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"a company that has no qualms about renting apartments in dictatorships around the world and in places that have no relationship with human rights is singling out Israel. This can only be a result of anti-Semitism or surrendering to terrorism – or both." - Yesha Council

This statement _in_the_article_ nods to that idea. I think the statement is more than fair.



isn't this just whataboutism refracted through the "anything done Jews is anti-Semitic when it doesn't work out in their favor"?

like do we want settlers listing their apartments on Airbnb or not? if not then this is the right move regardless of airbnb's policies elsewhere


They posed that it may be one possible interpretation, which was the fair part.

I think all totalitarian and contested land should be delisted, but this might be a "testing the waters" act.


_The_ alternative interpretation presented is that AirBnb is "surrendering to terrorism." Talk about a false dilemma.




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