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Palestinians are criminalized and imprisoned, and their lives destroyed all because of a weapon that Israel can yield, without any question or consequence: secret evidence.
Getting the shot felt good. Thinking of those still waiting is what stings.
Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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Washington Post Jerusalem bureau chief Steve Hendrix gets his coronavirus vaccine on January 17, 2021, at Pais Arena in Jerusalem, which was temporarily converted into a vaccination center. must credit: Photo by Ann Hendrix-JenkinsAnn Hendrix-Jenkins/Handout
JERUSALEM - Like so many of my fellow Earthlings, I have been waiting for this moment for 10 months, since it became clear that this was the big one, the one the experts warned us about, the pathogen capable of bringing humanity to a standstill.
It has been the most universal experience imaginable, a pandemic that enveloped the globe, reaching inexorably into every continent and country. Month after month, the question How have you been? has answered itself: The same as you, the same as everyone. Locked down. Muddling through. Waiting.