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Originally Posted by mac_82
Speaking out about something Israel did is not antisemitic. That term is thrown around way to loosely these days.
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The term is thrown around a lot these days, and at times one would have to consider the accuser (often the accuser does not recognize true antisemitism or has their own agenda for making the accusation).
In this case the quote you use is taken out of context.
Accusing Israel of purposely going out and killing Palestinians for the sole purpose of harvesting their organs for use in Jewish hospitals is a modern version of the age old blood-libel (like Jews needing Christian baby's blood to make motzah for Passover) and is an antisemitic slur. This was the gist of the Swedish article.
Accusing Israel of using the organs of dead Israeli soldiers, Israeli citizens, Palestinians and foreign workers without a relative's permission is indeed a valid policy arguing point (and a bit grotesque). I can understand a doctor's argument that this practice saves lives and that hospitals in Israel do not discriminate (it is just as likely that a Palestinian patient received an Israeli organ as the other way around - heck, a Palestinian doctor may have performed the operation on an Israeli patient). However, without a relative's permission this practice is both unethical and amoral and I am very disappointed that it ever happened.