{"id":494745,"date":"2022-09-21T04:44:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T01:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/booking-com-will-begin-adding-danger-warnings-to-west-bank-listings\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T04:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T01:44:39","slug":"booking-com-will-begin-adding-danger-warnings-to-west-bank-listings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/booking-com-will-begin-adding-danger-warnings-to-west-bank-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Booking.com will begin adding danger warnings to West Bank listings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f33295d265\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f33295d265\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/booking-com-will-begin-adding-danger-warnings-to-west-bank-listings\/#%E2%80%9CBookingcom_will_begin_adding_danger_warnings_to_West_Bank_listings%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Booking.com will begin adding danger warnings to West Bank listings&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBookingcom_will_begin_adding_danger_warnings_to_West_Bank_listings%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Booking.com will begin adding danger warnings to West Bank listings&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The\u00a0online <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> agency Booking.com\u00a0said Monday it plans to add warnings to listings in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, becoming the latest foreign company to wade into one of the world\u2019s most contentious debates.<\/p>\n<p>Booking.com said it would caution customers booking accommodations in\u00a0Israeli settlements\u00a0that they were traveling to a \u201cdisputed, conflict-affected or high-risk\u201d area that \u201cmay pose greater risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company told The Associated Press that it was still working on the language of the safety warning for the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a few other regions around the world. It did not say when the alert would take effect.<\/p>\n<p>The move would come as violence rises in the West Bank, with raids by Israeli forces in cities and villages leaving at least 85 Palestinians dead so far this year. On Monday, the Israeli army said a vehicle came under fire as it passed by a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the world considers the settlements, built on land Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war, to be a violation of international law. Some 700,000 Jewish settlers live in the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem. The Palestinians seek these lands as parts of a future independent state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392794.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Palestinian security forces arrest a protester\" class=\"wp-image-23941723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392794.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392794.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392794.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392794.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Violence in the West Bank is rising with raids by Israeli forces in cities and villages.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Online travel companies\u00a0like Airbnb\u00a0and Booking.com long have faced pressure from Palestinian officials, activists and human rights groups to end their listings there.<\/p>\n<p>But they risk Israeli fury if they do. Israel and its supporters have accused those who support anti-Israel boycotts, including products made in the settlements, of antisemitism. Airbnb scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed its plan to bar listings in the settlements in 2019 after lawsuits were filed against it in the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Similar controversy has engulfed ice cream maker Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s. The Vermont company set off an outcry in Israel by saying that it would stop selling its products in the occupied West Bank last year.<\/p>\n<p>But a recent deal will see Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s ice cream back on shelves in the occupied territories, after parent company Unilever sold the brand\u2019s Israeli business to a local licensee.<\/p>\n<p>Booking.com\u2019s announcement did not directly question the legitimacy or legality of the settlements, and instead focused on safety. To some Israelis, the disclaimer showed Israel\u2019s pressure has paid off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows Booking.com has paid attention to the massive damage Airbnb and Ben &amp; Jerrys did to themselves when they adopted a boycott of Israeli controlled territories,\u201d said Eugene Kontorovich, director of the international law department at the Kohelet Policy Forum, a conservative Israeli think tank. \u201cAt the same time they want to throw a bone to anti-Israel activists.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392809.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"west bank\" class=\"wp-image-23941724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392809.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392809.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392809.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1243392809.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The company\u2019s safety banner for the West Bank would resemble those currently shown for Ukraine or Cyprus.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights group in\u00a0the US, welcomed the travel warning as a decision to \u201crecognize the reality of the occupation and human rights abuses,\u201d calling on more foreign corporations to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Booking.com said its safety banner for the West Bank would resemble those currently shown for accommodations in Ukraine or Cyprus. The site\u2019s warning for Ukraine cautions travelers of \u201can increased risk to customers\u2019 safety in this location\u201d and urges them to \u201creview travel guidelines for this area provided by your government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company declined to say whether the warning would also apply to Palestinian properties in the West Bank, such as in the cities of Hebron or Ramallah.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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