1. United States
2. Conn.
3. Letter

The Israeli regime's practices of mutilating and stealing organs from the bodies of deceased Palestinians, withholding corpses from families, and desecrating graves are appalling violations of human dignity and international law. An Israeli television report in 2014 included confessions from high-ranking regime officials that skin was stolen from the bodies of dead Palestinians and Africans. These despicable acts rob the dead of their rightful respect and the bereaved of the chance to properly mourn their loved ones. No justification can excuse such depraved conduct. This necroharvesting and ghoulish mistreatment of the deceased adds another grotesque chapter to the regime's litany of human rights abuses against the Palestinian people. The international community must condemn these atrocities in the strongest terms and take concrete steps to hold the perpetrators accountable for their crimes against the dead and their grieving families. All foreign and military aid to Israel must stop. Basic human decency demands nothing less.