At the time, Palestinian Authority (PA) officials made clear that they had not asked Israel for help procuring vaccines, and neither wanted nor expected such help. Officials at that point had stated unequivocally that the PA had other vaccine sources lined up. That should have been the end of the story. But it wasn’t. Back in mid-December, the official Palestinian line was clear. As the A senior official with the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health said that the Palestinians do not expect Israel to sell them, or purchase on their behalf, the vaccine from any country. The official told the