Palestinians call off one million dose vaccine exchange with Israel

Protestors wave Palestinian flags while chanting anti-Israeli slogans during a protest against a march by Jewish ultranationalists through east Jerusalem, along the streets of Gaza City, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Palestinian Authority is calling off an agreement whereby Israel would transfer one million doses of coronavirus vaccines to it in exchange for a similar number later this year.

The PA says the doses, which Israel began shipping to the occupied West Bank on Friday, are too close to expiring.