Shame on you, Airbnb.
$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:
Shame on you, Airbnb.
If you care about human rights, don’t visit illegal settlements. If you visited Apartheid South Africa and don’t care if you benefit from the misery of local people, then this may be the place for you! I still give it a 0/5 rating.
Who could sleep at night? This shameful travesty of justice is enough to give one nightmares.
Take your immoral corporation,s businesses
and leave and return your profits and land you invaided to the civilians they have been robbed of there homes and land and need to heal and live freely on there land.
You are supporting crimes against humanity, please reconsider supporting such a divisive territory from making a profit off of stolen land.
I can’t imagine being invited to stay in a home where the residents were forced out by violence and aggression so that their neighbors can make money on the newly vacated home. Reminds me of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Herzegovenia or Rwanda.
And I certainly don’t intend to stay there and watch the violence continue from the comfort of a West Bank swimming pool. AirBnB should be ashamed of enabling and profiting from such inhumane actions.
Il est lamentable de voir comment des colons israëliens qui ont volé leurs terres aux Palestiniens y font construire des maisons pour ensuite en tirer profit sur airbnb. Je suis utilisatrice de nos services mais je ne pense plus le faire si vous continuez à publier des annonces de ce type.
Salutations
This is a terrible slap in the face toward people who have already lost so much. What gives AirBnb the right, was paperwork signed over or was it a case of running ahead of warfire to save their lives? I suspect none of it is legal and all funds belong to the owner.
Despicable, illegal, greedy.
I’ve always been a big fan of Airbnb, this is disappointing
$100 per night*(on top of subsidies from the Israeli government).