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Israel’s vaccine warfare against Palestine
RAMZY BAROUD exposes the shocking refusal by apartheid Israel to withhold crucial Covid-19 medicine from the population it subjects to military occupation

ISRAEL’S decision to exclude Palestinians from its Covid-19 vaccination campaign may have surprised many.

Even by Israel’s poor humanitarian standards, denying Palestinians access to life-saving medication seems extremely callous.

Amnesty International, among many organisations, condemned the Israeli government’s decision to bar Palestinians from receiving the vaccine.

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