Anti-Semitism In The British Press

[Khandro]

The Observer (Sunday version of the Guardian) has published the false claim that Palestinians were being denied vaccine by the Israelis;

https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/01/04/top-uk-jewish-group-slams-leading-daily-for-claim-that-israel-is-denying-covid-19-vaccine-to-palestinians/

Should not an apology be forthcoming?

[Togo]

Tell me when did Covax, the WHO quango that oversees, vaccine supplies to "poorer" countries and areas, approve the Pfizer/BioNTech shot that the Israelis are using? That is if they have. Then tell me what the response would be if Israel injected millions of potential terrorists with a vaccine that was not approved by the who, and they subsequently became poorly?

[THECORBYLOON]

The WHO approved that vaccine on 31st December.

"The World Health Organization (WHO) today [31.12.20] listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago."

[sevenOP]

"Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approved for EU states"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-55401136

[Sunk]

Togo,

Israel are not getting their supplies from Covax. Israel is not a poor nation. In fact they are paying over the odds for their vaccine. Israel paid $62 a dose, compared to the $19.50 price tag in the U.S.
The Palestinian Authority plan to inoculate 3% of the Palestinian people starting in February, using Covax supplies.

[Khandro]

sunk . //Rather telling that you did not include a link for AB readers to decide for themselves.//
Are you blind ? the link is in the OP. If anyone doesn't believe that a photo of an orthodox Jew being vaccinated against a caption which is a profound lie, viz, "Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers,” isn't anti-Semitic, if you are comfortable with that lie, then you too, whoever you are are an anti-Semite.

[allenlondon]

Sunk (“Every word in the Guardian article is true, and is definitely not anti-semitic. Rather telling that you did not include a link for AB readers to decide for themselves.”)

I’d give up chum.

An Answerbanker and his(her) prejudices are NEVER easily parted.

The truth rarely enters unto it.

A

[Togo]

I know, but how would the who and the Guardian react if Israel gave an unapproved vaccine to thousands of muslims? We know how you would react, like you always do, find a negative handle and twirl it over you head , but that is not the question. Perhaps a truthful answer is a bad fit for your agenda once again.

[jackthehat]

I will happily call-out anti-semitism wherever it raises its' ugly head.....but this isn't one of those times.

You need to read the article objectively and you seem incapable of doing so, instead preferring to accuse those who can of being Anti-Semites; a horrible and unfounded accusation.

[Sunk]

Khandro,

You did not link to the Guardian article that you said was anti-semitic, you linked to a small circulation Jewish newspaper in New York. The report in Der Algemeiner was in itself inaccurate.

[Togo]

Israel started it's vaccine roll out on the 19th December 2020. The who approved the vaccine on 1st Jan 2021 after an emergency meeting. Haha. By 2 Jan the hand wringers and perpetual moaners were complaining that Israel was not immunising the people who dedicate their lives to blowing them up. Get over yourselves.

[Sunk]

Togo

You are missing the point. Israel are NOT giving any jabs (approved are not) to Palestinians.
Asking what would happen if Israel gave unapproved jabs is kind of irrelevant. They aren’t and that is what the Guardian were reporting.

[sevenOP]

Here is a Turkish take on it:

https://www.trtworld.com/middle-east/palestinians-left-deprived-as-israel-signs-more-vaccine-deals-42975

[Zacs-Master]

'you linked to a small circulation Jewish newspaper in New York. The report in Der Algemeiner was in itself inaccurate.'

Khandro rooting out some obscure publication to back up his weird claims? Surely not!

[jno]

the Guardian hasn't reported anything.

[THECORBYLOON]

The Guardian has,

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/03/palestinians-excluded-from-israeli-covid-vaccine-rollout-as-jabs-go-to-settlers

[Togo]

Therefor we should be applauding Israel for resisting the temptation to give unapproved medication to thousands of muslims. Yes?

[Peter Pedant]

so we can sand around him point and scream - Jew hater!

( one of the mitford sisters - it has to Unity - headline 1933 - I am a jew hater! - later goes and lives with Hitleer)

[Khandro]

It is the Palestinian Authority (PA) who are responsible for the Palestinians of the west bank and Gaza not the Israeli government, the PA do not want to accept any vaccine from Israel and 'will search for it elsewhere'.

There are 250,000 Palestinians living in Israel proper as part of the cohort of 20% of the non-Jewish population which comprises of Arab Israelis & an assortment of other non-Jews, all of whom are being vaccinated on an equal footing.

Saying as the Observer/Guardian has, that the Palestinians are being denied vaccine by the Israelis is a downright lie.

[sevenOP]

Israel seem to be doing a proper job with covid vaccines:

https://i.redd.it/cj1qdixtlu861.png

[Sunk]

Khandro,
Did you even read the Guardian report?

// Saying as the Observer/Guardian has, that the Palestinians are being denied vaccine by the Israelis is a downright lie. //

But the Guardian isn’t saying that. They are saying the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza are not included in the Israeli vaccination programme, which is true. They say Israeli settlers in the occupied territories are include, which is true. The headline is...

// Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers //