Israeli troops 'kidnap' Palestinians for organs

[Magda Hassan]

I think there are several thing in play here. Would it occur to the families that their loved one has been gutted and organs removed? The Israeli authorities say that the surgical marks are autopsies which they are and can be but this does not preclude organ removal as well. Even if it had occurred to the families that this may have occurred how are they going to know and prove it unless they spend lots of money to have another post mortem examination. Money that the vast majority of Palestinians do not have. I doubt that they are going to put their beloved on the kitchen table and open them up themselves and in any case there would be by laws for this sort of thing. Plus there are religious and cultural and just plain old visceral limits and taboos to what people will subject their deceased and living families to. Given the presence of the IDF agents and others at the burials and in the handling of the body before hand the family is made to feel they are lucky to even have a body to bury.

There are many cases were the remains of the bodies have not been returned to the families. But if this were to be standard practice this would also cause much bureaucratic black holes which could lead to unpleasant consequences for the IDF as a whole. Bodies have to be accounted for. Too many missing people raises too many questions. As it is there are too many questons. Better to return the body to the family and have a burial under the control of the IDF as seems to be happening according to the previous post from Uruknet.