PA claims Israel harvesting organs of dead Palestinians

[shira]

Envoy to UN says bodies returned without corneas, other organs; Israeli ambassador blasts ‘anti-Semitic blood libel’


The Palestinian Authority’s UN representative claimed Israel is harvesting the organs of dead Palestinians, leading Israel’s envoy to accuse the PA of spreading a blood libel.

In a letter to the UN secretary general, ambassador Riyad Mansour protested Israel’s “persistent aggression against the Palestinian people” over the past month of unrest and what he called its “insistence on use of violent force and oppressive measures.”

He then claimed that bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces “were returned with missing corneas and other organs, further confirming past reports about organ harvesting by the occupying power.”

In response, Israeli envoy Danny Danon called the organ harvesting accusation a “blood libel” and said the claim had shown the Palestinian ambassador’s true “anti-Semitic face.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-claims-israel-harvesting-organs-of-dead-palestinians/

[NaturalHigh]

1. The really scary thing is that some people will actually believe him.

[hollysmom]

2. waste not want not

this will sound cold, but if someone is already dead, what does it matter - ONLY IF the family gives permission and it should not just be one side or another but on both sides. OK, I have a friend who needs a kidney. The wait is very hard.

[shira]

3. Well, just because his brain is missing doesn't mean Israel stole it. n/t