After Palestinians reject deal, Israel to send 700,000 vaccines to South Koreahttps://www.timesofisrael.com/after-palestinians-reject-deal-israel-to-send-700000-vaccines-to-south-koreaIsrael will send South Korea some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that are due to expire shortly in a deal signed between the two nations on Tuesday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced, calling the deal a “win-win” situation for both countries.
The deal comes weeks after the Palestinian Authority backed out of a similar agreement, saying the vaccine doses were too close to their expiration date despite Israel using the same batches to vaccinate its teens.
Under the deal with Seoul, Israel will supply doses for immediate use that are set to expire by the end of the month. In return, Israel will receive the same number of doses from South Korean orders later in the year.
The "kindest" way to construe this is that South Korea has their act together well enough for the vaccine doses to be usable, while the Arab Palis do not. I think a more realistic take would be that the Arab Palis do not care about their people, and don't want Israel to get credit for a humanitarian act. Of course, the two explanations are not mutually exclusive.
