{"id":5428,"date":"2024-05-24T17:01:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T17:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2024\/05\/24\/booking-comunder-attack-forpromoting-israeli-settlements\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:39:25","slug":"booking-comunder-attack-forpromoting-israeli-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daizygedeon.com\/news-blogs-and-cultures\/2024\/05\/24\/booking-comunder-attack-forpromoting-israeli-settlements\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOKING.COM\nUNDER ATTACK FOR\nPROMOTING ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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*BOYCOTT BOOKING.COM*<\/p>\n

Human rights groups in the Netherlands have filed a criminal complaint against the hotel broker site Booking.com for possible war crimes, alleging it benefitted from listings in Israeli settlements within occupied Palestinian territories.<\/p>\n

Dutch prosecutors confirmed they received the complaint filed by the European Legal Support Centre (ELSC), Al Haq, Somo and the Rights Forum yesterday.<\/p>\n

The collective of groups accused Booking.com of laundering money in the Netherlands from its business operations in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n

Booking.com has denied the claims and said there are no laws prohibiting listings in Israeli settlements, adding that various US state laws would prohibit divesting from the region.<\/p>\n

Dutch NGO SOMO said it found that Booking.com listed 70 properties in occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n

SOMO accused Booking.com of violating the Netherlands\u2019s anti-money laundering rules by profiting from listings in illegal Israeli settlements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been working on this complaint for years, responding to calls of Palestinians who have seen their property being stolen to end up as profitable vacation homes for settlers on Booking.com,\u201d said Lydia de Leeuw from Somo in a statement.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Booking.com said it would introduce a warning for customers visiting listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now reported a record year for Israeli settlements, with new approvals for residential units in the Jordan Valley.<\/p>\n

Peace Now added that the size of the seized area was the largest since the 1993 Oslo Accords and that \u201c2024 marks a peak in the extent of declarations of state land\u201d.<\/p>\n

Approximately 700,000 Israeli settlers live in roughly 300 illegal settlements in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. ALL THIS LAND AND THESE HOMES LEGALLY BELONG TO PALESTINIANS!<\/p>\n

The Netherlands, like other European countries, deems settlements built on Palestinian land captured by Israel in 1967 as ILLEGAL.<\/p>\n

LEAVE NO AVENUE TO RESIST THE OCCUPATION!!<\/p>\n

BOYCOTT BOOKING.COM!!<\/p>\n

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