LETTER: Israel violates convention over vaccines for Palestine
Israel, as the occupying power, is ‘responsible for prophylactic and preventive measures ... to combat the spread of contagious diseases’
19 January 2021 - 17:56
Israel, as the occupying power, is responsible under international humanitarian law for the promotion and protection of the human rights of not only the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, but also of the Syrians in the Golan Heights.
Thus, no amount of sophistry will help Allan Wolman convince us that Israel has no obligation to provide Covid-19 vaccines to those under the yoke of its occupation. (“Yet more anti-Semitism, this time over vaccines (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-01-15-letter-yet-more-anti-semitism-this-time-over-vaccines/)”, January 15) ..
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