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2024-03-28 07:10:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 12CFCD19109016944F31F17B270FF26754FFE64E60703FDB52D0502614037BD4
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Misrepresentation: The cropped screenshot is of an Al-Jazeera article from Dec. 21, 2009 alleging incidents from the 1990s. Claims of Israeli organ harvesting have been discredited. Transplant organs must be taken from living donors & are not viable from deceased bodies. https://www.government.nl/topics/organ-tissue-donation/question-and-answer/if-i-am-a-registered-donor-what-will-happen-to-my-body-after-my-death#:~:text=Organ%20donation%20is%20only%20possible,to%20circulate%20through%20their%20body. https://www.newsweek.com/israel-organ-harvesting-allegations-explained-1847101#:~:text=Donald%20Bostrom%E2%80%94the%20journalist%20who%20wrote%20the%20article%E2%80%94said%20there%20was%20no%20evidence%20of%20Israeli%20forces%20stealing%20Palestinians%20for%20organ%20harvesting%2C%20but%20he%20believed%20Israel%27s%20donation%20policy%20needed%20to%20be%20investigated. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/12/21/israel-admits-to-organ-thefts
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