Poverty and Distrust Are Behind Vaccination Lag Among Arabs in Israel

While 80% of eligible Jewish Israelis have their shots, only about a third of Arab Israelis have been vaccinated, with poverty and mistrust as the leading causes of the disparity

As Israel expands its third COVID booster shot campaign, analysts are pointing to wide disparities between Jews and Arabs when it comes to getting vaccinations. While 80% of eligible Jewish Israelis have been vaccinated, about one-third of Arab citizens of Israel have yet to get their shots. As Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem, some root causes are poverty and distrust.

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