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Palestinian Authority Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila receives a shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 (WAFA)
The Palestinian Authority began vaccinating its medical staff on Tuesday with the first shipment of vaccines to reach it, the PA Health Ministry said in a statement.
“We’ve begun vaccinating our medical teams, beginning with those in intensive care wards, as they stand in the first line of defense and face the coronavirus directly,” PA Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said in an interview with official Palestinian media.
Al-Kaila did not mention where the 2,000 Moderna vaccines had come from. But according to the Israeli government, the shots were sent over by Jerusalem on Monday.
The
Washington Post’s self-declared principles, the newspaper told readers in a Jan. 1, 2016 article, “are displayed in brass linotype letters in an entrance to the newsroom.” It stands to reason, therefore, that the
Post’s WorldViews columnist, Ishaan Tharoor, has seen them. But judging by his Jan. 12, 2021 article, “Israel’s vaccine success can’t hide a deeper divide,” one has doubts.
The report the World Views column is part of the
Post’s foreign desk and not its editorial side professes to examine the COVID-19 vaccination situation among Israelis and Palestinians. But while the
Post’s brass linotype letters promise to “tell ALL the truth so far as it can learn it, concerning the important affairs of America and the world,” the World Views column fails to live up to the newsrooms own standards.
Vaccination Under Occupation
ON DECEMBER 19TH, Israel launched its ambitious Covid-19 inoculation program. In the weeks since, the country’s healthcare workers have already vaccinated over 1.9 million citizens, or 22% of its population, with the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, taking the lead as top per capita vaccinator in the world. Over 70% of people aged 60 and older have already received the first shot, according to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein. Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his government’s intention to inoculate all Israeli citizens over the age of 16 by the end of March a goal that, if met, would also likely make Israel the first country to vaccinate its entire population.