Donald Boström

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Donald Boström in 2015

Carl Donald Boström (born 30 May 1954) is a

Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He is also a former WikiLeaks volunteer[1][2] and has authored several cookbooks
.

2009 article on organ trafficking

Main article:
Aftonbladet–Israel controversy

On 17 August 2009 the tabloid

Blood libel against Jews,[7][8]
and set off a diplomatic row between the Israeli and Swedish governments.

The Swedish and Israeli media were highly critical of the article,

Swedish newspapers found that all would have refused the article as it was based on outmoded hearsay and rumors.[11] Family members of Bilal Ghanem, the Palestinian at the center of the article's allegations, confirmed that Ghanem's organs had been removed after he was shot at the gate of his family's home and transferred by the military ambulance to a helicopter. Israeli forces returned the body to his family a week after in a state which his brother, Jalal Ghanem, describes as: "It was very clear that there was no abdomen, it showed from the way it was stitched. There were no teeth in his mouth".[12]

In his interview with the Arab news site Menassat, Boström is quoted as saying: "There is no conclusive evidence, only a collection of allegations and suspicious circumstances ... The point is that we know there is organ trafficking in Israel. And we also know that there are families claiming that their children's organs have been harvested. These two facts together point to the need for further investigation".[13] Reporting about a media conference in Dimona, where Donald Boström participated in order to defend his article "before a hostile audience",[14] Israeli newspaper Haaretz states that Boström admitted that he had no proof beyond the allegations of the families of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army.[14]

Financing

Israeli daily

Swedish Foreign Ministry.[15]

Boström received the 2007 KW Gullers stipendium (scholarship) from the Nordic Museum in honor of the late Swedish photographer K.W. Gullers [sv].[16]

Works

References

  1. ^ Chen, Adrian (10 February 2011). "Julian Assange Has at Least Four Love Children". Gawker. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. OCLC 698329584
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  3. ^ a b Boström, Donald (17 August 2009). "Våra söner plundras på sina organ". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Israel-Sweden row over media report" Al-Jazeera 24 August 2009
  5. ^ "Article about organ harvesting sparks Israel-Sweden tiff" Los Angeles Times 24 August 2009
  6. ^ Ezra HaLevi. Infamous Chief Pathologist to Once Again Evade Punishment, 09/26/05.
  7. ^ "Top Sweden newspaper says IDF kills Palestinians for their organs". Haaretz. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  8. ^ "Swedish daily hits back at critics of IDF organ harvest story". Haaretz. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  9. Agence France Presse
  10. ^ BBC News, 24 August 2009: Israeli and Swedish on organ row
  11. SvD
     26 August 2009
  12. ^ Palestinians seek organ theft probe Al-Jazeera 28 August 2009
  13. ^ "Israel claims Swedish press committing 'blood libel' over organ theft allegations" Menassat 21 August 2009
  14. ^ a b Izikovich, Gili (2 November 2009). "'I have no proof the IDF harvests Palestinians' organs'". Haaretz. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  15. Jerusalem Post. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original
    on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  16. ^ "Gullersstipendiat 2007: Donald Boström" (in Swedish). Nordic Museum. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
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