(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Seth J. Frantzman - Israel is not "excluding" Palestinians from its vaccination program or discriminating between its own Jewish and Arab citizens. The Palestinian Authority administers health care to its own citizens and has not asked Israel to vaccinate its public; nor has Hamas, which runs Gaza. Israel has given vaccinations to more Palestinians than neighboring countries where Palestinians reside. It appears that Palestinian-governed areas of the West Bank will receive vaccines around the same time as neighboring Jordan, where many millions of Palestinians also live. The 139 countries that recognize the state of Palestine cannot also demand that Israel vaccinates citizens of a foreign state. Should Austria be blamed for not vaccinating the population of Slovakia? The writer is a fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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