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June 22, 2021

The Recent Vaccine Fiasco Highlights the Crisis of Confidence in the Palestinian Authority

Why it said no to a good deal.

On Friday, Jerusalem announced that it had reached an agreement with Ramallah to give the Palestinian Authority (PA) over 1 million coronavirus vaccines that are set to expire over the course of the next several weeks. In exchange, the PA would give Israel vaccines that it plans to receive from Pfizer in September. The deal would prevent the soon-to-expire vaccines from going to waste while ensuring that they go to Palestinians who very much need them. A few hours later, the PA announced that the deal was off. Khaled Abu Toameh writes:

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