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Israel Matters #29V2 ISRAELISRAEL MATTERS! MATTERS! Publication of the Israel Affairs Committee of Temple Beth Sholom Issue Number 29 October 2009 Israel and Sweden At Odds Over “Blood Libel” Accusation of IDF Organ Thefts Italy: EU Should Con- Israel has urged the Swedish government to condemn an article recently pub- lished in a Swedish newspaper that accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of demn Swedish Organ harvesting organs from Palestinians wounded or killed by soldiers. Theft Article The furor over the article gathered into a diplomatic storm centering around Italy’s foreign minister, Franco questions of anti-Semitism and freedom of speech. Israeli Prime Minister Benja- Frattini, says he has met with min Netanyahu told ministers at a cabinet meeting that the article, published in his Swedish counterpart, Carl the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet, was “outrageous” and compared it to Bildt, to iron out a strategy for a “blood libel,” referring to medieval anti-Semitic accusations that Jews ritually resolving the fallout from an killed gentile children and collected their blood. The article, by the Swedish jour- article published in the Afton- nalist Donald Bostrom, ran in the newspaper on Aug. 17. It was based on accu- bladet newspaper, which re- sations Mr. Bostrom heard from Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in the ported allegations that the Is- 1990s, which he published in a book on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2001. raeli army harvested the or- “We are not asking the government of Sweden for an apology,” Mr. Netanyahu gans of dead Palestinians. said. “We are asking for their condemnation. We are not asking from them any- Bildt has denied that the two thing we do not ask of ourselves.” While Mr. Netanyahu made his comments be- discussed the crisis. hind closed doors, other Israeli ministers publicly attacked the Swedish govern- Frattini said the two agreed ment’s refusal to take an official stand against the article. Avigdor Lieberman, that at an upcoming meeting Israel’s outspoken foreign minister, led the protest saying that the Swedish gov- of European Union foreign ernment’s silence was “reminiscent of Sweden’s position during World War II, ministers they will work to when it also did not become involved.” pass a resolution making it Sweden currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, and its clear that the EU, under the foreign minister, Carl Bildt, had been scheduled to visit Israel during September Swedish presidency, strongly but the visit was cancelled. Mr. Bildt rejected Israeli calls for an official condem- condemns anti-Semitism. Frat- nation of the article saying freedom of expression was part of the Swedish Con- tini said the accusations made stitution. Sweden’s ambassador to Israel, Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier, issued a in the Aftonbladet article are statement calling the Aftonbladet article “shocking and appalling,” sharing the “terrible conclusions, lying and dismay of the Israeli government and public. The Swedish Foreign Ministry sub- hurtful, and they have the sequently disavowed her denunciation, however. power to assist all those who seek to incite against Jews or Antagonism between Israel and Sweden increased in light of evidence that Swe- who oppose the existence of den’s government assisted in funding the “research” for the story. News of the the State of Israel.” funding was broken by the Israeli newspaper, Maariv, when it reported that most of the material in the controversial article appeared in the book written in “Every initiative against anti- 2001 by the author of the article. The book, entitled Inshallah, was funded by Semitism is welcome,” said an various bodies, including the Foreign Ministry of Sweden. Israeli ministry spokesman. “But if the declaration is gen- In January, Israel had another unpleasant experience with Swedish journalism eral and does not specifically when Islamists fired rockets and threw pipe-bombs at pro-Israel demonstrators relate to the article, it will not in the Swedish city of Malmö. In its coverage of the incident, southern Sweden’s resolve anything.” largest newspaper, Sydsvenskan, reported that “violence did not occur.” Editorial: Madonna Tours Jewish Holy Sites in Jerusalem As this issue goes to press, the The “Material Girl” opened her recent visit to Israel with a spiritual touch. High Holidays are rapidly ap- Madonna went to Jerusalem's Old City where she toured an ancient tunnel proaching and we are entering near the Western Wall. another year of publishing Is- rael Matters! Our philosophy The 51-year-old pop star is to approach each issue as a arrived in a black Mercedes way to reinforce the message van and was escorted into that Israel is a vibrant country the tunnel by police. She to which we as American Jews made no comment to repor- are inextricably joined. In the ters and was whisked away limited space available, we try about a half hour later. to