A modern blood libel

My article is based on these articles:
http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3763958,00.html
http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3765235,00.html

A daily newspaper in Sweden, called the Aftonbladet, recently published an anti-Israeli article, claiming that soldiers from the Israeli Defense Forces killed Palestinian citizens, so they can take their organs and sell them. The journalist that wrote that article, Donald Bostrom, already stated that he is(gr.) not anti-Semitic, and that he is(gr.) just telling the story as it is(gr.).

However, the Israeli media is nowadays furious and denies this article. News anchor Yonit Levy expressed that the story is "ridiculous and untrue", and some politicians, like Yuval Steinitz, even said that the article was "modern blood libel". Israeli citizens even started a consumer's excommunication against Swedish trademarks, like IKEA. Our Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, already said that Israel is not excepting an apology from the Swedish government, but a denunciation.

In my opinion, this story is totally untrue and very foolish. Bostrom didn't even give proof that the story is right, and he wrote the whole false article based on eye witnessing of Palestinian women that can easily just lie – they have their cause. In our days of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle, extreme haters from both sides can tell total made-up stories to make the other side seem evil and not humane.

As for what the Swedish government should do, I'm not completely sure. Clearly, the Swedish president is not the one to apologize for the horrible article, but the Aftonbladet editor. I'm not also(מיותר) sure if the Swedish government should denunciate the article. On the one hand, Sweden is a democratic country that supports the freedom of speech, as many countries (including Israel). On the other hand, the Aftonbaldet is not just an insignificant periodical; it is the leading newspaper in Sweden, which features an anti-Israeli article, which is just unnatural!

To conclude, I think the article is completely false and foolish, and I think we all should expect a sincere apology from the editor of the newspaper, Aftonbladet.

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Daphna