Airbnb
Airbnb operates as a global online marketplace for lodging and vacation rentals that generates revenue through commissions on bookings. The company lists rental properties in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Golan Heights, collecting commissions from both hosts and guests on these bookings.
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Read more →The Association of Jurists for the Respect of International Law (JURDI) has sued Airbnb in France for listing properties in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in the West Bank, the BFMTV br…
Read more →French rights group LDH accused Airbnb of enabling and facilitating the creation and expansion of Israeli settlements through its accommodation listings.
Read more →Middle East Eye reported on the updated UN Human Rights Office database listing 158 companies tied to illegal West Bank settlements, confirming Airbnb, Expedia, Booking.com and TripAdvisor among the named firms.
Read more →The UN Human Rights Office updated its database of companies tied to illegal Israeli settlements to 158 firms — adding 68 new names since 2023 — with Airbnb, Expedia, Booking.com and TripAdvisor remaining on the list.
Read more →Welsh band Los Campesinos! have revealed they recently turned down a $60,000 offer to license one of their songs for an Airbnb commercial. The group cited the company’s business dealings on “stolen Palestinian land” and its contribution to the global housing crisis as reasons for their decision.
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Read more →Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks into a Guardian investigation of how two of the world’s most popular tourism websites have been doing business on illegally seized land in the occupied West Bank, while Palestinians in the region are facing mass forced displacements and a sharp rise in violent attacks
Read more →As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen land
Read more →Al-Haq's 2023 forensic investigation mapped hundreds of Airbnb listings inside illegal Israeli settlements, showing platform revenue sustains settler presence on confiscated Palestinian land.
Read more →Shamefully, Airbnb has been promoting and benefiting from a situation that is a root cause of the systematic human rights violations faced by millions of Palestinians on a daily basis
Read more →The UN Human Rights Office listed 112 companies with ties to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including travel platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor, which list properties and services in settlements built on occupied Palestinian territory.
Read more →The company continues to list rentals in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Read more →The decision follows legal proceedings against the US company on grounds of discrimination.
Read more →Airbnb reversed its West Bank delisting policy after Israeli lawyers filed a class action lawsuit, agreeing instead to donate profits to humanitarian nonprofits outside the region.
Read more →Online booking giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians by listing hundreds of rooms and activities in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem, Amnesty International said today.
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