present a sampling of arti- Madonna isn't Jewish, but cles that have appeared in the she's a follower of Jewish media that are reflective of the mysticism and has even geo-political issues affecting taken the Hebrew name Israel, those that highlight the Esther. science and technology for She arrived in Israel for a which that small country is pair of concerts on her justifiably famous, and some Sticky and Sweet tour. that are offered merely to illus- Madonna brought her mix of provocative music and spirituality with a con- trate the vitality of contempo- cert in front of 50,000 fans who had endured a 16-year wait since the pop rary Israel. All in all, the icon’s last gig in Israel. preparation of Israel Matters! is a labor of love, one in which Israeli radio stations played Madonna songs through the day and recorded we hope you share our con- Madonna tunes greeted concertgoers as they lined up to enter the concert tinuing enthusiasm. grounds. On Israel’s Army Radio, a DJ interrupted a song briefly to quip that “tonight, Aunt Esther is playing at Hayarkon Park.” L’Shana Tovah Tikatevu, “I shouldn’t have stayed so long away,” Madonna told the adoring crowd Ed and Randy Berns, Co- midway through the show, as she broke away from the script to express her Chairs, TBS Israel Affairs Com- affection for the country. “Every time I come here, I get so supercharged mittee with energy,” she said. “I truly believe that Israel is the energy center of the world.” Facebook Prevents Israelis in Golan from Identifying Selves as Living in Israel Although the Golan falls under Israeli law, residents of the region wishing to write “Israel” in the Hometown sec- tion of their Facebook profiles were not given the option. Instead, residents of Jewish towns, including Qazrin, Ramat Magshimim, Geshur, Mevo Hanna, and Had Nes were only given the option of writing “Syria” in their Hometown sec- tion. Facebook users protested its decision to define the national origin of Golan residents. They argued at the very least, Facebook should include the option of writing “Israel” in the hometown sec- tion, as it has done with Jewish residents of the West Bank. In about two weeks, more than 2,500 Facebook users responded by urging Facebook for a change of policy. Apparently, Facebook heard their voices. As a result, Facebook has changed its settings and now applies the same policy for Golan residents as it does for the West Bank. When people scroll down, they will see the name Facebook profile screen showing Syria as default of the town with Israel written below it, identifying it as part of Israel. However, just as with the West Bank, Golan residents still cannot choose to have the word “Israel” appear in the Hometown line. Israeli Science & Technology Israel Developing World’s Smallest Camera Two Israeli companies - medical device company Medigus and spe- Regrowing Blood Vessels in Hu- cialty foundry company Tower Semiconductor - have announced man Heart May Render Bypass their collaboration on the world's smallest medical video camera. Surgery History Based on advanced complementary metal– oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology, In a groundbreaking discovery that may the sophisticated tiny camera will be used eventually render bypass surgery history, for disposable endoscopes and various medi- researchers at Tel Aviv University have cal and surgical purposes. Medigus, experts shown that an injected protein can regrow in the miniaturization of diagnostic and sur- blood vessels in the human heart. In heart gical tools and Tower, a leading specialty disease, blood vessels are either clogged or Earlier version of the Medigus semiconductor manufacturer and foremost endoscopic camera die off, starving the heart of oxygen and CMOS image sensor provider, expect the leaving it highly susceptible to a cardiac at- innovation will lower the cost of endoscopic and other diagnostic tack. procedures, as well as improve curative treatments. Dr. Britta Hardy of TAU's Sackler School of The companies released a joint press release in which they touted Medicine and her team of researchers have the product as “offer[ing] a high performance product at a low cost developed a protein-based injection that and combining superb sensitivity, resolution and dynamic versatil- when delivered straight to muscles in the ity, allowing customers a variety of potential medical applications body, sparks the regrowth of tiny blood ves- in growing markets such as Gastroenterology, Natural Orifice sels. The new vessels in the heart could give Transluminal Endoscopy Surgery, Bronchoscopy, Orthopedics, and millions of people around the world a new ENT.” lease on life. The mini-cameras will measure a mere 700 by 700 microns, or “The biotechnology behind our human-based about seven times the width of a human hair. Because they will be protein therapy is very complicated, but the created for one-time use, they will not need to be sterilized after goal is simple and the solution is straightfor- performing their work.
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