Dozens in Israel protest against coronavirus vaccine

(31 Jul 2021) Dozens of Israelis gathered late Saturday in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square to protest against calls by the authorities for all citizens to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Last week, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett urged hundreds of thousands of citizens who’ve not yet been inoculated to get the shot or face consequences such as not being able to attend public events without negative test results that they’ll have to pay for themselves. “No government, no health official, no-one can tell a person what to do with their own body,“ insisted protester Efrat Fenigson. “It’s our own right. It’s our freedom and we will decide.“ Israel has seen coronavirus cases rise in the past month, even though over 56% of its 9.3 million population has received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Most of the new coronavirus cases are of the fast-spreading delta variant, which has also spread among the vaccinated. Israeli health authorities have also began