Please do not allow houses in the settlements to be listed on AirBnB. As a loyal customer I find this extremely alarming.
$100 per night*(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).
Occupied West Bank.
AirBnb
Whole House
8 Guests
4 Beds
Come stay at an illegal settlement built on stolen Palestinian land. This stolen home comes with views of the Apartheid Wall. You may hear occasional gunfire from the Israeli Occupation Forces firing zone, which recently replaced a destroyed Palestinian village nearby.
The Space
Accommodates: 8 (non-Palestinian)
Bedrooms: 4
Property Type: Illegal settlement
Amenities
Palestinian-free views
Swimming pool (filled with stolen aquifer water)
Stolen olive trees
Private roads
Jerusalem Stone
Armed Guards
Barbed Wire
Electrified Fences, to give that real “secure” feeling
Prices
For non-Palestinians: 100 dollars per night *(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).
Cost to Palestinians in the West Bank: Stolen Home. Lost freedom.
Description
Overview:
Stay at your own vacation rental, located in an illegal settlement and in violation of international law. Support structural discrimination and theft of Palestinians’ land. Through fees earned from settlement vacation rentals, you will also help Airbnb profit from the continuing occupation and dispossession of Palestinians.
The Neighbourhood:
This home is located in an illegal Jewish-only settlement. These settlements are built by Israel on Palestinian land it has occupied since 1967, and are considered illegal under international law.
The space:
The stolen home includes views of the West Bank Apartheid Wall.
Guest Access:
Access is for non-Palestinian guests only. Guests with Arab-sounding names will be subject to additional scrutiny by settlement security.
House rules
All those would could be perceived as Arabs must be accompanied by armed guards while in the Settlement, for their own protection.
Source: Reuters
Source: NBC
Source: i24news
Summary
Equality:
Justice:
Legality:
Please do not allow houses in the settlements to be listed on AirBnB. As a loyal customer I find this extremely alarming.
I have been a great supporter in the past
This gives me a new view, I do not like!
WHEN DO THEY GO TO JAIL?
I’ve used airbnb, but will certainly hesitate to use it again.
Airbnb is an extremely profitable company, and has no need to continue with this practice, plus it will influence your profits should you do so. Please remove these property recommendations in occupied Palestinian territory.
This is so low
absolutely disgusting
Has strongly dissuaded me from ever using AirBnb again.
It is not ok to have stolen homes on the West Bank listed.
I am very, very disappointed with Airbnb. I welcomed the whole idea of Airbnb when I was first told about it by an American friend, and have used its services twice.
However, I deplore absolutely and utterly the idea of Airbnb advertising hospitality in homes illegally taken from Palestinians or built on Palestinian land. Just as I would if people from any other country were to do the same thing to their neighbours — or, indeed, people in any other country, wherever it may be. I deplore colonialism and I deplore taking by force people’s homes and livelihoods. It is for this reason that I shall be boycotting Airbnb until it stops advertising and supporting illegal seizing of homes and/or land in Palestine.
It’s sad. It’s sad that people with the possibility to choose have chosen to make other people suffer for their own sickening ideology.
This Home represents all that is disgusting about the settlement of Palestinian land.
People profiting from abusive and illegal behaviour.
$100 per night*(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).