DaysofPal- Palestinian Health Ministry Director General in Gaza, Munir al-Barsh, has raised serious questions over the record-breaking organ donation figures announced by Israel, arguing that these numbers fail to answer a fundamental and troubling question: where do such large numbers of donated kidneys come from?
In a press statement, al-Barsh pointed out the contradiction between Israel’s public celebration of unprecedented organ donation statistics and its long-documented practice of holding the bodies of deceased Palestinians for years.
He said the same authorities that retain Palestinian remains now present themselves internationally as a humanitarian model in the field of organ donation, without offering clear explanations for the sources of these organs.
Al-Barsh noted that some Palestinian bodies were returned to their families after prolonged detention with organs missing, including kidneys, and without forensic reports or any opportunity for accountability.
He stressed that these are not allegations based on speculation, but cases supported by medical testimonies and documented incidents involving bodies handed over incomplete.
He emphasized that Palestinians do not oppose medicine or the principle of organ donation itself. What they reject, he said, is the use of humanitarian values as a public relations cover and the exploitation of Palestinian bodies, whether of the living or the dead, to manufacture achievements promoted globally while the underlying truth remains concealed.
Al-Barsh added that the absence of transparency, coupled with the prevention of any form of international oversight, makes doubt unavoidable and turns accountability into a moral and legal obligation. He argued that the issue is not about celebrating new records, but about uncovering facts.
Al-Barsh stated that an independent international investigation is desperately needed in order to identify the origins of these organs, ascertain who gave the go-ahead for such practices, and investigate who remained silent and why that silence seems to be rewarded with public praise and purported “achievements.”
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