arabia, or Syria, or Iran, or, etc. and advocate your honest opinion (of course, make sure you write your will first).
how do you prove a negative? For example, how can I disprove that Chris is a Israeli obsessed English jerk with no life who is obsessed with Jews and Israelis?
I'm greatly offended that a notorious liar and anti-Semite like yourself walks the streets of my country. One also should ask whether you are directly affiliated with a terrorist group, John? Care to name it? Or, are you "merely" some neo-Nazi scumbag?
and interestingly he was unable to prove that Israel was lying.
You can't salvage body parts from battlefield corpses It takes pristine conditions for organ removal, on the battlefield the parts are contaminated Ask you nearest hospital, maybe you can obtain a brain
and anybody who has the slightest idea about how the transplant system works knows it is rubbish Yea.
"Israel has not come up with proof that the organ trafficking story is not true." it is apparent that your school did not teach even the basics of logic - how does one prove a negative? In most systems, it is incumbent upon the accuser to give proof of their accusations. Perhaps I can publish an article claiming you are a space alien, and let you prove it is not true.
Swedish Journalist, Had he written what he had written about the Arabs,they would have made chopped meat out of him & sent it all wrapped up back to Sweden. As the Saudis,The Taliban & Saddam Hussein did in the past. This Silly Swede !
Chris, Do you think that a person or state should present a proof in response to any accusation even a baseless one?
Harvesting organs from dead people during an army action is useless, since they start deteriorating as soon as a person dies. Any doctor can confirm this. Even the Arabs he claimed to have quoted deied telling him about seeing such organ harvesting. As an editor, I would look closely at any future stories this "jounalist" submitted with a jaundiced eye. Editors on newspapers quickly get to know which reporters tend to add colorful "facts" to make stories more enticing to sensation seeking readers.
'Organ Trafficing' Had this Swede journalist written what he had written about the Arabs,(Who till this day chop hands & legs,Saudi Arabia,the Taliban.etc.& in Saddam Hussein's times even tongues) They would have made mince-mwat out of him,If he had traveled to one of their countries. This Silly Swede !
Unfortunately, this story has been covered by US media, arrests have been made, included a rabbi who even disclose how much he was paid (US 160K), The denial is laughable, as usual, but Bostrom has some guts to go to Israel, because lots of morons think that killing the messenger will kill the news. Too late.
about america?
and what evidence has bostrom showed to prove that the IDF did this??
yea
The greatest punishment for his ego is being politely ignored.
The greatest punishment for his ego is being politely ignored.
What kind of journalist publishes unresearched innuendo? Same as calling terrorists "militants".
not only the right think it is wrong to let him come
Did Haaretz check the political affiliation of the protestors? Wasn't the left outraged by the article as well? I believe so. The title of the article should be "Israeli protestors confront...". The whole country was outraged by the article.
This cheap excuse for a journalist should be avoided by anybody with a brain. Bostrum's hokum article was based on ridiculous accusations with no basis in reality (you simply can't harvest organs in the field from dead people for transplants). It's like walking up to Bostrum when he lands and asking him to investigate himself for the allegations of paedophilia that i could cook up very quickly, that has just as much basis in fact as his allegations of organ trafficking.
This cheap excuse for a journalist should be avoided by anybody with a brain. Bostrum's hokum article was based on ridiculous accusations with no basis in reality (you simply can't harvest organs in the field from dead people for transplants). It's like walking up to Bostrum when he lands and asking him to investigate himself for the allegations of paedophilia that i could cook up very quickly, that has just as much basis in fact as his allegations of organ trafficking.
How do you determine the protesters are 'rightest, leftist, centrelist or terrorist'? Surely they are Real Jews protesting the Libel sprouted by a known JEWISH (which somehow includes writers of this paper) hate monger....DK
He's welcome here..does the guy who made the Mohammed drawing also welcome in Muslim states?
See Haaretz, 19 April 1967, p. 8. The Orthodox claimed that Israel was selling body parts of soldiers to Syria. Now when someone in a foreign country does it, it's such a horrendous thing that we must confront him at the airport and demand his expulsion. The hypocrisy of this place stinks to high-heaven.
for all of Israel's denials. Israel has not come up with proof that the organ trafficking story is not true. All we have heard is bluster about anti semitism etc.
If Bostrom is looking for answers & clarity he's found it.
Sad that leftists and centrists did not protest as well. This is an Israeli issue...the Swedish reporter smeared TZAHAL like Goldstone...based on reportage of one side with many axes to grind.
Its a good thing that Bostrom did not make the same public "Libel" about American troops or he might well find himself in court. Unfortuneately in Israel he is treated as a guest and his Incitement to Violence, goes unpunished under the mistaken application of Freedom of the Press!
Can't even understand why you were allowed into Israel and why would Lapid interview you amazes me. Somebody like you should be in jail not on TV where you can sprout garbage.