In May of 2022, data from the Israeli Ministry of Health helped to establish the utility of a fourth dose of mRNA vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. Even a first dose of vaccine took many months to arrive in Palestinian health systems. Within days of the publication of the Israeli vaccine data, Al Jazeera reported the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a celebrated Palestinian American journalist, by Israeli forces.
Noura Erakat and countless other scholars are resources for those who wish to review the record of war crimes of the past 15 years, many of which were punishments for nonviolent Palestinian resistance. As Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif says, Israeli apartheid harms and endangers both Palestinians and Israelis. This week, colleagues have shared the email blasts sent by leaders at four major health systems in New York and Boston regarding the violence.