In February 2010 , the newspaper generated controversy when it published an article which claimed that an Israel Defense Forces emergency aid hospital in Haiti ( after the 2010 Haiti earthquake ) was secretly harvesting organs and selling them on the black market . The article , written by American blogger Stephen Lendman , cited a video broadcast on Hezbollah 's '' Al-Manar '' television , which consisted of a warning from an individual named " T West " who claimed to represent the group AfriSynergy , but cited no evidence . In response , founding chairman Sameh Habeeb stated that Lendman ’s article represents " him and his views . Some people believe in this and some do n’t " . In the aftermath , Baroness Tonge , at this time a patron of '' The Palestine Telegraph '' , had to stand down as health spokesperson in the House of Lords on February 12 , 2010 . In a follow-up article by '' The Jerusalem Post '' on February 14 , 2010 , which denounced the claim of organ harvesting as false , Baroness Tonge called the claim " a silly allegation "
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
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