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Lebanese Lawmakers Accused of Vaccine Line Cutting; Rabbis Call on Israel to Vaccinate Palestinians

HeadlineFeb 24, 2021

In Lebanon, scandal has erupted, and the World Bank threatened to suspend financing for the country’s vaccination program, after a group of lawmakers received shots inside the Parliament building ahead of people who were registered on priority lists.

Over 200 members of the rabbinical human rights organization T’ruah are calling on the Israeli government to distribute coronavirus vaccines to Palestinians, citing the moral and legal imperative to vaccinate all residents of the Occupied Territories.

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