Palestinian health workers and medical professionals in Gaza are still struggling to get their hands on the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, after Israeli authorities reportedly blocked the entry of 2,000 doses into the besieged territory, according to Palestinian officials.
Palestinians wait for travel permits to enter into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, in…
With the one year anniversary of the pandemic in Palestine fast approaching, and minuscule numbers of the population getting vaccinated, the COVID-19 situation in Palestine remains bleak, and will likely continue to grow in the coming months.
A Palestinian health worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine provided by Israel…
After weeks of mounting pressure from the international community, Israel announced that it will be giving 5,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the Palestinian Authority (PA) — an amount so miniscule, that the PA said it “will not help us.”
Last week’s assurances that the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine would arrive in the West Bank by Sunday went unfulfilled, as the coronavirus continues to spread albeit at a slower rate.
Netanyahu is running for reelection by saying there is “one state” between the river and the sea in which Jews and Arabs work together. He’s solidifying the apartheid reality under the nose of the Biden administration, which says pointedly that it won’t be undertaking negotiations because Israeli Palestinian trust is at a “nadir”.
As Israel continues to deny responsibility for inoculating the Palestinian population in the occupied Palestinian territory, the government has carried on with its demolition campaign against Palestinian homes and structures.
Andrew Marr of the BBC grilled Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein about why Israel is not extending its vaccination program to the Palestinian people in territories it occupies, and Edelstein said Israel has no more obligation to them than the Palestinian minister of health has to “take care of dolphins in the Mediterranean.” Yes, you heard that right.
Palestinians are expected to receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccines as early as this weekend, albeit a much smaller shipment than first anticipated.