Israel: builders want government to vaccinate Palestinian workers

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Israeli building contractors have called on the government to vaccinate Palestinian construction workers from the West Bank against Covid-19, the Times of Israel has reported. The builders cited a tax that employers and employees pay which they say is meant to cover such health requirements. International human rights groups and UN officials have called out Israel over its responsibility for the Palestinians as an occupying power under international law. Following global pressure, Israel's defence ministry announced last week that it has transferred 2,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine to the Palestinian Authority and said that it has earmarked another 3,000 doses for the Palestinians. However, representatives of Israeli contractors say that this isn't enough, since the regular movement of construction […]

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