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Israel hits back over Swedish organ harvesting article

cnn.com
Aug. 23, 2009
Israel on Sunday withheld the press credentials of a Swedish newspaper in retaliation for a controversial piece that suggested the Israeli army kidnapped and killed young Palestinians to harvest their organs.
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