I am just back from holidaying in Sweden. And while I dutifully kept away from blogging, I did follow the news and the developing Swedish-Israeli dispute, the implications of which may yet become global.
For those of you who have yet to read up on this story, it all started last week. In an article for Aftonbladet, Donald Bostroem recounted Palestinian allegations that IDF soldiers killed Palestinians to harvest their organs, and implied a link to the recent arrest, in the US, of organ-trafficking suspects. Many of the suspects were Jewish.
Having read the article, the Swedish Ambassador to Israel issued a strong condemnation, saying she found the article “as shocking and appalling to us Swedes as it is to Israeli citizens.” This prompted counter-condemnation from Aftonposten’s editor, who demanded that the Swedish government respect the freedom of the press.
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