A Swedish journalist who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting Palestinian organs in a popular Swedish newspaper is reconsidering his position.
Donald Bostrom cancelled a scheduled appearance at a conference in Beirut after a visit to Israel in which he participated in a media conference dialogue on the issue, according to Army Radio.
The Beirut conference was set to be an anti-Israel hate fest, according to reports.
“The visit to Israel and the fact that I was part of a fair dialogue made me rethink the whole issue,” Bostrom reportedly told associates, according to Ha’aretz. Bostrum admitted that his only proof of the organ stealing came from the allegations of the Palestinian families.
In an article published in August in the popular Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Bostrum reported that Israel seized young Palestinian men and returned them to their families with missing organs. The headline of the story read: “They plunder the organs of our sons.” — jta