Swedish Paper Publishes Blood Libel

Reminiscent of nazi era and medieval blood libels against Jews, radical leftist anti-Semite Donald Boström wrote an article in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet accusing Israel of murdering palestinians and cutting out their organs to sell them. Hatred of Israel and Jews in Sweden and throughout Europe is reaching epidemic proportions, even as the continent is increasingly being conquered by hostile and violent muslims. You would think the Swedes would focus their ire against the muslim population trying to transform their country into an islamic state rather than Jews and Israel. This will only get worse as Sweden and the rest of Europe becomes increasingly islamized. This is also the result of an emasculated socialist nanny state which resents and envies individual achievement, and Jews are high achievers.

Stop the Presses: Blood Libel Goes Mainstream: Swedish Newspaper Proves Antisemitism Is Anti-Zionism Is Now Acceptable
By Barry Rubin

We are not talking about a Saudi newspaper or Hamas radio station but a Swedish newspaper. We are not talking about a neo-Nazi rag but a daily closely tied to the Swedish Social Democratic Party. And we are not just talking about an obscure item but an article that received top billing.

On August 18, Aftonbladet published an article by a man named Donald Boström. The editor responsible is named Åsa Linderborg. She is the newspaper’s cultural affairs’ editor.

This was no random decision for her. When asked once: “What do you wish for most in life right now?” She answered: “What a simple question. What I want is a free Palestine.”

And what did this article say? That Israel’s army deliberately murders Palestinian civilians so that it can cut out and sell their organs to sick people needing transplants.

The story is based on the arrest of a Jewish man in Brooklyn for selling organs but the news coverage has no hint of any Israeli connection.

The Swedish story is based on Palestinian sources (though the author also claims he has UN sources for it)--like so many slanders of Israel which are widely purveyed. It is easy to forget that the false claim of a Jenin massacre--which received massive coverage in the Western media--was based on an interview with a single Palestinian who nobody even knew.

[Ironically, the Beirut Daily Star has a very responsible article, also with no claim of Israeli involvement, on the issue of organ sales.]

At this point you are no doubt thinking: This is some kind of sick joke.

Yes, it is. But the newspaper published it any way.

Apparently, the author is a left-wing activist for Palestinian causes, though the newspaper calls him a journalist.

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