I was appalled to see this listing. It is the epitome of chutzpah. Not only is it reveling in theft it is gorging itself on the suffering of others, in this case Palestinians.
$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
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I was appalled to see this listing. It is the epitome of chutzpah. Not only is it reveling in theft it is gorging itself on the suffering of others, in this case Palestinians.
Why would anyone stay here?
I was shocked to see Airbnb listing properties which do not belong to squatters displacing the legal occupants. Unconscionable. I’ll not be bothering with your company until you have a moral clause in your listers’ contracts. Bring on the opposition,
This is a transgression of Israelis agains’t Palestinians & should not be funded by tourists.
The description on this listing is, unfortunately, accurate and true. The State of Israel continues on with it’s ethnic cleansing.
airbnb will not get any business from me and my friends as long as they tacitly endorse theft of Palestinian homes!
Apartheid… if you are a decent humanbeing you will not support it, you should therefor avoid renting stolen homes.
How would you feel sleeping in someone else’s stolen bed in their stolen home?
If you have no conscience and approve of ethnic cleansing then by all means stay on land forcibly stolen from the rightful owners. But don’t be surprised if decent people disapprove of your complicity with the breaking of human rights laws and international law and be prepared for your holiday to be disturbed by protesters objecting to you being there.
F**k Airbnb. I am sick of the way they are conducting themselves across the globe. All they do is encourage people to break the law so they can collect more and more money.
$100 per night*(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).