Fabio Manganiello on Nostr: nprofile1q…spam3 as a Booking.com employee (who definitely doesn’t speak on ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq5zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqqspam3 (nprofile…pam3) as a Booking.com employee (who definitely doesn’t speak on behalf of the company), I am terribly sorry for what my company has been doing.
We’ve had numerous protests in front of our office because we let Israeli settlers manage properties on stolen land. Unfortunately, none had any effect.
The company seems not to care as long as it doesn’t affect its bottom line - and as long as there isn’t a law that makes it illegal to make business with the illegal settlers.
Many Palestinian and Arab employees also work for the company, and many have also expressed their discomfort with the fraud properties (that’s the technical name for properties managed by people who aren’t the legitimate owners) being available on our website.
Unfortunately, any discussions on the topic are promptly removed from the public channels.
Since the company is going to keep a business-as-usual approach as long as its bottom line isn’t affected, or as long as its practices aren’t illegal, it probably makes sense to push on Dutch and European institutions to make it illegal to do business with the illegal settlers (AFAIK Booking is basically the only European company that does business with the West Bank settlers).
But my hopes in this regard are quite grim now that the administration on the other side of the pond is willing to give Netanyahu whatever it wants…
We’ve had numerous protests in front of our office because we let Israeli settlers manage properties on stolen land. Unfortunately, none had any effect.
The company seems not to care as long as it doesn’t affect its bottom line - and as long as there isn’t a law that makes it illegal to make business with the illegal settlers.
Many Palestinian and Arab employees also work for the company, and many have also expressed their discomfort with the fraud properties (that’s the technical name for properties managed by people who aren’t the legitimate owners) being available on our website.
Unfortunately, any discussions on the topic are promptly removed from the public channels.
Since the company is going to keep a business-as-usual approach as long as its bottom line isn’t affected, or as long as its practices aren’t illegal, it probably makes sense to push on Dutch and European institutions to make it illegal to do business with the illegal settlers (AFAIK Booking is basically the only European company that does business with the West Bank settlers).
But my hopes in this regard are quite grim now that the administration on the other side of the pond is willing to give Netanyahu whatever it wants…