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Israel is in the midst of an extensive vaccination campaign, and is beginning to see a drop in COVID infections and severe cases. Israel exited its third nationwide lockdown, but inbound and outbound flights remain suspended except for special cases. So far, 5,821 Israelis have died of the virus.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have received 30,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by Israel. It may take a while still for a mass vaccination campaign to get under way, and many months for it to reach enough members of the population. 1,741 people have died so far in the West Bank, while 555 have died in Gaza.
IsraelWest-bankVietnamRepublic-ofShaar-ephraimHamerkazUnited-statesDenmarkGazaIsrael-generalSouth-africaAustriaIsrael is in the midst of an extensive vaccination campaign, and is beginning to see a drop in COVID infections and severe cases. Israel exited its third nationwide lockdown, but inbound and outbound flights remain suspended except for special cases. So far, 5,821 Israelis have died of the virus.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have received 30,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine donated by Israel. It may take a while still for a mass vaccination campaign to get under way, and many months for it to reach enough members of the population. 1,741 people have died so far in the West Bank, while 555 have died in Gaza.
IsraelWest-bankNew-yorkUnited-statesJerusalemIsrael-generalVietnamRepublic-ofGazaSouth-africaRussiaGaza-stripPeople enjoy a park in Ashdod on February 14, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
1. In a prickle: As Israel’s coronavirus vaccination drive crawls toward the milestone of 4 million people jabbed, the media conversation has increasingly turned to those who are not lining up to get a shot and what to do with them.
One idea mentioned in several press reports as being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be legislation to allow local governments to get the names of people who are not getting vaccinated.
Haaretz accuses Netanyahu of trying to “ram through” the legislation, and cautions against it. “It’s not even clear whether the proposal will end with giving local governments the names or whether these governments will follow up by trying to get people to change their minds. Bulls shouldn’t be brought into china shops, and that’s exactly what Netanyahu’s proposal to the cabinet does. Haste is from the devil, so legislation that needs to be intelligent and eff
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