The village of Jalud, south of Nablus, and the municipality of Anata in Jerusalem, filed a lawsuit, the first of its kind, before the US District Court of Delaware against a company promoting tourism in the settlements.
Ghassan Daghlas, head of the West Bank settlement portfolio, said Tuesday that the case filed by the village council of Jalud and Anata municipality, in addition to two Palestinians residing in the United States, Ziad Allwan and Wanda Wahbi, Against US firm AirPnP, which is promoting homes for tourism in settlements built on citizens´ land.
He added that the company is promoting settlement businesses to a huge international audience, in order to gain more profits and help perpetuate fatalant and systematic excellence, stressing that the company has a responsibility to respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
Douglas said that AirPNP´s offer of homes on settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories would continue to violate these responsibilities, as well as misleading advertising by claiming that the apartments offered for rent are located in Israel Even though they are located in settlements and illegal provisions.
The Palestinians seek to hold the settlers to account for their role in war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as unfair encroachment on their land, their direct involvement in an illegal Israeli settlement project, and to refute settler claims that ERBN discriminated against them when they decided The company removed settler real estate from its program.
