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The Aftonbladet Organ-Trafficking Accusations against Israel: A Case Study

March 1, 2010 | Mikael Tossavainen

In August 2009, Sweden's largest daily Aftonbladet, a tabloid, published an article implying that the Israel Defense Forces kills Palestinians to provide the Israeli medical establishment with organs. The article was heavily criticized in the Swedish media, and several papers denounced it as anti-Semitic. The Swedish government refused to comment on the article, claiming legal factors prevented them.

Swedish Reactions to the Anti-Israel Blood Libel Report

October 15, 2009 | Mikael Tossavainen

The Swedish daily Aftonbladet (AB) published an article suggesting that the Israeli army and medical establishment had colluded to harvest organs from Palestinians and sell them overseas. AB may have won the battle over what it is allowed to print, but it has most certainly lost the war over what should be written.

The Muhammad Al-Dura Blood Libel: A Case Analysis

November 16, 2008 | Richard Landes

On 30 September 2000, Charles Enderlin, the Jerusalem-based head of the Middle East Bureau of the French television station France 2, presented sixty seconds of footage of what he described as the killing of a twelve-year-old Palestinian boy named Muhammad al-Dura targeted by Israeli soldiers. Enderlin claimed that he had additional film material of the boy's "death throes" that was too shocking to be shown.

The Muhammad Al-Dura Blood Libel: A Case Analysis

October 6, 2008 | Richard Landes

Ahmadinejad, Iran, and Holocaust Manipulation: Methods, Aims, and Reactions

February 1, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Manfred Gerstenfeld on Poison: Modern Manifestations of a Blood Libel

March 1, 2005 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Poison: The Use of Blood Libel in the War Against Israel

April 15, 2002 | Raphael Israeli