Issues
According to the World Bank Covid-19 vaccination plans for Palestine face a $30m funding shortfall to meet the needs of the 5.2 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-covid-vaccine-plan-large-funding-gap-world-bank-israel
Gaza with its 2 million population, has been ‘closed’ for twelve years, cut off from medical and construction supplies and sometimes water and electricity. Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/israel/palestine
The UK supports the military occupation of Palestine by its on-going trade in arms to Israel. Read https://caat.org.uk/resources/countries/israel/
Responses
Women in Black vigils originated in Jerusalem, Israel in January, 1988, in response to the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada. Today, vigils continue in Jerusalem, Gan Shmuel, Haifa and Tel Aviv .
Write to Tzipi Hotovely the new Israeli Ambassador. Israeli Embassy, 2 Palace Green, London W8 4QB
Write to Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary. FCDO, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk