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Israeli minister orders jails not to vaccinate Palestinian security prisoners

An Israeli minister ordered the country’s jails not to vaccinate Palestinian security prisoners, according to Israeli media reports.

Sparking outrage, his statement was slammed by several rights groups and NGOs who labelled it as "racist" and "politically motivated"
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