The decision to supply excess vaccines comes amid controversy over Israel’s vaccine distribution.
On Thursday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz called for a halt in the shipments, saying Israel’s stockpile of vaccines is the property of the state. He attacked the prime minister’s go-it-alone approach and questioned Netanyahu’s claims that there are really excess supplies when Israelis still have not been fully vaccinated.
Israel’s Justice Ministry put a freeze on a plan that reportedly would have seen up to 100,000 vaccine doses sent to numerous countries.
In a statement, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said he had received a number of requests to review Netanyahu’s decision. One of those requests, he said, came from Netanyahu’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, who told Mandelblit he had been instructed, apparently by the prime minister, to “freeze any action on the matter.”
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Jordan s King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament’s non-ordinary session, in Amman, Jordan, December 10, 2020. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz recently met secretly with the king of Jordan, according to a Sunday report.
The Blue and White chief’s meeting with King Abdullah II took place in Jordanian territory, the Ynet news site reported, without citing sources.
The report did not give a precise date for the meeting.
On Friday, Gantz hinted at his contacts with Jordan, and criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s relationship with Amman, during a Zoom meeting with Blue and White party activists.
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