DkNiemand0

>Surprised there was no mention of the fact that Israel is failing to extend the vaccination to The West Bank and Gaza Maybe because the situation is not as clear-cut as you suggest. Your article actually does a good job of showing this. "the Oslo Peace Accords of the 1990s between Israel and the Palestinians gave the Palestinians (the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza) responsibility for healthcare." as your own articles asserts. Israel has already declared it will help the Palestinians, but the official position is that the responsibility ultimately lies with the Palestinians themselves. Some Palestinians officials agree: "Dr Yasser Bozia, Palestinian Director-General for Public Health went further: "We haven't asked for any vaccine from Israel. It's our responsibility to procure and roll-out the COVID vaccine and all other vaccines. That's been the case going back years," he told Sky News."

>By denying half the population you control the vaccine, you are always gonna get better results. Yet, even if the total Israeli population was twice what it is (and the absolute number of vaccines stayed the same), the country would be #2 in the world in the share of the population that has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (falling from #1 in the last few days). Learning from an efficient model is the whole point here.

Sorry to pick exclusively on your comment, but why the snark? Many of the comments here are just that. Not only does that not add to the conversation, it sends the message some people (Israelis) can't say some things (a positive message towards another people in this case) without getting flak. I think we should celebrate such manifestations, and not react with irony. I'm quite optimistic about the news. I think it has the potential to be a great first step of many.

Richard Burton was probably one of the most interesting people from the XIX century. It's odd how few people know about him nowadays. His books are just amazing and I really recommend both "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah" and "Goa and the Blue Mountains".