Booking.com
Booking.com promotes rental properties located in Israeli settlements across occupied Palestinian and Syrian territories through its website, listing properties in the West Bank settlements as either located in Israel or designated as "Palestinian Territory - Israeli Settlement," while properties in occupied East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan are similarly categorized. The company maintains business partnerships with entities including HiJiffy, US Bank, Mastercard, and Whimstay while operating this settlement-focused accommodation service.
West Bank home described as ‘ideal for outdoor gatherings’ is among 41 listed rentals in illegal Israeli settlements Some of Mohammad al-Sbeih’s fondest childhood memories are of his small farm in the hills south of Bethlehem, where three generations of his family grew wheat and barley. “It was a hard plot to farm as it was on a hillside with terraces, but it was so beautiful,” Sbeih remembers. Continue reading...
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