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 Israel counts East Jerusalem Palestinians, who have been included in
the vaccine campaign that began on Dec. 19, as part of the 9.3
million population. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the
Gaza Strip are not part of the Israeli campaign.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aims to vaccinate all Israelis
over the age of 16 by the end of March - when he is up for
re-election. He says that would allow for a post-pandemic reopening
of the country in April.
But the Health Ministry has been worried by waning turnout for the
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
To counteract this, it has been limiting access to some leisure
sites that have reopened to people who present a "Green Pass" on an
app showing they have been fully vaccinated.
(Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by David Clarke)
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