Per capita, Israel state has inoculated 10 times more of its population than the US, but its mushrooming new outbreak is worse than America's, and most everybody else's

First shipment of vaccine set to arrive Thursday after the Jewish state, pushing ahead with inoculation campaign, approved it earlier this week

Israel hasn’t won the war against COVID, but its battle plan helped score victory against the flu, which doctors feared would overwhelm the health service

Hundreds attend events in Beitar Illit, where positive test rate is highest in Israel at 26%, and Bnei Brak, where police are reportedly ordered to let wedding go on

Only 20% of Palestinian residents of the city aged 60 and over have been immunized, compared to 60% of Jews; health providers lament spread of conspiracies and fake news

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Active infections, serious cases nearing all-time high; mass wedding held in Beitar Illit, which has 26% positive test rate; Edelstein says 115,000 people vaccinated Tuesday

How the Jewish state catapulted itself to leading the world in mass inoculation of its population, and what side issues come along for the ride

Commerce chiefs argue self-employed are paying the price for failure to contain the virus; full closure to take effect midnight Thursday, shutting all schools, non-essential stores

Locals say frenzied influx of outsiders looking to secure spare coronavirus shots and slots is helping bolster inoculation drive among initially skeptical Arab community