RAMALLAH , June 19 ― The Palestinian Authority said yesterday it cancelled a swap deal that would have seen Israel provide it with one million Covid-19 jabs, as the doses were “about to expire”.
The Palestinian health ministry had said in a statement that Pfizer was behind an initiative to “accelerate the vaccination campaign”. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's office had said earlier that “Israel has signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority, and will supply approximately one million doses of Pfizer vaccine that are about to expire”, without specifying the use-by date.
More than 55 per cent of Israel's population ― some 5.1 million people ― have received both doses of the vaccine. “This important exchange of vaccines is in the interest of each party,” he said, adding he hoped for “cooperation between Israel and its Palestinian neighbours in other areas”.The developments come amid high tensions between the Jewish state and the Palestinians, with violations of a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's rulers Hamas.Late Thursday, Israeli fighter jets carried out air strikes on Gaza for a second time since the ceasefire.
it is utterly incredible that the palestinian leadership would cancel the deal and play politics with the lives of those who they are supposed to protect. the vaccines concerned will only expire in late june and july. there are still many weeks before the expiry.
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