Palestinians will kick off their national vaccination campaign Sunday, offering long-awaited jabs to the general public for the first time following the arrival of does from the GAVI Alliance and COVAX, a vaccine-sharing program. Allison Deger unpacks the supply chain that brings the essential vaccines across the globe, and through Israeli checkpoints, into the arms of Palestinians.
When Neta Golan’s husband traveled to Egypt at the beginning of March for a wedding, she never imagined it would take nearly five months for him to make his way home. Her story is just one of thousands of families where Palestinians were stranded abroad.
“The night is filled with the anxiety that any interaction with Israeli security triggers. We leave all of our suspicious material on Palestine, human rights, and any evidence of an interest in justice in an extra bag in Amman to retrieve on our return, and arrive at Allenby Bridge at 7:30 am.” — Alice Rothchild on entering Palestine from Jordan.
It’s not easy for a religious Jew to feel civilized these days. On the streets…