Vaccine apartheid as a piece of the israeli settler colonial puzzle - A legal analysis

Opinion Analysis by Francesco Pitzalis, Contributor and Yara Dally, Contributor

The Covid-19 pandemic has precipitously exacerbated global health inequalities. This has been perpetuated by inequitable access to vaccines and propagated crippling outbreaks in the developing world. Notably, israel has led the global vaccination effort whilst simultaneously refusing to vaccinate the Palestinians it occupies. israel has also vaccinated israeli settlers in the occupied territories. Thus, israel discriminates against access to vaccines on a street by street basis. The following legal analysis explores israel’s vaccine apartheid in the occupied territories.