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Israel Vaccinates Over One-Tenth of Population, But Palestinians in Occupied Territories Left Out of Rollout

HeadlineJan 04, 2021

In the Middle East, over 1 million Israelis, or over one-tenth of the population, has already received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, the highest rate of vaccination against the coronavirus in the world. But human rights groups say Israeli authorities are excluding Palestinians in the Occupied Territories from the vaccine rollout, even as settlers in those regions receive the shots. Palestinian authorities say they plan to use COVAX — the U.N.’s mechanism to ensure fair distribution of vaccines — to vaccinate some of its population.

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