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Jan. 19, 2021
The director-general of the B’Tselem human rights group, Hagai El-Ad, made much noise while taking the easy way out in wrapping Israel and the territories it occupied in 1967 under one mantle, considering them as being one big entity, lying between the Mediterranean and Jordan River, all subject to an apartheid regime (Haaretz, January 12). In one stroke he annexed the territories and granted the Palestinians a status of second-class citizens of the State of Israel, with its borders stretching from sea to river.
Sterling examples of democracy, which Israel is not, have conquered countries and territories before. Great Britain conquered Egypt and Sudan, France conquered Algeria, even turning it into a French “department,” and the United States conquered Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Vaccination Under Occupation
ON DECEMBER 19TH, Israel launched its ambitious Covid-19 inoculation program. In the weeks since, the country’s healthcare workers have already vaccinated over 1.9 million citizens, or 22% of its population, with the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, taking the lead as top per capita vaccinator in the world. Over 70% of people aged 60 and older have already received the first shot, according to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein. Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his government’s intention to inoculate all Israeli citizens over the age of 16 by the end of March a goal that, if met, would also likely make Israel the first country to vaccinate its entire population.
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The highly charged reference to South Africa s former policy of white rule has long been a Palestinian critique of Israel s treatment of its Arab citizens and the occupied territories.