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Following pressure, Israel begins vaccination drive for Palestinian workers
Thousands of Palestinian workers arrived at West Bank checkpoints to receive jabs following criticism of Israel s refusal to provide them COVID-19 vaccines.
A Palestinian worker is vaccinated at a makeshift vaccine site at the Meitar checkpoint in the southern West Bank, March 8. (Oren Ziv)
After weeks of delays, Israel on Monday finally launched a two-week campaign to vaccinate the 100,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank who work in Israel.
Hundreds of Palestinians arrived at the Meitar checkpoint in the southern West Bank on Monday morning to receive the vaccination. After checking their entry permits and registering them, Israeli soldiers medical personnel vaccinated the workers on the Israeli side of the checkpoint.