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What is most astonishing is Airbnb’s response to their Nazi-inspired policy. Like most Nazis, they remain unmoved and unapologetic. Instead they are digging in.
OTOH, I love President Trump’s brave moral stand.
Trump Admin, Congress Slam Airbnb Boycott of Israel as ‘Anti-Semitic’
Decision to stop some services in Israel met with strong opposition
By Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, November 28, 2018:
Story continues below advertisementThe recent decision by Airbnb to stop its services for Jews living in the West Bank of Israel is being met with criticism by the Trump administration and pro-Israel leaders on Capitol Hill, according to sources who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon about the company’s choice to join the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or BDS, which aims to wage economic warfare on the Jewish state.
Airbnb, a growing tech company that allows travelers to rent lodging across the globe, announced that it removed some 200 Jewish-owned rental homes in the West Bank, sparking fury in pro-Israel circles.
The deepening controversy over Airbnb’s decision to join the BDS movement is beginning to be discussed within the Trump administration and its allies on Capitol Hill, who could potentially penalize company. Already, there is discussion that Airbnb’s move could trigger state and federal laws barring discrimination based on religion and ethnicity.
A State Department official, speaking to the Free Beacon about the matter, categorically rejected Airbnb’s boycott.
“The administration’s strong opposition to boycotts, divestitures, and sanctions is well-known,” the official said.
On Capitol Hill, Trump administration allies are turning their attention to Airbnb. The move to delist Jewish homes could provide the momentum necessary for Congress to finally pass anti-boycott legislation that has long been stalled.
“Airbnb’s actions, sadly, have contributed to the rising tide of anti-Semitism that we’ve seen happening all over the world,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), a vocal pro-Israel champion, told the Free Beacon. “They caved to pressure from the anti-Israel boycott movement, which promotes falsehoods in its campaigns against the world’s only Jewish state.”
“This kind of persecution has no place in any society and must end,” Cruz said. “Airbnb should reverse its decision, and I will continue to work with my colleagues to combat anti-Semitism here and abroad.”
Airbnb, which has its own company-wide anti-discrimination policy, appears to have run afoul of not only legislation barring Israel boycotts, but also its own in-house ethos, observers say.
“Why has Airbnb singled out Israel from all the nations?” asked Eugene Kontorovich, a director at the Kohelet Policy Forum in Israel and a professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law, in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed.
“The company tried to ward off accusations of hypocrisy by noting, ‘each situation is unique and requires a case-by-case approach.’ But so far the only situation unique enough to warrant delisting is the one involving Jews,” Kontorovich pointed out.
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7 Comments
5 years ago
As I predicted on last week’s article American/Israelis are going to sue.
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/12-Israeli-Americans-sue-Airbnb-in-Delaware-cite-religious-discrimination-573094
5 years ago
Reply to
Millionmileman
That case is going to get moved to California, where Airbnb has a home court advantage. Delaware lacks jurisdiction. There is also the fact that the housing units are not within the USA or its insular territories…meaning federal law does not apply. The only thing that could apply is if a previously-agreed upon contract is broken on a US booking by this action.
As for state anti-BDS laws, I suspect Airbnb will be challenging them on First Amendment grounds and the circuit courts will split.
5 years ago
Nazis banning a Jewish store is a perfect depiction of what boycott supporters compare to. Good post.
5 years ago
“The company tried to ward off accusations of hypocrisy by noting, ‘each situation is unique and requires a case-by-case approach.”
They think they’re clever at Airbnb don’t they, but in fact they’re too clever by half.
Ever since Steve Jobs showed up at a company meeting in a mock turtleneck, the creeps in the tech. industry, particularly Zuckerberg and that bunch, have been smirking a little too often.
Throw the book at these bast*rds.
5 years ago
Want to do something about this outrage? We’ll there are several alternatives to AIRBNB and the best thing you can do is to use these alternatives and abandon AIRBNB an urge all that you know to do the same both renters and owners. When they see their bottom line disappearing they will not only reverse their stand but come crawling with apologies. So, go out and take some positive action today.
5 years ago
Hitler was a wall paper installer, woe be to those who assume innocence
5 years ago
the answer is simple – boycott Air B and B
