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Airbnb to remove listings in Israel's West Bank settlements [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 19, 2018 / 11:00 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Airbnb to remove listings in Israel's West Bank settlements
Dan Williams
4 MIN READ
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Home-renting company Airbnb Inc <AirBnB Inc> said on Monday it would remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move Israel called a “wretched capitulation” to boycotters and Palestinians hailed as a step towards peace.
The decision, affecting some 200 listings, would take effect in the coming days, Airbnb said.
Israel captured the West Bank in a 1967 war. Its settlements there are considered illegal by most world powers.
Palestinians deem the settlements, and the military presence needed to protect them, to be obstacles to their goal of establishing a state. Israel disputes this.
“We concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians,” Airbnb said on its website.
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Airbnb to remove listings in Israel's West Bank settlements
Dan Williams
4 MIN READ
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Home-renting company Airbnb Inc <AirBnB Inc> said on Monday it would remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move Israel called a “wretched capitulation” to boycotters and Palestinians hailed as a step towards peace.
The decision, affecting some 200 listings, would take effect in the coming days, Airbnb said.
Israel captured the West Bank in a 1967 war. Its settlements there are considered illegal by most world powers.
Palestinians deem the settlements, and the military presence needed to protect them, to be obstacles to their goal of establishing a state. Israel disputes this.
“We concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians,” Airbnb said on its website.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-airbnb/airbnb-to-remove-listings-in-israels-west-bank-settlements-idUSKCN1NO1WA
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