Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced today (Tuesday) that Israel has decided to transfer a token amount of vaccines to several countries in the world and to the Palestinian Authority.
“In light of the successful vaccination campaign in Israel and being the world’s leading country in the immunization of the population, many requests have been received from Israel from around the world for assistance in supplying vaccines,” the statement said.
“Israel does not produce vaccines itself and has informed applicants that the quantities ordered by Israel are intended to vaccinate its population and no significant ability is expected to assist at least until the vaccination campaign in Israel ends. However, during the last month a limited amount of unused vaccines has accumulated It was decided to assist with a token amount of vaccines for medical staff of the Palestinian Authority and some of the countries that have approached Israel. “
Earlier, Netanyahu attended a state memorial service for Joseph Trumpeldor and his comrades who fell in battle for the defense of Tel Hai and denied reports that a shortage of vaccines for the corona virus was expected.
“I have some important news, I spoke last night with my friend, Pfizer CEO Albert Burla, and we have agreed that there will be a supply sequence of Pfizer vaccines without any Pfizer shortage. Without any shortage, without any interruption, without any pause, “the prime minister said in his opening remarks, adding:” Even from modernity we get more and more and more vaccines. Go get vaccinated. “
Netanyahu went on to refer to the Biden administration’s decision to return to talks on the Iranian nuclear deal: “On the eve of Purim, I say to those who seek our lives, Iran and its metastases in the Middle East: 2,500 years ago “For your extremist and aggressive regime to obtain nuclear weapons. We did not make the millennial journey back to the Land of Israel, to allow the delusional regime of the ayatollahs to end the story of the resurrection of the Jewish people.”
“We do not hang our jaws on any agreement with an extremist regime like that of Iran,” the prime minister said, adding: “We have seen the nature of these agreements in the past century and also in the current century, in an agreement with North Korea. With or without an agreement, everything is being done so that Iran does not arm itself with nuclear weapons. “