“Israel” organ theft article, source of ‘death threats’

The Swedish journalist who caused a controversy by accusing "Israeli" forces of stealing and selling Palestinian organs says he has been receiving death threats.

Donald Bostrom's article was published in Aftonbladet daily in August and caused a diplomatic row between Sweden and "Israel". On Sunday, he told a press conference in Damascus, Syria, that he has been receiving threats on his life ever since.

In the article, which he claims is based on the testimonies of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, he paints a monstrous picture of the conflict. It said that "Israeli" forces for the past 17 years had murdered Palestinian youths for their organs.

The piece also highlighted a current case of an American Jew charged with trafficking kidneys of Palestinians.

"Israeli" officials on Saturday revealed that they were considering whether or not to recall the ambassador to Stockholm in view of the Swedish Foreign Ministry's refusal to condemn the report, which Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman branded as anti-Semitic.

Sweden says it respects freedom of speech as part of its Constitution.