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Swedish paper slams Israeli 'propaganda machine'
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Published: 20.08.09, 00:35
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1. next time dont steal the brain & transplant it into a sweede
zionist forever   (08.20.09)
Last time Israeli soldiers killed an arab to take their organs they took the brain and trasplanted it into the Sweedes. Inteligent people suddenly found themselves with an arabs brain and started believing in arab propoganda.
2. Good on yer Elisabet,you have ceramic balls
James McNamara ,   Melbourne Australia   (08.20.09)
3. the Swedish article has its origins in a movie
bob ,   potomac md usa   (08.20.09)
a few yeaers ago, there was a Trukish produced movie that was both anti-american and anti-Semitic: Valley of the Wolves, Iraq. In it, Gary Busey (whom I shall boycott unto death) played a Jewish doctor who harvested the body organs of injured Iraqi prisoners and sold them to wealthy patients in New York. The movie was a big hit in the Arab world and in the Islamic world at large
4. If that isn't anti-semitism there is no such thing.
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (08.20.09)
There is no other possible reason for their moronic lies.
5. Londonistan Syndrome
Cameron ,   USA   (08.20.09)
6. TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ARABS WHO MADE FALSE ALLEGATION
Arthur   (08.20.09)
7. We should be keen to the swede outrage
Arie ,   BaGolan   (08.20.09)
the next time we walk by the volvo saab and ikea franchises in order to reach companies more "Jew friendly!"
8. Stop printing trash from Reuters
(08.20.09)
Reuters is the worst possible source of news, they are very biased and untalented journalists.
9. this is about stealing body parts
yakov ,   jer is   (08.20.09)
any atempt to devert the subject is indeed trying to excuse it
10. Regarding antisemitism
johan   (08.20.09)
THe world is getting really tired of jews playing the "antisemitism" card every time a jew is accused of ANYTHING .And the people sending deaththreats donĀ“t even know what has happened or what the article even said .
11. Another blood libel against Israel
Spencer ,   Israel   (08.20.09)
Hats off to the Swedish envoy for denouncing this libel but don't hold your breath waiting for a simiar official response from the Swedish Government. There are already more mosques than Churches in Sweden and it wont be long before Sweden is just another Islamic satellite state.
12. Lets get back to the ALLEGATIONS
Peter Morris ,   New Zealand   (08.20.09)
Great Israeli tactic which surely must be wearing thin. Kill the messenger when the story dosen't suit. The allegations are serious and with the arrests in New York must be viewed as having substance.
13. #12 Allegations
Cynthia ,   USA   (08.20.09)
These allegations are serious. Jan Helin, editor of Aftonbladet better be prepared to support his allegations with fact. The second hand reporting by a couple UN workers is nothing more than gossip. Do you have anything substantial to add to this Peter or is it just the usual thrill of bashing Israel?
14. #12 Wrong, Peter.
Roman ,   Lod, Israel   (08.20.09)
The article attempted to tie a single case of organ trade in the US (which involved Israeli *donors*, not buyers), to several completely untied allegations and events, some dated to over 17 years ago. What we have here is rumor, hearsay, conspiracy theories not based on fact, and a some completely made-up statistics stuck at the end claiming that over 90% of organ transplants in Israel are from illegally purchased organs from abroad. The only common denominator in all these cases is that they have Jews in them - the article attempts to paint a picture of "All Jews do it" or "All Israelis do it", which is a classic stereotypical generalization purporting inhuman behavior by an entire group - and that's what anti-Semitism has always been. The writer had better back his article with facts.
15. "Propaganda machine"??? Why not FREEDOM OF SPEECH!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.20.09)
So the 'bladet editor is frustrated that we also have freedom of speech? What's the matter? Suddenly freedom of speech is reserved only for irresponsible, hateful, racist pigs like yourself? I bet you are very popular now with the ever increasing Muslim population in Sweden. I hope you are pleased this dubious but short-lived popularity at the expense of your civilized compatriots, who now also enjoy "racist" label, courtesy of your pathetic "newspaper".
16. #12 Yes, let's INDEED get back to ALLEGATIONS
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.20.09)
Great RACISTS tactics which must be wearing thin. They are forced to invent new allegations and libel aganinst the Jews all the time whenever some racist pig needs some attention. "Beat the Jews" has ALWAYS been a popular pastime for racists worldwide. So the allegations - regardless of how serious they are - must be PROVED! A few Paliwood-doctored photosand suspect "witness reports" in a fringe Swedish newspaper or hate-websites, are NOT PROOF! So the burden of proof is on YOU not us. "Good luck" with that! And of course, these "courageous" libel-mongers, should also be prepared to face justice and PAY if they cannot prove their libels, right? Closing down the 'bladet for good and sending these Islamo-Leftist racists to jail is a nice option IMO. Now "Peter", you go back and ponder on the on-going rape of the Occupied Lands of the Maors - in your occupier language called "New Zealand" - instead of preaching to us from the other side of the globe about libelous allegations!
17. #10 Regarding palestinians
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (08.20.09)
The world is getting really tired of Islamo-Leftists playing the "poor palestinians" cad ALL THE TIME. And the people printing unproven allegations don't even know of what really happens at this end. Now, as a matter of fact, YOU "johan" don't even know what happened here and you don't even know if these so called 'death threats' are nothing more than another 'simpathy and attention squeezing' attempts from a racist and irresponsible Islamo-Leftist newspaper editor. And no, you cannot expect to blame the Jews for EVERYTHING and then not to be labeled a racist pig. Live with it 'johan' - you are a real racist pig - regardless of the allegations! But you know that already, don't you?
