I-Airbnb ithi cha ezindaweni zokuhlala zakwa-Israyeli eziseWest Bank

“Isinqumo se-Airbnb namuhla sokususa ukufakwa ohlwini ezindaweni ezihlala amaJuda kuphela ezingekho emthethweni, eWest Bank, siwubufakazi bokuthi ukwesekwa kombuso wobandlululo wakwa-Israel ohlukene nongalingani kuya ngokuya kungamukeleki,” kusho u-siad Ramah Kudaimi, uMqondisi weGrassroots Organizing, e-US. Umkhankaso Wamalungelo asePalestine.

Ngaphambilini namhlanje, I-AXIOS ibike ukuthi ngemva kweminyaka yengxabano, i-Airbnb izosusa zonke izinhlu zokwabelana ngezindlu - ezicishe zibe ngu-200 - ezindaweni zokuhlala zakwa-Israyeli ezingekho emthethweni eWest Bank.. Ngokombiko we-blog, i-Airbnb ithe yenze uhlu lokuhlola olunezingxenye ezinhlanu ukuhlola ukuthi lusingatha kanjani ukufakwa ohlwini ezindaweni ezithathwayo futhi ngokusekelwe kulolo hlu lokuhlola, “baphethe ngokuthi kufanele sisuse uhlu lwezindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israel eWest Bank ehlalwayo. umnyombo wengxabano phakathi kwama-Israel namaPalestine.”

Lesi simemezelo siza ngemuva kweminyaka yokukhulumela okunonya okuvela kumfelandawonye wamaqembu aziwa ngokuthi I-StolenHomes Coalition - ehlanganisa izinhlangano ezifana ne-SumOfUs, i-CODEPINK, amaSulumane aseMelika asePalestine, i-US Palestinian Community Network, Umkhankaso wase-US Wokuqeda Umsebenzi Wakwa-Israel, Abangane BeSabeel North America, Up Lift kanye ne-Jewish Voice for Peace. Bangaphezu kuka-150,000 abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke abangenele isicelo inxusa i-Airbnb ukuthi iyeke ukufaka ohlwini izindawo eziqashwayo zeholide ezindaweni zokuhlala zakwa-Israel ezakhiwe endaweni eyebiwe yasePalestine futhi ethathwa njengokungekho emthethweni ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Izinkulungwane zabantu nazo zishiye ukubuyekezwa ku i-microsite parodying ukufakwa kuhlu kokuqashwa kwe-Airbnb futhi idonsela ukunaka eqinisweni lokuthi inkampani eqashisa ngeholide iyaqhubeka nokufaka ohlwini lwezindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israel eWest Bank.

Amalungu omfelandawonye abambe a umbhikisho e-Airbnb's European HQ's e-Ireland, Futhi ngo nezinye imizi emhlabeni jikelele. Amalungu omfelandawonye nawo acele I-Fidelity Investments, ephakathi kwabanikazi abakhulu be-Airbnb, ukuze iphushe inkampani ukuthi imise ukuqasha okungekho emthethweni futhi wakhululwa a ividiyo umkhankaso othi, Asikwazi Ukuphila Lapho. Ngakho-ke Ungayi Lapho, okuhlanganisa nabasePalestine bekhuluma ngokuqondile nomkhankaso omusha wokumaketha we-Airbnb Ungayi Lapho. Hlala Lapho, futhi unxusa abangaba abavakashi ukuthi bangaqashi amakhaya amaholide ezindaweni zokuhlala, ngokuvamile ezingavezwa ngokucacile ezihlokweni zewebhusayithi.

“Ayikho indlela entekenteke yokusho lokhu: iminyaka, i-Airbnb izuza ngamasudi aqashisayo akhiwe phezu kwamanxiwa nempilo yabantu basePalestine.” kuchaza u-Angus Wong, Umphathi Womkhankaso ovela SumOfUs.org. “Nakuba kukuhle ukuthi i-Airbnb ekugcineni ibone ubuvila obungekho emthethweni balezi zinhlu futhi yazikhipha kuwebhusayithi yabo - lesi sinqumo sathatha isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ngokufaka ohlwini lwalezi zindlu ezebiwe iminyaka, i-Airbnb yasiza ngokuqondile izifiki zakwa-Israel ukuba zibe semthethweni ukuhlala kwazo endaweni eyebiwe, okube nesandla ezinqubweni zenqubomgomo zikahulumeni wase-Israel ezithathe amashumi eminyaka zokuhlala, ukucwasa, nokuphucwa umhlaba. Sizobe siqapha i-Airbnb ukuze siqiniseke ukuthi azisekho izakhiwo eziqashiswayo ezingekho emthethweni ezakhiwe emhlabeni wasePalestine ezifakwe ohlwini esizeni - futhi sinxusa i-Airbnb ukuthi ithathe izinyathelo zokulungisa abantu basePalestine ngokunikela ngenzuzo yalezi zinhlu ezingekho emthethweni ezinhlanganweni zasePalestine ezisebenzela ukubahlinzeka. izinsiza kubantu phakathi kombuso wakwa-Israyeli.”

“Lokhu ukunqoba okumangalisayo! Besisebenzela ukucindezela i-Airbnb ngomfelandawonye wezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu futhi sibone ukuthi le nhlangano isusa izakhiwo ezindaweni zokuhlala zakwa-Israel inkulu,” kusho uGranate Kim, uMqondisi Wezokuxhumana we-Jewish Voice for Peace.

