$100 per night*(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).

Stolen home by illegal settlers

Occupied West Bank.

AirBnb

Whole House

8 Guests

4 Beds

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About this listing

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

Reviews

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  • I would say not to rent this property because it has been stolen.

  • Shut it down- move out now! No one should rent out rooms on property that was stolen and in constant danger of violence.

  • I am a staunch air b & b user. However, my husband and I will have to move to another site if you do not stop listing houses built on the backs of Palestinians and their families. This is apartheid, and it is wrong. Laurel Kempe RN wife mother grandmother.

  • Vacation settlements should NOT be built on the rubble of stolen homes, orchards and fields, and displaced communities and families.

  • I liked the layout of the airbnb accommodation, but the blood of the rightful owners persecuted by those who ejected them illegally from their family home really messed up the carpets.

  • This goes against all ethics and should be shut down immediately, it is theft. It violates international law and basic human rights! Why would anyone support this when it is land that was illegally stolen from Palestinians.”

  • Airbnb was my go to for lodging when travelling. No more! Now it’s my “avoid at all cost.” I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you did not knowing list stolen homes built on the land of exterminated people. However, until you divest of all properties built on the displaced culture and crushed dreams of Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank, I will consider you an accomplice and find lodging via other means.

  • Worst AirBnb ever, I slept on the streets with the Palestinians, at least there was some comfort of mind..!

  • I enjoyed the Airbnb places I stayed in Croatia 2 summers ago, but this really gives me pause. I could never in good conscience stay in another Airbnb place knowing that you’re complicit in violating human rights and international law. Ethics should always take priority over profit!

  • “…properties in settlements such as Efrat, Ma’ale Rehavam and Tekoa are listed as being in Israel.”

    “The Jewish settler population grew by 23% between 2009 and 2015, to over 400,000 people, in comparison to an overall population growth rate of 9.6% inside Israel.”

    “Israel has never agreed that the Geneva Convention resolutions applied to the territories occupied in 1967,” he said. “According to Israeli law, Tekoa, and the vast majority of settlements in the West Bank, are authorized settlements, therefore entirely legal and consistent with national law.”

    “Staying in an Airbnb rental in a settlement “facilitates the commission of the crime of establishing settlements” and “therefore aids and abets the crime”, said John Dugard, professor of international law and former UN special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights. Similarly, Airbnb “could in theory be prosecuted in [a European Union] country with aiding and abetting the commission of a crime” due to “making money from property built on [an] illegal settlement”, Dugard says.”

    - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/12/airbnb-listings-illegal-settlements-israel-palestine-west-bank

    • About the host, Airbnb

    Last year alone Airbnb made almost $1 billion in revenue, and Airbnb is worth a whopping $24 billion. Yet, Airbnb continues to make a profit from homes located in illegal housing settlements in occupied territory.