U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Robert Wexler are Jews whose sole purpose for being on the Senate is to look out for their own kind. Here, they provide no evidence whatsoever that the contents of the article are false! Only that 'thou shall remain silent and never shall thou voice your opinion against the 'chosen people'.

U.S. Congress members to EU: Condemn IDF organ harvesting article

Last update - 01:15 05/09/2009

By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: Israel News, organ harvest

Members of the U.S. Congress on Friday urged European foreign ministers to denounce an article published in the Swedish daily Aftonbladet alleging that Israel Defense Forces soldiers kill Palestinians in order to harvest their organs.

"We at the U.S. Helsinki Commission are dedicated to upholding human rights, particularly freedom of the press," said U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a Democrat from Maryland, who is chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

"But with freedom of the press comes responsibility. And when major press outlets fail to meet their responsibility, and instead raise the specter of racism or anti-Semitism, then public officials are duty bound to speak out and condemn such blatant falsehoods. I commend Sweden's Ambassador to Israel for fulfilling this duty."

Meanwhile, on Thursday, additional U.S. officials wrote a letter to Sweden's prime minister, urging him to condemn the article.

"Given the far-reaching implications for this article, which raises the unfortunate specter of similar blood libels and spurious charges that have been directed at Jews throughout the centuries, it is critical that your government unequivocally repudiate and reject the heinous allegations expressed in this article," wrote Congressmen Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Elton Gallegly (R-CA), members on the Subcommittee on Europe, in a letter to the Swedish prime minister.

The congressmen added that it is essential for Sweden, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, to set an example for the EU and condemn the article as blatant anti-Semitism.

"It is essential that this vitriolic article not be used by anti-Semites, anti-Israel advocates, and extremists as an excuse to commit acts of violence and terrorism against the Jewish community in Sweden or internationally,?" the letter stated.

The Congressmen also responded to the Swedish foreign minister's claim that the article could not be condemned because it was protected under freedom of the press. "We believe this freedom also comes with the obligation to report the news in a truthful manner," the representatives said.