Gilad Atzmon - The IDF: Israel's Organ Grinder

[mary <humdrum2 at libero.it>]

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/08/19/gilad-atzmon-the-idf-israels-organ-grinder/

Gilad Atzmon writes on the Swedish report regarding testimonies of 
parents of men killed by the IDF who evidently had their bodies 
plundered for organs. Those who have no illusions regarding a very 
immoral army will be disgusted and horrified, although they may not 
be surprised, since these reports have been circulating for some 
time, and IDF top brass seem to have made a post-career boom out of 
it. It is sufficient to remember the retired Israeli officer arrested 
in Brazil for illegal organs trafficking, 
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200401/ai_kepm352375/ 
, the ongoing international investigations since 2000 have reported 
over the years again and again that organ trafficking was an Israeli 
problem that could not be kept under wraps forever. As is printed in 
BioEdge, a Bio Ethics site, in 2004:

Organ donation rates in Israel are amongst the lowest in the 
developed world, partly because of a belief that Jewish religious law 
forbids it. To relieve the resulting organ shortage, brokers search 
for donors overseas for prices which can soar as high as US$150,000. 
Some advertise openly on radio stations for donors and recipients. 
There is no law in Israel against organ trafficking and government 
policy effectively encourages it by allowing Israelis who go abroad 
for transplants to be reimbursed as much as $80,000. 
http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/7726/

So, why would any of this really seem to be from beyond the beyond, 
that the IDF would have been part of this dirty business, especially 
in the light of the recent discovery of an organ trafficking ring 
involving Israel and with its ringleader a New Jersey Rabbi, reported 
to the Federal Agencies as long ago as 2001?

Are the accusations true? Are the testimonies and the photographs not 
enough? Should it all end with the Israeli papers that are jumping to 
defame the journalist as anti-semitic? Should we accept the reply of 
the Israeli Foreign Minister, "We call on every Swedish citizen who 
holds democracy dear to reject these inflammatory (accusations)."

Far better would be to further investigate. If there were accusations 
of this sort circulating, one would think that rather than the 
knee-jerk defensive reaction, a humane person would take 
responsibility for  knowing the facts and punishing the criminals of 
such heinous and outrageous exploitation of human beings.