COVID-19 vaccinations are proof of Israel’s medical apartheid

As an occupier, Israel must provide medical supplies to Palestinians and adopt measures to combat the virus there.

In Israel, more than five million people, or more than half the population, have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and case numbers are dropping. Just a few kilometres away in Palestine, COVID cases are rising, all of its estimated 200 ventilators are in use, and the Palestinian Authority announced it can no longer put additional COVID patients on ventilators. Why the disparity? Because Israel has refused to provide vaccines for the more than four million Palestinians living under its military rule.