The photo showed a chartered Israeli airplane on a South Korean runway and the freight it had just brought from the far end of Asia: crates containing 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine against coronavirus. South Korea, facing a new surge of cases, needed more vaccines quickly. It will pay Israel back with the same number of doses, which it’s due to receive from Pfizer in the fall. Israel expects to need more by then — possibly to give third shots as boosters.
Think of this as a no interest loan, denominated in small, lifesaving vials. The cooperation in fighting the pandemic is reason to celebrate.… Seguir leyendo »
The US media has widely lauded Israel’s vaccine success - as a country in a “post-pandemic future” of concerts and indoor dining; as a country that could teach the United States a few lessons in pandemic management; as a country that, despite being in the midst of a contentious election, leaned on its robust universal public health system to vaccinate as many people as possible. However, many of these vaccine success stories mention the issue of Palestinian vaccines in passing, as an unresolved “controversy,” “debate,” or just another instance of Palestinians and Israelis being unable to agree on anything.
The difference couldn’t be more stark – two populations living under one regime, heading in opposite directions in the struggle with Covid-19.… Seguir leyendo »
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