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PA says Israel responsible for providing vaccine to Palestinians

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Published: 12 January 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Assertion clarifies earlier contradictory statements; Palestinians say their first shipment, negotiated with drug companies, could arrive in March

PA: Israel responsible for providing vaccine to Palestinians (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinian officials have in the past two weeks made contradictory statements as to whether the PA had asked Israel for vaccines

Covid vaccines: the most lethal example of Israel’s disregard for Palestinian lives (Haaretz)
It is one thing to blockade the people of Gaza for supposedly security purposes. It is another level of deplorable to deny them a life-saving vaccine

Palestinians say first vaccine shipment could arrive in March (Ynet)
Ramallah accuses Israel of shirking duty to safeguard Palestinian health, despite Oslo Accords stating PA is responsible for the healthcare of its own population and has repeatedly said it is obtaining its own vaccines via a UN scheme

Israel rebuffs WHO vaccine request for Palestinian medics, amid outcry over disparity (Independent)
Citing shortages, Israel declines plea to make jabs available for Palestinian frontline workers to avert health disaster during the month-long wait for vaccines

Photo: Emergency Health worker in the WHO Gaza sub-office, stands next to boxes containing ventilators in Gaza City, November 29 (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)
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