The E.U.’s new vaccine passports.

Seeing little hope for major change from a new Israeli government, Palestinians are focused on an internal generational shift toward a campaign for rights and justice.

W.H.O. approval for a second Chinese vaccine.

The clearance means that the vaccine could be distributed as part of Covax, the global effort to share shots with hard-hit, undersupplied nations.

The company’s application follows the move by Pfizer and BioNTech to seek full approval last month. The vaccines already have emergency use authorization in the United States.

Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.

The European Union plans to roll them out to all member states by July 1, and to eventually make them available to travelers from outside the bloc.

The rising toll comes as the country struggles with a difficult vaccine rollout, the presence of other deadly diseases and eruption of one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes.

About 81 percent of Israel’s adult population has been fully vaccinated. People must still wear masks in closed, public spaces.

Four big cases and three questions.