Published: 25 February 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Blinken said to push Ashkenazi to provide more vaccines to Palestinians (Times of Israel)
Foreign minister responds that Israel has already sent thousands of doses to West Bank and Gaza and plans to continue to do so; PM says there won’t be any shortage of vaccines
Israel opens vaccination centre at checkpoint to reach Palestinian East Jerusalem residents (Haaretz)
COVID vaccinations start at Qalandiyah checkpoint as cases jump and inoculations lag in predominately Arab East Jerusalem
Bernie Sanders slams Israel for sending Covid vaccines abroad while Palestinians 'still waiting'(Haaretz)
US senator says Israel responsible for health of Palestinians under its control, 'outrageous' for Netanayhu 'to reward his foreign allies'
Drop in Israel's COVID infection rates comes to a halt, raising concerns of renewed outbreak (Haaretz)
New daily coronavirus cases were down to 3,500, only to jump up again, and the upcoming Purim holiday has health officials worried
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Israeli ambassador demands Saturday Night Live to apologise over vaccine joke (Al-Monitor)
Israel's ambassador to the United States and United Nations is upset with the comedy show for joking that Israel is only vaccinating Jews.
After 11-month hiatus, Israeli cultural events come roaring back, cautiously (Times of Israel)
As Israel looks to emerge from pandemic, theaters, clubs and concert halls start hosting live audiences, as long as they are vaccinated and keep health rules; museums open for all
Photo: MDA workers vaccinating Palestinians at the Qalandiya crossing in the West Bank, earlier this month (Emil Salman)
