Following the abominable story about Israeli soldiers harvesting Palestinian organs that appeared in Sweden’s largest tabloid, and the ensuing diplomatic battle between Israel and Sweden, with Israel accusing Sweden of hiding behind “freedom of expression” as an excuse not to condemn Antisemitism, here are excerpts from the Code of Conduct for Swedish journalists, as taken from the website of the Swedish Union of Journalists. By the way, the reporter of the original story, Donald Bostrom, is not a member of the Union. What a pity he cannot be held to the Code of Conduct.

The Code of Conduct for press, radio and TV: An expression of professional journalistic ethics

The Code of Conduct for press, radio and TV is the foundation for the self-regulatory system of Swedish press
ethics. The idea is that the media shall protect the freedom of the press and freedom of expression by setting
their own limits. If the media attempt to keep their own house in order, the risk of legislative intervention is
reduced. Continue reading →

In the Arab Israeli village of Jaljulia in the Sharon area, 8 youths lynched a Jewish man at the Tel Baruch beach in Tel-Aviv over the weekend.

The killing is the latest in a spate of cases in just two weeks which has seen 10 people murdered in often grisly circumstances, their bodies mutilated or burned in dumpsters.

That was over the past two weeks, the following is a crime blotter of news released for publication just Sunday. Continue reading →

It seems that quite a few political parties are showing signs of fissures, in the process of falling apart, or are on the verge of splitting into different factions:

The Labor party – Next week the four Labor rebels [Cabel, Tamir, Pines-Paz and Peretz] will decide on their next steps, including going to the High Court, to try split the party. Seems as if Labor chief Ehud Barak was just as keen to see the Mofaz bill pass in the Knesset as Prime Minister Netanyahu was – the bill makes it harder for the Labor rebels to split and form a new faction – they now need seven MKs to do that. Continue reading →

Psy-ops or Psych-out?

The following picture was aired last night on the Israel Broadcasting Authority’s Channel 1 TV news show ‘Mabat’.

Snapshot taken from Channel 1 TV News, 4 August 2009 21:18

The caption accompanying the photo on the IBA broadcast reads: ‘The Prime Minister visits the Dimona nuclear reactor, receives briefing on the scientific programs undertaken there’. Continue reading →