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Amnesty International UK has launched a campaign calling for travel companies to stop trading in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories.
“The Palestinian Occupied Territories have Israeli settlements in them. Those settlements are illegal. They’re illegal under UN law and now what we’re doing is calling upon TripAdvisor and other online holiday companies to stop selling holidays in those areas,” said Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK.
“People are going on holiday there and usually they don’t even know that they’re in settlement area, and they don’t know that those are illegal. So we’re asking those companies to stop selling those holidays.”
Amnesty International UK are calling on TripAdvisor, Expedia, Booking.com, and Airbnb to stop trading in the settlements, and have inferred towards similar action at their UK offices in the future.
In a statement, TripAdvisor said that they believe “that travellers coming to our site should have access to all relevant information available about a destination, including businesses currently open in those locations.
“To this end, we aim to provide travellers with an apolitical, accurate and useful picture of all accommodations, restaurants and attractions that are currently open for business around the world.”
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StandfirstTripAdvisor, Expedia, Booking.com, and Airbnb have been petitioned to take action.
Amnesty International UK has launched a campaign calling for travel companies to stop trading in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories.
“The Palestinian Occupied Territories have Israeli settlements in them. Those settlements are illegal. They’re illegal under UN law and now what we’re doing is calling upon TripAdvisor and other online holiday companies to stop selling holidays in those areas,” said Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK.
“People are going on holiday there and usually they don’t even know that they’re in settlement area, and they don’t know that those are illegal. So we’re asking those companies to stop selling those holidays.”
Amnesty International UK are calling on TripAdvisor, Expedia, Booking.com, and Airbnb to stop trading in the settlements, and have inferred towards similar action at their UK offices in the future.
In a statement, TripAdvisor said that they believe “that travellers coming to our site should have access to all relevant information available about a destination, including businesses currently open in those locations.
“To this end, we aim to provide travellers with an apolitical, accurate and useful picture of all accommodations, restaurants and attractions that are currently open for business around the world.”
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