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December 24, 2009

Israeli Organ Harvesting Scandal Revealed
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In news from Israeli, it was acknowledged Wednesday that Israeli
authorities harvested organs from the dead bodies for transplant
purposes in the 1990s. Organs from Palestinians, Israelis and foreign
workers were stolen without permission from relatives of the deceased.
Over the weekend, an Israeli TV station aired an interview with the
former head of a state-run forensic lab who openly described harvesting
corneas, heart valves, skin and bone.



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