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From a hotel in Kyoto to a sandwich joint in Edinburgh, the world is becoming hostile toward Israelis who are learning that a vacation won’t shield them from the Gaza war.

During the nine months of war the Israeli tourist experience abroad has been marked by fears of antisemitism and efforts to avoid pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

According to reports by Israeli media and posts online, some of those worries have recently turned real for a number of Israeli tourists.Anecdotal incidents at touristic locations around the world are making it clear that even though there is no official policy of excluding Israelis, that is sometimes the situation on the ground.

An especially bumpy week began on June 17 at the Material Hotel in Kyoto, Japan, when an Israeli named Alex was informed that his reservation had been canceled due to the allegations of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. The Material told Alex that it was “not able to accept reservations from persons we believe might have ties to the Israeli army,” as reported by Israeli website Ynet.

The story made the rounds on social media, produced a stern protest letter from Israel’s ambassador in Tokyo, and led to a rebuke by the Kyoto municipality that the hotel had breached Japanese business law and must ensure that such a transgression won’t happen again.

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1630·
    4 months ago

    The Israeli government sucks, but it’s not fair to punish its traveling citizens for that.

    • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
      915·
      4 months ago

      They all serve in the IDF. They have all been actively involved in war crimes. There are no innocent Israeli adults.

      • Allero@lemmy.today
        21·
        4 months ago

        They have not all beem involved in battle in Gaza, and some could also flee to avoid serving.

        I can’t believe we have to explain that not all citizens are responsible for war when Israel makes such wide radical assumptions to raze Gaza.

        You’re playing the wrong (Israeli) side when you assume civilians are to blame.

      • YTG123@sopuli.xyz
        11·
        4 months ago

        This is going to get you nowhere. What are you saying? Lock everyone up? Despite being wrong and immoral, it’s also impractical.

        • Letstakealook@lemm.ee
          2·
          4 months ago

          I didn’t say any of that shit you made up. It is not immoral for a business to deny service to war criminals and child killers. I’ll stand on that any day of the week.

          • YTG123@sopuli.xyz
            11·
            4 months ago

            They all serve in the IDF. They have all been actively involved in war crimes.

            How does that follow? In your opinion, is involed in war crimes the same as war criminals, and that the same as child killers? Where do you make the distinction, if not?

            I didn’t say any of that […]

            I know. That’s why I added a question mark.