> Why is Israel doing better than everyone else at Covid vaccinations?
Is Israel doing better than everyone else? It depends on what you measure, and where you measure it.
Israel is obligated by the terms of the Fourth Geneva Convention to ensure medical supplies, including those required to combat the spread of pandemics, are provided to Palestinians in the territories Israel has occupied for more than 50 years.
Israeli authorities claim that responsibility for vaccinating this population, under the Oslo Accords, falls on the Palestinian Authority. Israel’s Health Minister told Sky News that “they have to learn how to take care of themselves” and that “I don't think that there's anyone in this country, whatever his or her views might be, that can imagine that I would be taking a vaccine from the Israeli citizen, and, with all the good will, give it to our neighbors.”
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[ 5.1 ms ] story [ 22.2 ms ] threadIs Israel doing better than everyone else? It depends on what you measure, and where you measure it.
Israel is obligated by the terms of the Fourth Geneva Convention to ensure medical supplies, including those required to combat the spread of pandemics, are provided to Palestinians in the territories Israel has occupied for more than 50 years.
Israeli authorities claim that responsibility for vaccinating this population, under the Oslo Accords, falls on the Palestinian Authority. Israel’s Health Minister told Sky News that “they have to learn how to take care of themselves” and that “I don't think that there's anyone in this country, whatever his or her views might be, that can imagine that I would be taking a vaccine from the Israeli citizen, and, with all the good will, give it to our neighbors.”
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/01/17/israel-provide-vaccines-...
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