[PJ] Israel has been providing the Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza with crucial aid against the coronavirus‐not simply out of love and charity, but because populations in such close proximity to each other have a mutual interest in tackling the problem. Israel fears the security implications of a meltdown of Palestinian society in either or both enclaves, which could result in massive rocket fire or large numbers of desperate people storming Israel’s borders.For now, the aid and cooperation have prompted even the United Nations, known for obsessive and severely disproportionate criticism of Israel, to sing the praises of the Jewish state.
The Palestine branch of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs‐not considered one of Israel’s greatest fans‐reported that the Israeli and Palestinian Authority ministries of health, along with Israel’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), have been meeting regularly.