Bethlehem/PNN/ On 16 March 2021, Palestinian, regional, and international civil society organizations held a joint webinar titled “Israeli Health Apartheid during COVID-19” in parallel to the 46th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council. Organized and moderated by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies. The webinar was attended by diplomats, representatives from UN agencies, and civil society organizations. Co-sponsored by 15 organizations,[1] the webinar constitutes a continuation of civil society’s efforts to address Israel’s apartheid regime. Opening the webinar, Ms. Nada Awad, International Advocacy Officer at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, underpinned how the impacts of the global pandemic have brought into sharp focus Israel’s denial of the right to health of the Palestinian people as part of its commission of the crime of apartheid. Ms. Awad further stressed that this focus comes amid increasing international recognition of the apartheid system established and proactively maintained by Israel.