TEL AVIV, August 18, 2009 (WAFA)-A leading Swedish newspaper reported this week that Israeli soldiers are abducting Palestinians in order to steal their organs, the Israeli daily Haaretz said Tuesday.
'They plunder the organs of our sons,' read the headline in
The report quotes Palestinian claims that young men from the
'Our sons are used as involuntary organ donors,' relatives of Khaled from Nablus said to me, as did the mother of Raed from Jenin as well as the uncles of Mahmod and Nafes from Gaza, who all had disappeared for a few days and returned by night, dead and autopsied,' writes author Donald Boström in his report.
Boström's article makes a link to the recent exposure of an alleged crime syndicate in
Boström also cites an incident of alleged organ snatching from 1992, during the time of the 1987 intifada. He says that the Israeli Army seized a young man known for throwing stones at Israeli troops in the Nablus area, who was shot in the chest, both legs, and the stomach before being taken to a military helicopter which transported him to 'a place unknown to his loved ones'.
Five nights later, Boström says, the young man's body was returned, wrapped in green hospital sheets.
'The sharp sounds from the shovels were mixed with the occasional laughter from the soldiers who were joking with each other, waiting to go home. When Bilal was put into his grave, his chest was revealed and suddenly it became clear to the present what abuse he had been put through. Bilal was far from the only one who was buried cut-up from his stomach to his chin and the speculations about the reason why had already started,' he writes.