“Kungenxa yokusebenza kanzima kwezishoshovu kulo mfelandawonye nasemhlabeni wonke ukuthi i-Airbnb ngeke isazuza ngobandlululo lwase-Israel eWest Bank. Sangena emigwaqweni, sasebenzisa imithombo yezokuxhumana neyendabuko, futhi saphazamisa imicimbi ye-Airbnb - konke ukuze sizwe amazwi ethu ukuthi abantu basePalestine bafanelwe ukuphila ngenkululeko, ngesithunzi, nangokulingana,” kusho umxhumanisi we-Ariel Gold National, wakwa-CODEPINK. “Sibonga i-Airbnb ngokuba ngasohlangothini olufanele lomlando ngalolu daba futhi siyathembisa ukuthi sizoqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu wamalungelo asePalestine.”

"I-US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) ibungaza isinqumo se-Airbnb sokuthi ekugcineni yenze ngokuvumelana nezindinganiso zayo ezishiwo zokubandakanya wonke umuntu nokucwasa," kusho uHatem Abudayyeh, ilungu leKomidi Likazwelonke Lokuxhumanisa le-USPCN," ikakhulukazi njengoba ukufakwa ohlwini kwezindawo zokuhlala kwa-Israel kuphambene ngokuphelele. yalezi zimiso. “Bamele izigodi zezinhlanga ezikhethekile, eziphethwe impi, ezingekho emthethweni ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, i-Airbnb eyisizile ukuba ibe yijwayelekile njengendawo yokuvakasha. Ezivakashini ezivakashela e-Palestine, sithemba ukuthi ukuqashwa kwe-Airbnb kuzoqhubeka nokuba yindlela ebalulekile kubantu bethu basePalestine Ethathiwe ukuze babonise umoya wabo wokungenisa izihambi nomlando. Siyajabula manje ukuthi bangakwenza lokho ngaphandle kwesithunzi sobukoloni njengokuncintisana. "

“Isinqumo se-Airbnb namuhla sokususa uhlu lwezindawo zokuhlala ezingemthetho, ezihlala amaJuda kuphela eWest Bank ehlalwayo siwubufakazi bokuthi ukwesekwa kombuso wobandlululo wakwa-Israel ohlukene nongalingani kuya ngokuya kungamukeleki. Isinqumo se-Airbnb sokuma ohlangothini olufanele lomlando siwumphumela oqondile womkhankaso oqhubekayo oqhutshwa yilabo abasebenza ngokubambisana nomzabalazo wasePalestine wenkululeko, ubulungisa, nokulingana. Ngiyaphinda futhi, ngomoya wemikhankaso yokuqeda ubandlululo eNingizimu Afrika kanye noJim Crow eNingizimu, amandla abantu aholela ebulungiswa bezenhlalakahle!” kwengeza uRamah Kudaimi. “Sizobheka i-Airbnb ukuze ibonise ukuzibophezela kwayo ekulandeleni isitatimende sabo. Lo mzuzu ugcizelela ukubaluleka kokuqhubeka nokuphusha imikhankaso yokuduba, ukwehlukana, kanye nezijeziso ezibamba u-Israyeli nazo zonke izikhungo ezizuza ngokucindezela abantu basePalestine baphendule kuze kube kufinyelelwa inkululeko, ubulungisa, nokulingana.”

Ngokomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nenqubomgomo esemthethweni yase-US, izindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israel eWest Bank azikho emthethweni. Ibhizinisi lokuhlaliswa kwabantu lakwa-Israel liyingxenye yethimba lamasosha osekungamashumi eminyaka lishaqa 42% womhlaba wasePalestine oseWest Bank ukuze kwakhiwe izindawo zokuhlala, okuholele ekulahlekeni kwenkululeko yokuhamba kanye nokunye ukwephulwa okunzima kwamalungelo abantu kubantu basePalestine.

Ngo 2016, the I-Associated Press ibikiwe ukuthi i-Airbnb ibivumela abahlali bakwa-Israel eWest Bank ukuthi babhale amakhaya abo “njengakwa-Israel” kungashiwongo ukuthi basemhlabeni wasePalestine. Ngaphezu kokudukisa abaqashi abangahle badukise kanye nokusiza uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ekufakeni isicelo saphakade kuwo wonke umhlaba ongaphansi kwawo, abanye babanikazi bawo ngokusobala ukucwasa abantu abanamagama Arab noma Palestinian, ngokwephula ngokuqondile Izinqubomgomo ezishiwo ze-Airbnb.

A Umbiko weHuman Rights Watch eyanyatheliswa ngoJanuwari ka-2016 yathi amabhizinisi kufanele ahoxe kulezi zindawo zokuhlala ukuze aqede ukubandakanyeka “ngohlelo olungokwemvelo olungekho emthethweni noluhlukumezayo oluphula amalungelo abantu basePalestine.” Ngayo leyo nyanga, u-Saeb Erekat, unobhala-jikelele we-Palestine Liberation Organisation, wathumela incwadi kwisikhulu esiphezulu se-Airbnb uBrian Chesky exwayisa ngokuthi i-Airbnb “ikhuthaza ngempumelelo ukuqoqwa kwama-Israeli okungekho emthethweni kwendawo okuhlalwa kuyo.”