Journalists should crosscheck their facts before publishing or they will offend public decency like Bostrom Any journalist that is worth his calling should be investigative and not be used by naive , rumour muggering mothers of bombers

It amazes me why people, especially politicians and the media, keep using the term Anti-semite.....they can not be anti-Semitic if they support Arabs! The Arabs are semites too! The more appropriate term to use should be IGNORANT JEW HATER!

Any and every criticism of Israel is to be labeled "anti-semitism"

I watched his interview, where he eventually said - but look at your government, Liebermann doesn't want peace, and the rest of your government. So he is against Israel as such, and creates stories to attack Israel, under a cover of investigation journalism.

Why am I not surprised? Its double standards Israeli style. One side can practice freedom of expression by booing the Swedish writer, while the other side is condemend for doing an impartial investigation that comes to a conclusion that the IDF kills Palestinian civilians in order to trade their internal organs. Shame on a society that finds nothing wrong in that!

THAT IS, THE SPIRIT OF ACCUSATION !!!. Bostrom said that everyone would benefit from an investigation into the issue, saying no one had anything to lose. "If it is possible to give an answer to a Palestinian mother that nothing happened to her son, this must be done," Bostrom asserted. THIS IS THE TACTIC OF THE COLLECTIVE SOCIALISTIC SPIRIT - ACCUSE YOUR OPPONENTS, AND DEMAND THAT THEY PROOVE THEY ARE INNOCENT, IF THEY DO NOT DO THAT, HOLD THEM GUILTY. IT IS CALLED THE TRADITION OF CRITICISM, THUS - Bostrom said in response, "If we walk in the streets of Stockholm and ask passersby about Israel, the vast majority will respond that they support its right to exist in peace. However, we also have a tradition of criticism, and we will criticize Israel though we support your country. BY THIS YOU DEPRIVE YOUR OPPONENT OF HIS FREEDOM, AND HIS LIFE IS ARESSTED, AND HE WILL BE BUSY PROVING HIS INNOCENSE. I AS A SWEDE KNOW THIS WERY WELL, IT IS CALLED, "JANTELAGEN",(LAW of JANTE), IN SWEDEN. USE THE COLLECTIVE PRINCIPLE AND FORCE, AGAINS ALL KIND OF INDIVIDUALISM, EVEN RIGHTOUS INDIVIDUALISM IN FREEDOM, AND INDIVIDUALISM WILL BE CRUSHED AND SUBDUED UNDER THE COLLECTIVE BURDEN AND WEIGHT., AND SO CONQUERED. THIS IS SOCIAL-DEMOCRACY OF SWEDEN. FURTHER - 'Crossing the line' Lapid concluded, "You are an anti-Semite because you are prepared to believe that there is a possibility that the government and the authorities would take part in such a monstrous thing. The only thing I can say in your favor is that you don't know you're an anti-Semite." EXACTLY -!!!, THIS IS SOCILISM, AGAINST FREEDOM, AGAINST SEMITISM AS INDIVIDUALISM, EVEN IN RIGHTOUSNESS. Arn-Orao.

But none of what I read in this posting surprised me. He is the epitome of the Euro mindset in relation to Israel. Were you surprised at any of those limp answers from Bostrom?

The term anti-Semitism was coined as a relative term by 19th century European racial theory proponents, who identified themselves as such proudly. Anti-Semitism refers first and foremost to the Semites said Europeans knew back then - Jews. The term has nothing to do with Arabs. Yes, the semantics are confusing, but to change this historic term would be quite, quite silly.

Arabs are not Semites. They are descended from Noah's son Ham, not Shem. They re Hamites. It is an old propaganda trick for Arabs to say "How can we be Antisemites if we are Semites?" In fact, the etymology of the word "antisemite" as well as its mainstream dictionary definitions refer specifically to prejudice against Jews.

It is a standard of journalism to use at least 3 unconnected sources, not merely to quote accusers. When an accusation of malfeasance is involved, it is also a standard to interview and quote the accused. Bostrom did neither. Thus he is not a journalist, but a propagandist masquerading. He should be fired for incompetence and irresponsibility.

the other Semites. It comes from a time when Jews were the only Semites in Europe... As the term "JEW" had bad connotations-killers of Jesus etc ...it was deemed a polite word. Today Europe is Eurabia and full of the other group of "Semites",so its realy a term that is inappropriate in todays setting . "JewHater" or at least "AntiJew" is more useful term and says exactly what it means!

some people have all the fun. ok but at least he didn't got a shoe, mmm Israelis r civilized.

