Updates on #Palestinian vaccinations: After conflicting reports on negotiations between Israel/PA regarding #COVID19 vaccines (again, the PA is not required to "ask" under IHL), Israel rejected PA requests for vaccines for medical workers. (independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…).
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Today, the Palestinian Authority reports that they won't receive their first shipments of vaccines (not from Israel, but from AstraZeneca and potentially Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Russia, and/or the WHO COVAX program for LMIC) until March: reuters.com/article/us-hea…
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This after Netanyahu promised that all Israelis above age 16 (presumably including settlers in the West Bank) would be vaccinated by end of March, coincidentally before the next round of Israeli elections: cnn.com/world/live-new…
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Is this not the very definition of a two-tiered system? What do people want to call it? Israel wants it both ways: to not be called an occupier that has responsibility for Palestinians, while maintaining near complete control over the Palestinian economy, borders, etc.
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