Jan 19, 2021
JERUSALEM After sprinting ahead in the race to inoculate its population against the coronavirus, Israel has struck a deal with Pfizer, promising to share vast troves of medical data with the international drug giant in exchange for the continued flow of its hard-to-get vaccine.
Proponents say the deal could allow Israel to become the first country to vaccinate most of its population, while providing valuable research that could help the rest of the world. But critics say the deal raises major ethical concerns, including possible privacy violations and a deepening of the global divide that enables wealthy countries to stockpile vaccines as poorer populations, including Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, have to wait longer to be inoculated.
By International Desk :On the first day of the new year, Bloomberg ran an opinion article by Daniel Gordis - senior vice president at Jerusalem's Shalem College - titled "Vaccination Miracle Brings Israel Back to Its Roots."The "miracle" in question refers to Israel's aggressive coronavirus vaccination drive, thanks to which it currently leads the world in per-capita vaccinations. And while Israel's literal "roots" lie in the uprooting and.
Israeli warplanes hit Gaza after rocket fire: Army Tuesday, January 19, 2021 By: ET
Israel s military said Monday its fighter planes struck Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip after Palestinians fired rockets at the Jewish state.
Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards the coast near the southern city of Ashdod, according to a military statement. In response.fighter jets struck military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the Gaza Strip, including tunnel digging sites, the army said.
There were no reports of any damage from Palestinian rockets, with Israeli army sources indicating they had landed in the Mediterranean sea.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians expect to receive a first batch of COVID-19 vaccine by the weekend, officials said on Tuesday - at a time when more than a quarter of their Israeli neighbours have already been inoculated.
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) has ordered Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and hopes to administer it to 50,000 residents by March, after last week granting the drug emergency approval.
The PA governs in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in coordination with Israel, whose vaccination campaign has been the world’s fastest. By Tuesday morning, 28% of its 9 million citizens had received at least one dose.