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Benayahu Razi, a 19-year-old resident of Jerusalem who was found stabbed to death in a rental apartment in the city's Nachlaot neighborhood on July 11, 2026. (Facebook)
July 15, 2026, 8:49 pm
Two women suspected in deadly Jerusalem stabbing named; allegedly ordered hit on victim
Mother says teen son’s killing came after one of the suspects, a young woman, incessantly stalked him; suspects deny direct involvement, with one claiming victim beat her
By Charlie Summers
A protester against Airbnb's listing of West Bank settlement rentals during an interview with Ashton Kutcher at Airbnb Open in Los Angeles. November 19, 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 17, 2025, 12:17 pm
French rights group files complaint against Airbnb, Booking.com for settlement listings
Ligue des droits de l’Homme alleges platforms are complicit in aggravated concealment of war crimes
By AFP
A home in the northern West Bank available for rent on Airbnb. (Samaria Tourism)
October 16, 2025, 4:51 pm
Irish court orders police to reconsider probing Airbnb over West Bank settlements
Pro-Palestinian group had challenged police force after it said it does not have jurisdiction in area; ruling does not automatically trigger an investigation by cops
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers stand guard at the entrance to the Efrat settlement in the central West Bank on March 29, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
September 19, 2022, 11:05 pm
Booking.com to warn customers that staying in settlements ‘may pose greater risks’
Online travel agency says it’s still working on alert’s wording, but that it will resemble ones currently shown for homes in Ukraine and Cyprus; tourism minister blasts decision
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Traffic moves along the multi-lane highway in Moscow, with the modern city skyscrapers illuminating the skyline in Moscow, Russia, on July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
March 5, 2022, 6:21 pm
Airbnb, Booking.com halt operations in Russia over Ukraine invasion
Both firms also freeze business in neighboring Belarus, as they become latest Western companies to pull out of Russia over war
By Agencies
Pro-Israel demonstrators protest in New York City against Ben and Jerry's over its settlement boycott on August 12, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)
September 24, 2021, 4:45 pm
Texas takes steps to divest from Ben & Jerry’s following settlement boycott
Ice cream giant, parent company added to state’s list of companies that boycott Israel, which will likely see Texas divest $100 million in state pension funds within 90 days
By Jacob Magid
Signs placed in front of McDonald's branches in Tel Aviv on June 4, 2019, accusing the fast-food chain of boycotting West Bank settlements, and urging Israelis to boycott the restaurant giant in return. (Channel 12 screen capture)
July 28, 2021, 11:37 pm
How McDonald’s took the same stance as Ben & Jerry’s but avoided public backlash
By not openly announcing its policy against opening branches beyond Green Line, the fast-food chain has been able to fly mostly under the radar and avoid branding as ‘antisemitic’
By Jacob Magid
Ice cream moves along the production line at Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, in Waterbury, Vermont. on March 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot/File)
July 22, 2021, 9:53 pm
Texas considers divesting from Ben & Jerry’s following settlement boycott
Comptroller orders office to probe whether announcement by ice cream giant violates state’s anti-BDS laws, which would require withdrawing state pension funds from Unilever
By Jacob Magid
Two patrons enter the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream shop in Burlington, Vermont, on, July 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
July 21, 2021, 7:50 am
US states’ fully baked anti-BDS laws could put the freeze on Ben & Jerry’s
Legislation doesn’t differentiate between Israel and settlements, and states could now be forced to pull contracts, along with pension funds invested in parent company Unilever
By Jacob Magid
A woman walks past security fencing protecting the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, January 8, 2021, as preparations take place for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after Trump supporters stormed the building. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
January 13, 2021, 9:14 pm
Airbnb cancels Washington DC rentals during Biden inauguration
Move aimed at keeping people away from US Capitol comes after mayor calls for the public to stay home during presidential transition
By AFP
A Coca-Cola sign is shown in San Francisco, on October 27, 2020. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
January 12, 2021, 1:56 pm
Top brand names grow skittish about Trump and GOP after Capitol riots
Big-name businesses including Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola, Ford, Comcast suspend donations in wake of Washington violence, though the move is not seen as a serious blow
By Josh Boak, BRIAN SLODYSKO and Tom Krisher
The home of Lewis Weinger in the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, which has been rented out using Airbnb. (Meni Lavi)
December 10, 2020, 2:02 pm
As Airbnb set to go public, Amnesty International decries settlement listings
Human rights group accuses home-sharing company of failing to divulge its activity in the West Bank to shareholders
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An apartment that was available for quarantine rental in Tel Aviv during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy Eyal Leventhal Ben David)
March 19, 2020, 2:19 pm
In age of coronavirus, battered vacation rental market touts quarantine pads
With high rate of Passover and summer cancellations, short-term rental businesses try to salvage profits through rentals to stranded tourists and returning Israelis
By Jessica Steinberg
An Airbnb office in Toronto. (Wikimedia/Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler/CC0 public domain)
February 26, 2020, 11:41 am
Want to host on Airbnb? Better smile in your photos, Israeli researchers say
Vendors on rental site are judged based on their attractiveness and image quality, in study with implications for wider sharing economy
By Luke Tress
In this file photo taken on December 11, 2019, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
February 13, 2020, 7:33 pm
Pompeo says settlement blacklist shows UN’s ‘unrelenting anti-Israel bias’
Secretary of state ‘outraged’ at release of database, calls on other nations to counter bid to ‘facilitate’ BDS campaign
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
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