With distrust rampant, East Jerusalem Palestinians shirk COVID vaccine
241 shares A relatively empty coronavirus vaccine dispenser in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, January 5, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel) The least crowded coronavirus vaccination center in Israel might be in East Jerusalem’s Beit Hanina neighborhood. On Tuesday morning, the clinic began dispensing Covid-19 vaccines — but it was nearly empty, bereft of people waiting to be immunized. Acknowledging that only a few had signed up for shots, clinic director Dr. Mazen Daana estimated that it would take at least a week before people began to show up. “We’re trying to get the wo...