Amnesty blasts Airbnb for settlement listings as company goes public
The London-based rights group called on Airbnb to unlist around 200 rental properties in the West Bank.
As Airbnb's made its long-awaited public market debut, Amnesty International accused the home-sharing company of being “deeply compromised” by its Israeli settlement listings in the West Bank.
The London-based rights group said Airbnb has some 200 properties for rent in settlements that are widely considered illegal by the international community.
“Shamefully, Airbnb has been promoting and benefiting from a situation that is a root cause of the systematic human rights violations faced by millions of Palestinians on a daily basis," Saleh Higazi, deputy regional director for Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
Airbnb “needs to do right by future investors and stop benefiting from illegal settlements,” Higazi said.
