Stepping up campaign against Airbnb, Palestinians urge: 'We can't live there, so don't go there'

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Source: Jerusalem Post

Left-wing organization Jewish Voice for Peace releases video featuring activists and Palestinians, urging tourists to steer clear of West Bank rentals.

Left-wing organization Jewish Voice for Peace released a YouTube video Saturday to up a joint-campaign against Airbnb's listing of West Bank settlement homes on its vacation home rental platform.

Urging travelers to steer clear of West Bank rentals, the video featured unnamed activists and Palestinians speaking out against Airbnb's failure to "follow international law," which, by United Nations standards, deems "Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal."

"If you go there, you're basically collaborating with settlers who steal Palestinian land," said one activist. "I implore you not to go to Airbnb in the settlements," he said.

The video was released as promotion for the organization's joint campaign with several pro-Palestinian groups, titled "Stolen Homes," which has garnered 146,104 signatories to date in an online petition.

Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Stepping-up-campaign-against-Airbnb-Palestinians-urge-We-cant-live-there-so-dont-go-there-454780

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