Airbnb says: No Jews allowed. The apartment-sharing service has sided against Israel by banning and delisting the apartments of peaceful Jewish civilians living in Judea and Samaria. And that’s not even the worst part.
Nor is the worst part that Airbnb is helping propel the destructive myth that Jews would abandon their claim to the disputed West Bank if only there were enough international pressure.
No, the worst part is that Airbnb has singled out Jews, and only Jews, as the one group in the world that is worthy of such censure. That’s what makes its boycott a naked act of corporate anti-Semitism.
Airbnb says an entire team “struggled to come up with the right approach.” And the right approach evidently was to bar Jews from listing the apartments and homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Airbnb is only targeting Jews — not the present government of Israel or the “Zionists” or any political entity — who live on disputed land.
“Many in the global community have stated that companies should not do business here because they believe companies should not profit on lands where people have been displaced,” reads an Airbnb blog post that sounds like it was written by some poli-sci freshman who just wrapped up his first Chomsky tome.
The “global community” is a euphemism for a conglomerate of theocrats and authoritarians, who use the Middle East’s sole democratic state as a distraction to deflect from their own transgressions. It also includes various Western Israel obsessives with misleading names like Human Rights Watch.
“Many in the global community have stated that companies should not do business here because they believe companies should not profit on lands where people have been displaced,”
Shit, there goes North America.
And Pakistan, and India, and South Africa, and North Africa, and Anatolia, and . . .
Hey, remember when they were all about freeing Tibet?
Yep, but the immediate question is, who were the first people to be displace. Find them and give them everything.
Find them and give them everything.
ME, ME, IT WAS ME!
This is where human rights complaints would come in handy. Could’nt Jewish organizations sue for discrimination? The publicity would not make the corporation look good.
so glad i did my tour of both these 13 years ago.
continuous deterioration
Airbnb says an entire team “struggled to come up with the right approach.” … they struggled, as in “Mein Kampf”
Self-righteous people make me sick. But a self-righteous company that basically is a middleman that produces nothing can go swimming in liquid shit. That’s before acknowledging their racist Jew hatred.
That doesn’t seem to accord well with their so-called “Community Commitment” policy that they forced all their guests and hosts to agree to. I used Airbnb once prior to getting this email about two years ago, and I haven’t used it or logged in to my account since. I did send them a nasty email about it, though, because their job isn’t to be the thought police.
So much for community and commitment, but when you’re important (or a virtue-signalling leftist), you can break all your own rules with impunity.
I used Airbnb last year. First and last time, now. App is gone. Maybe the Jews could start up an Oybnb in Israel.
Disgusting, boycott them.
What is “many”.
Whatever it is, it’s safe eh?
Unfalsifiable.
I am not even going to bother to read the comments here, because I know for a fact this site has a dedicated group of Jew obsessed commenters.
Israel’s problem is that they are still apologizing; when they should simply, and without hesitation or warning, go full Nagasaki on every single attack against any of their citizens or territory. Like swatting as soon as you detect an insect bite.
It really should be as simple as: either the rocket attacks and such stop, or you will all be dead.
For example, the response to any rock throwing, stabbing, grenade dropping, pipe bomb,… is always the same. Massive Ordnance Penatrator within 12 seconds.
This.
I’ve never used them. Now I know I never will.
Ditto.
Same here.
Virtue signaling via mean spiritedness, bigotry and ignorance. That’s quite the business model you don’t have going there.
I prefer a market response where landlords and property owners say “no Airbnb.” It’s a crappy business model to boot, imho.
Wonder where Cap’n Obvious or The Hotel Trivago toot are on this? They’re a pair of middlemen that produce nothing.
Hey AirBnB, did the Germans “displace” people to ovens ?
This is a UN failure that continues without consequences,,, The Palestine’s refused to negotiate with the UN fools in the 60’s & we have 3 generations of displaced persons… The stupid runs deep & all the UN Money spent is the only economy of Palestine, they are squatters that need to be resettled somewhere……50+ years of nonsense that “someone” wants to pays to keep Israel in check…..
CUT THE UN FUNDING FOR PALISTINE.. Enough Time & Wealth has been squandered on calculated terror
The Jews come from Judea not Palestine. The land belongs to them.
There is no Palestinian language or culture. They are Arabs – indistinguishable from Middle East Arabs. Arafat their leader was an Egyptian.
They migrated to the area to partake in the economic boom the State of Israel created. They belong to Jordan Egypt etc. It’s an Arab problem
Many people list their rentals on more than one platform such as VRBO. Will adjust accordingly and let Airbnb know.
Attach a big price tag to their fatuous slacktivism.
OT – poll spotting?:
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tax-incentives-fish-and-red-tape-fixes-highlights-of-morneau-s-fall-fiscal-update-1.1172023
I’ve rented from them in the past (though I mostly use the more established and professional VRBO) I will never do so again, deleted my account and told them why. Disgraceful is the only word for it.
@Sandy
Good for you. I used them only once a couple of years ago and it was a satisfactory experience and planned to do it again.
However now? Forgetaboutit!
just one more computer app not worth using.
‘…Airbnb says an entire team “struggled to come up with the right approach.” …’
Struggled. And failed in that struggle.
When I travel, I don’t want to stay in someone’s house, relatives being an unfortunate exception, I go to see the sights, eat in restaurants, and sleep in hotels.
I don’t like this policy but it’s idiotic and wildly dishonest to characterize it as an attack on Jews. You’re also an idiot if you don’t use AirBnB for this or really any other reason. It’s vital to affordable travel. I’ve used it several times and will use it many more.
@UnMe:
It sure looks like an anti-semitic move.
And let’s get something straight, it’s “idiotic and wildly dishonest” of Airbnb to do that.
Besides being anti-Semitic.
brings to mind the time mehico signed on a UN condemnation of Israel of some sort in the 80s whatever.
aaaaall of a sudden THOUSANDS of das Juden stopped getting off at Acapulco airport.
oh pweese pweese !!! said mehico we’se dinn mean it dat way !!!
one little itty bitty check mark cost them billions in tourist revenue.
speaking of travel, I got a Star of David ‘I support Israel’ luggage tag on my gym bag. been there bout 2 yrs now.
gonna be there a lot longer too.