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Airbnb to Remove Listings in Jewish West Bank Settlements

haaretz.com

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> Airbnb to Remove Listings in Jewish West Bank Settlements

Israeli West Bank settlements is the issue, though the Israeli government and it's backers tend to conflate the two things in order to dismiss criticism of government policy as anti-Semitism.

> enclaves that most world powers consider illegal for taking up land where Palestinians seek statehood

No, they are enclaves most world powers consider illegal for taking up land in the State of Palestine, which most of the world already recognizes.

Interesting that they're being singled out but not unexpected. Does AirBnB operate in China, Saudi Arabia, or Turkey or do they just consider their atrocities less severe?

"a company that has no qualms about renting apartments in dictatorships around the world and in places that have no relationship with human rights is singling out Israel. This can only be a result of anti-Semitism or surrendering to terrorism – or both." - Yesha Council

This statement _in_the_article_ nods to that idea. I think the statement is more than fair.

isn't this just whataboutism refracted through the "anything done Jews is anti-Semitic when it doesn't work out in their favor"?

like do we want settlers listing their apartments on Airbnb or not? if not then this is the right move regardless of airbnb's policies elsewhere

They posed that it may be one possible interpretation, which was the fair part.

I think all totalitarian and contested land should be delisted, but this might be a "testing the waters" act.

_The_ alternative interpretation presented is that AirBnb is "surrendering to terrorism." Talk about a false dilemma.

These settlements aren't in Israel, they are Israeli settlements in Palestine, which is a State recognized by most other countries in the world.

The issue isn't that Israel does bad things, so AirBnB is punishing Israel by denying unrelated listings in Israel, it is the settlements themselves are viewed as violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, and AirBnB is declining to participate in and profit from war crimes.

All part of the new antisemitism. It's become all too acceptable. Here's another example:

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/cnn-commentator-end...

Can you point me to someone who is vocal and supportive of Palestinian rights that you don’t consider to be antisemitic?

Can you point me to someone who supports violence against jews who is not antisemitic?

Can you point me to a company that takes an action wrt Israel, but doesn't take similar actions in similar situations elsewhere against other countries that is not following an antisemitic policy?

Airbnb have taken similar actions elsewhere, such as removing listings in Crimea due to Russia's annexation. Nor does the action apply to Israel, but to Israeli settlements outside of Israel that are certainly illegal under international law.

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