18. Freedom of speech doesn't include freedom to slander
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem Israel   (08.20.09)
Tabloid "news" should be illegal. Why write it and why buy it in the first place? If you like fantasy so much buy a novel.
19. To Johan # 10 and all other Jew-haters
Vladimir ,   Jerusalem   (08.20.09)
Johan, you don't like the word antisemite, so I use a synonym, which is more exact. We, the Jews, are more tired of your Jew-hatred than you of our using "antisemitism-card". We, the Jewish nation, gave you, Europeans everything - religion, morals, culture, economic prosperity, civilization. What did we get instead? Hatred, blood libels, pogroms, mass killings. 64 years ago you managed at last to clean Europe of the Jews, who had been living there for centuries. Now the vacuum is being filled with the Arabs and other Moslims, who are less nice and civilized, eh? You are mortally afraid of them, aren't you? So you want to divert their hatred towards the same familiar target - the Jews, now - Israeli Jews. It won't help you, Johan, the Moslims in Europe are G-d's punishement to you for your centuries old Jew-hatred. And the new terrible baseless accusations against us publicized by your "democratic" newspapers will only make the things worse. For you, not for us.
20. To the Jews who reside in Sweden!
Vladimir ,   Jerusalem   (08.20.09)
Dear brothers! Don't keep silent! Come out and protest publicly in front of the Aftonbladet's premises. Remember that the words may kill. As a Moscow-born Jew I remember that the world-wide demonstrations in support of the Soviet Jewry's right to emigrate, helped to break the doors of that collective prison and to annihilate the prison itself. If you don't voice the protest the opposite may happen to you there. Remember that the Holocaust began with the similar slander. Aftonbladet simply copies the methods of "Der Stuermer".
21. Boycott Swedish imports - NO to IKEA
Laura ,   Israel   (08.20.09)
Stop this blood libel against the Jewish people and Israel. Boycott Swedish products. Do not buy at IKEA.
22. to #21 mmm what about the cheff from the muppets
ghostq   (08.20.09)
r you going to ban him as well? just wondering.
23. Its about time....
Marco ,   Spain   (08.20.09)
that European media realize how dangerous Zionist Israeli propaganda can be. Anyone who dares utter anything that can be viewed as anti Israel is labelled anti semitic. Instead of calling for an impartial international investigation that may or may not clear the IDF, Israel resorts to the old 'anti semitic' label to discredit its accusers. Shame on you people, no wonder you are hated so much around the world!
24. #13
Marco ,   Spain   (08.20.09)
Jan Helin, editor of Aftonbladet will have evidence to support his facts ready. IDF better get ready for the tons of arrest warrents and conviction that will rain on them from the ICC.
25. Every story critical of Israel is obviously untrue
Chanalau, Tova ,   London, UK   (08.20.09)
IDF never kills any Palestinians, never shoots children, never grabs Palestinian land, never assists the settlers to attack Palestinians. No the Israel army is an army of angels. Anybody who disagrees is an anti semite, a holoaust denier or a self hating Jew.
26. Libel Lawsuit
Yonatan ,   Yerushalayim   (08.20.09)
The alleged (not yet found guilty in a Court of Law) incident in the US appears real and is reprehensible. However the article doesn't show any connection to the alleged incident from 17 years ago. It sets up the reader so that you will infer a connection. Only SOME of those in the US incident are Jews and that's the connection the article is implying. That's clearly a racist ploy. It's analagous to putting alleged crimes by one particular African-American gang in the US in 2009 in an article as a lead-in to alleged crimes commited by blacks against whites in South Africa 20 years ago. The whole world would immediately call that rascist. Israel should file a libel suit for damages amounting to 10 times the net worth of the tabloids parent company and let them prove their allegations in court. The testimony of Arab "witnesses" will not constitute Legal Proof in court. They will need testimony and verifiable documents from doctors who allegedly performed the organ removals, or they'll have to exhume the bodies. The article mentioned one spefic incident and showed a photo as "proof". Since the Israeli medical records and doctor's eyewitness testimony show this to be an autopsy the burden of proof will be on the tabloid to prove otherwise.
27. Western medias.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (08.20.09)
In the west we have the fear factor. Jews do not issue fatwas, attend violent protests, scream obscenities and threats, outfit suicide bombers, hijack airliners, kidnap foreigners, launch terrorist raids and blow up buildings. This obviously puts them at a distinct disadvantage with the Western media, political classes and large segments of the general public who cringe before the menace of Muslim reprisals for perceived offences. Islamic terrorists have carried out more than 13028 deadly Terror Attacks since 9/11. As to the facts : http://xrl.us/berwte
28. WHY DO JEHOWAH ALLOWE THIS ???.
ORAO STRANKA. ,   TSARIGRAD U SRBIA.   (08.20.09)
JEHOWAH HAS PROMIISED TO BRING ALL JEWS AND ISRAELIS BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND. IS THIS ONE TOOL HE ALOWES FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE ???. Orao.
29. as others see us
seth ,   deering usa   (08.20.09)
Articles like the Swedish one in part are rooted in the intemperate statements by Jewish fanatics like some Chabad members who claim that 10,000 non Jews are not worth a Jew's fingernail or the idiot rabbis who claim it is permissible to kill non Jews to save the life of a Jew. Sometimes gullible non Jews take seriously very stupid racist Jews. There are a lot of fools out there.
30. to #24 he got none and the palis got non
ghostq   (08.20.09)
cause it never happend, otherwise they would have cryed to the un or spend money for law suit this is just yellow journalism I bet you also believe in alien abduction in the very brand of magazins that published this type of news..
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