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Belgian trade union official falsely accuses Israel of 'murdering Palestinian children for their organs'

The claim, which first surfaced in 2009, has been described as a modern day blood libel

October 22, 2018 10:58
Robrecht Vanderbeeken
1 min read

A senior official of one of the Belgium’s most prominent trade unions has accused Israel of “kidnapping and murdering Palestinian children for their organs.”

The alternative media De Wereld Morgen site published the piece by Robrecht Vanderbeeken, the cultural secretary of the ACOD trade union and a researcher at Ghent University, Belgian Jewish website Joods Actueel reported.

Mr Vanderbeeken wrote that "Gaza has been starved and poisoned by a land, sea and air blockade for more than 10 years, children have been kidnapped and murdered for their organs.”

De Wereld Morgen subsequently issued what it called a “correction” to Mr Vanderbeeken’s article, claiming that while Israel kidnaps and murders Palestinian children and uses organs belonging to Palestinians it kills, the media site had decided “not to suggest a causality between the kidnapping and murder of children by the Israeli occupation army and the removal of organs for transplants.”

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