Palestinian Authority calls off deal with Israel for 1M vaccine doses – By Kyle Barnett & Don Jacobson (UPI) / June 18 2021
June 18 (UPI) — The Palestinian Authority on Friday cancelled an agreement under which it was to receive at least 1 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Israel.
Israel began delivering the initial doses earlier in the day as part of a deal in which the Palestinian Authority would essentially pay back the vaccines to Israel at a later date.
In exchange, when the Palestinian Authority receives a scheduled shipment of 1.4 million of the Pfizer doses later in the year, 1 million were to go to Israel.
But shortly after the first 90,000 doses were delivered, Palestinian officials declared the deal was off. They said an examination of the doses revealed technical problems with the vaccine, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
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