I have used airbnb for a Mexico vacation. I thought it was a good company. Now I won’t use airbnb again
$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 have used airbnb for a Mexico vacation. I thought it was a good company. Now I won’t use airbnb again
Blood on your hands! Shame on you
I have used airb&b in the past, since everything is about money I will no longer be party to this activity. I will also support the boycott Israel at each and every opportunity.
I have used AirBnB over the last 3 years with my partner, however I am very concerned that people see fit to list the homes that Palestinians have been removed from and profit from others misfortunes. This is immoral and Im surprised AirBnB have no scrupples about doing this. They are however a business and at the end of the day immoral business practices get changed by people voting with their feet and word of mouth most powerfully.
A home stolen from a people through which a stranger is benefitting. Airbnb proved that it is another corporation that is willing to profit irrespective of the origin of the property. Please do not pay for a stolen home
a war atrocities coffee table book in the room..
It is immoral and theft to steal someone’s home. It is unjust to steal land from the Palestinians.
Illegally built and therefore not somewhere that anyone should stay. Airbnb should be ashamed of including such properties in its listings. The company is in real danger of losing the trust of its customers and should remove all such listings immediately. The alternative is that I and many others will stop using you.
I don’t care what we going on occupied West Bank with houses
If this truly is a parody it is not in a particularly good taste. If it were true, then it is : Obscene. Unjust. And I wouldn’t wish to accept such an opportunity even if they paid me to get there.
But, it might well become Yet another example of the official policies of Israel to flagrantly disregard international laws and to further incite and inflame Palestinian reactions so as to maintain the vilification of Palestinians as terrorists rather than accepting that it is their own inhuman treatment of the Palestinians that is the cause of all the ongoing troubles.
$100 per night*(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).