Tripadvisor is amongst 100+ companies whom the UN has named as profiting from illegal settlements built on Palestinian land, including the settler-run heritage site on the village of Susiya.
Now home to just 300 Palestinians, Amnesty International describes Susiya as a village with “a few tents and shacks, a couple of water cisterns and some sheep. There is no access to electricity or running water. Even though there is a state-of-the-art water system built on their land, they aren’t allowed to use it – it’s exclusively for the Israeli settlements just across the road. All settlements are protected by sophisticated security systems designed to keep Palestinians away.”
And further, the grim reality facilitated by TripAdvisor: “Next to Susiya is an archaeological site, where 1,000 illegal settlers live and manage it as a tourist destination. Palestinians used to live there, until their houses were destroyed in 1982.”
