All out on Saturday 21st March during Israeli Apartheid Week as we demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and call upon Booking.com to sever its ties to Israeli apartheid. No Tourism on Stolen Land! Boycott Booking.com! Meeting at 12pm outside Manchester Cathedral, M3 1SX
The ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza knows no bounds to violence. Israel, as ever, has utilised every tactic possible to maximise Palestinian suffering; constant bombardment, open-fire executions, and denial of food, water and medicine to a starved population. Even during a so-called “ceasefire”, Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians has become an expected reality, and the number of documented martyrs continues to climb with countless more missing under the rubble.
Across Occupied Palestine and South Lebanon, Israel is intent on expanding its settler-colonial project, having been chipping away at Palestinian land and autonomy almost 78 years. In Iran, Israel’s brutal rampage persists. This genocidal entity commits these atrocities unashamedly with the assistance of its established global network of profiteers, which includes the likes of Booking.com.
Booking.com offers properties for rent in illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land, as well as ‘activities’ available to those who visit the ‘Occupied Territories’, shamelessly presenting colonised land as a fun tourist destination. The violent expulsion of Palestinians paves the way for the establishment of illegal Israeli settlements. Not only does Booking.com financially support and profit from the establishment and expansion of such settlements, but it helps sustain and bolster them for its own economic gain.
We must take meaningful action against complicit entities in Britain; this includes Booking.com. We must make our demands crystal clear. We demand that Booking.com severs all ties to Israel immediately and permanently and to stop profiting from the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. We must continue sustained pressure until these demands are met and the complicity comes to an end.
Demand justice! Join the demonstration on Saturday 21st March, 12pm, outside Manchester Cathedral!