Marco does not miss any opportunity to show his ignorance. Once again he shows that his writing is only based on hate of Israel and Jews. This whole discussion is absurd. There is no way you can use organs for transplantation from people that are shot. They have to be connected to a ventilator and have functioning circulation. Anybody like Marco who does not know the difference between obvious lying and critisism ar showing their true colours. Shame on you Marco who yourself has proclaimed that you are a proud antisemite. ( I am a physician with knowledge about technicalities about transplantations)

Contrary to what David from Los Angeles states one of Shem's children was Arpachshad and as we all know Abraham, the patriarch of both Hebrews and Arabs, was one of the descendants of Arpachshad. Thus both Arabs and Jews can correctly be called Semites. Applying the term 'Anti-Semite' in relation to Jews only is therefore of course erroneous. The fact that the term 'Anti-Semite' is popularly used to refer to Jews only doesn't make it correct. To give a parallel example: Most people believe that ostrich bury their head in the sand when frightened or lemming commit mass suicide. Either of these two cases are true regardless of how many people believe these myths. Likewise with the term 'Anti-Semite', just because people popularly believe that it refers only to the Jewish people doesn't mean it is true.

Bostrom is not an antisemite, he just wants to make some money. He does not care about Jews one way or the other. He figured that by publishing these obviously false stories he would sell more newspapers and become a celebrity. He was right. if anything, he was probably surprised that there were people stupid enough to believe the story, but that is not his problem.

As a former organ donor coordinator and nurse, I can assure you it is i-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e to harvest organs from people who are not on continuous life support AS they die. You cannot pick up a dead person and then take them somewhere and harvest organs. The only thing you cna get is corneas--BUT you must go through a long check list of rule outs regarding the persons medical history, otherwise no physician (or hospital) could use them--and it is impossible that the IDF has a team of cornea harvesters, ok? Why in hell doesn't someone ask this journalist why he failed to do some very nominal research into the basics of this business? Why?

The term was invented in 19th-century France and Germany because there was a need for it In the Middle Ages, hatred of Jews in Europe was based on religion. But in 18th century Western Europe people were no longer all religious so they needed another reason to hate Jews. Also, religious Jew-hatred left an escape hatch -- Jews could convert. Thus "anti-Semitism" was invented to hate Jews for racial reasons from which they could not escape. Nobody had Arabs or any other Semites in mind at the time. The all-inclusive and more definitive term would be Judeophobia.

He believes in it.

The Police should handcuff him and put in jail. Any person who tries to harm Israel or any state should be jailed. Short of that, he should be kicked out of Israel and should never be allowed to step foot in Israel.

is a normal practice. At least nobody have thrown the shoes to this Swedish fascist-propagandist dressed as liberal.

Someone call Goldstone and have him look into that.

Why should Israel be the only country that when people say she has the right to exist, they feel that they are saying something ground breaking? Saying it in itself is an anti-Semetic statement because it is only applied to Israel. I would like to return the compliment and say that I believe in the right of Sweden to exist.

hamass used him like they use everyone else to turn words and deeds against Israel...ONCE AGAIN ISRAEL NEEDS A good top PROPAGANDA writer DIRECTOR from a top western AD AGENCY OR PR FIRM...the horrors of hamass must be fought in the world news, the internet, the world stage...no guns needed just SHARPER Jewish MINDS using sharper anti-arab prpaganda words and deeds!.

Oh, please. Everyone knows that Arabs are Semites. Everyone also knows that anti-Semite means anti-Jewish, not anti-Arab. That said, I have no problem using "ignorant Jew hater." It is, after all, synonymous to "ignorant anti-Semite," whether you realize it or not.

rapists. Now lets investigate to see if this is a fact.

Thank you, doctor, for your reasoned and professional observation. My husband is a physician as well, and also scoffed at the absurdity of harvesting organs from gunshot victims and outside of a sterile and clinical facility. It's nothing but a modern-day blood libel, but ignorant Jew-haters have no problem in seizing any opportunity to make incredible fools of themselves. Neither is it lost on me that Malmo is in Sweden. Thank you again for speaking out.