tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post2216548510731310507..comments2023-10-15T07:25:13.077-07:00Comments on BRUMSPEAK: Implications of Swedish Newspaper's Blood-Libel: The New Anti-Semitism: the State of Israel as the "Jew" of the WorldDavid Brumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290621672310065155noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post-5399248995036056002009-08-27T11:06:44.819-07:002009-08-27T11:06:44.819-07:00Both Aftonbladet and the Swedish government are re...Both Aftonbladet and the Swedish government are responding to Israel's anger at the report that Israelis kill Arabs to sell their organs by saying that Sweden has freedom of speech. Yet every country that has freedom of speech also has laws against libel. The story in Aftonbladet was written by a reporter who has since said that he didn't know whether or not it was true. He defended writing the article on the grounds that the issue ought to be investigated. He has no idea that writing something that is not known to be fact but that will lead to intense hatred is not proper journalism. Furthermore, he is writing in a world where Israel is the most hated country on earth--a world where Ahmadinejad has called for Israel's destruction, and presumably, the destruction of its citizens. The reporter, in all likelihood, agrees with Ahmadinejad. The fact that Sweden has freedom of speech and of the press should now be an occasion for Sweden and the world to disscuss just how intense and vicious anti-Zionism can be.George Jochnowitzhttp://www.jochnowitz.netnoreply@blogger.com