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Monday, November 19, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Monday, November 19, 2018
Strategic affairs minister blasts Airbnb decision as ‘surrender’ to BDS
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, whose office is charged with combating boycotts of Israel, calls Airbnb’s decision to drop listings in the settlements a “surrender” to the BDS movement.
“This is a misguided decision that constitutes surrender to the anti-Semitic BDS organizations,” Erdan says in a statement. “It is based on political considerations rather than business considerations.”
In its calls for boycott, the BDS movement does not differentiate between Israel proper and the West Bank settlements — a distinction that Aibnb does make in its decision.
