Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York
(L-R) Yesha Council director Yigal Dilmoni, Palestinian Workers Association chair Muhammad Arif Masad and Yesha Council chair David Elhayani in the Jordan Valley on March 15, 2021. (Yesha Council)
A prominent settler leader on Monday called on Israel to vaccinate Palestinians in the West Bank and pay for it by deducting the cost from the tax revenues Jerusalem transfers to Ramallah.
The statement from David Elhayani, who chairs the Yesha umbrella council of settler mayors, followed a meeting he held in his office at the Jordan Valley Regional Council with Muhammad Arif Masad, an anti-Palestinian Authority activist who heads a union representing Palestinian workers in Israel and the settlements.
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