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⢠Airbnb Whirlwind Ends in Disgrace
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One of 2018's biggest stories was Airbnbâs announcement that they would no longer carry listings of homes in Israelâs illegal West Bank settlements, something justice advocates have long urged.
PRAISED by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch among many others, ACCUSED of anti-Semitism by the Israeli government, DEFENDED by U.S Jewish organizations, and PUNISHED in two U.S. states, Airbnb was at the center of a storm it should have been committed to withstand.
In 2019, Airbnb was SUED in Delaware by dual Israeli-U.S citizens who are West Bank settlers and who say the company would be discriminating against them under the U.S. Fair Housing Act if it wonât list their homes in the settlements. The bigger story was that Palestinians brought a counter-suit against those same settlers who were suing Airbnb. That was the first-ever legal challenge in the United States by Palestinians against Israelâs settlement enterprise.
UPDATE, APRIL 2019:Airbnb has shamefully bowed to pressure and reversed their decision to remove listings in the illegal Israeli settlements. After engaging an extensive process to come to their original decision, if Airbnb was not committed to staying the course, they should have not have begun. They have now struck a blow against the Palestinians' struggle for freedom and set a terrible example to other companies who are supporting and profiting from the Israeli military occupation.
#deactivateAirbnb
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TAKE ACTION:When the global
tourism giant Airbnb announced they
would remove rentals in illegal Israeli
settlements from their platform in 2018,
they were praised by human rights
organizations worldwide.
Very predictably, Airbnb also
experienced a lot of backlash from
Israelis, as well as U.S. opponents of the
Palestinian rights movement.
Caving to that pressure, Airbnb has made a complete reversal and will continue to helping everyone in the world enjoy illegal rentals on stolen Palestinian land, in segregated communities that Palestinians cannot enter.Learn more with the Stolen Homes Campaign
Reneging on their commitment to delist the illegal settlements is a serious blow to the Palestinians, a betrayal of international law and Airbnbâs own progressive values, and an insult to the many human rights organizations who commended Airbnb for their earlier decision.
Palestinians and allies around the world are responding to Airbnbâs disgraceful decision with the #deactivateAirbnb Day of Action, May 15th, which is Nakba Day â an annual commemoration of the expulsion of Palestinians that began 71 years ago and continues to this day.
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AIRBNB'S REVERSAL
The Nation: Airbnb May Have Caved to Israelâs Settler Movement, but Palestinians Arenât Giving Up
On April 9, Airbnb announced that it will not be removing its listings in Israeli settlements in the
occupied West Bank, as it had said it would back in November 2018; instead, it will continue to
allow listings throughout the West Bank, but will donate its profits to ânon-profit organizations
dedicated to humanitarian aid that serve people in different parts of the world.â Two days later,
on April 11, attorneys for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents the two
Palestinian villages and two Palestinian Americans, urged a federal judge to permit their claims
against Americans with properties in Israeli settlements to proceed.
âNY Times: Airbnb Reverses Policy Banning Listings in Israeli Settlements in
West Bank
Airbnb said Tuesday that it had reversed its decision to remove listings of properties located in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. In November, the company provoked an uproar in Israel and a flood of litigation when it said that it would eliminate about 200 listings in West Bank settlements that are âat the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.â Airbnbâs announcement on Tuesday came after it settled four lawsuits filed against it in the United States and Israel. According to a statement from the company, Airbnb will allow listings throughout the entire West Bank but will donate all profits from its business in the region. An Airbnb spokesman said the chosen humanitarian nonprofit organizations would not be related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Electronic Intifada: Airbnb caves in to Israeli settlers
Human rights groups are condemning Airbnbâs reversal of its decision to ban listings in Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land. Caving to pressure from Israeli government officials, settlers and US politicians, Airbnb has announced on Tuesday it is reversing its decision to de-list rental properties in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Amnesty International called Airbnbâs U-turn a âreprehensible and cowardly move that will be another devastating blow for the human rights of Palestinians.â
Amnesty International: Israel/OPT: Reversal of Airbnb ban on illegal settlement listings
deeply shameful
âThis decision is a deeply shameful abdication of Airbnbâs responsibility as a company to respect international humanitarian and human rights law wherever they operate in the world. This includes Israelâs illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It also exposes the hollowness of their claims to be a company that values human rights. Airbnbâs decision to continue to allow accommodation listings in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is a reprehensible and cowardly move that will be another devastating blow for the human rights of Palestinians.
âAirbnb are trying to absolve themselves by stating they will donate the profits from these listings to charity, but that fails to change the fact that by continuing to drive tourism to illegal settlements they are helping to boost the settlement economy. In doing so, they are directly contributing to the maintenance and expansion of illegal settlements, a breach of the Geneva
Conventions and a war crime under Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Mondoweiss: Airbnb officially reverses decision to pull out of Israeli settlements
If you wanted a statement on a controversial issue regarding Israel obscured by events, the date you would choose for it is the day of Israeli elections. Everyone is now gazing at the apparent results, which indicate a major win for Netanyahuâs Likud. Who will notice the fact, that Airbnb just officially declared that it will continue doing business in illegal Israeli settlements, in reversal of its announced decision from November to pull out of these settlements in the occupied West
Bank?
Airbnb has made maddening rhetorical somersaults in order to both have its settlement cake and eat it too. First it announced its decision to pull out, preempting a Human Rights Watch report on this dirty business (the report also cited Booking.com, which pleaded the 5th). Then Airbnb seemed to reverse its decision following meetings with Israeli government officials, calling the issue âcomplex and emotionalâ, offering contradictory statements that were neither here nor there.
The Independent: Airbnb drops ban on listing illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank,
in 'outrageous' policy reversal
âAirbnbâs decision to support hosting in illegal West Bank settlements is outrageous,â Ryvka Barnard, from the War on Want charity, told The Independent. âDropping a few coins into a charity box does not make up for war crimes.â
She added: âSettlements are illegal under international law. They violate the fourth Geneva convention, amounting to a war crime. Abiding by international law is not optional, and making donations to somehow try to cancel out those violations, as Airbnb intends to do, is insulting to the Palestinians suffering from such violations, and makes a mockery of international law.â
âThis is a huge mistake by Airbnb who has now put its reputation on the line, and will rightly be targeted in the same way businesses seeking to profit from apartheid South Africa were.â
AIRBNBâS 2018 DECISION AND RESPONSES
NY Times: Airbnb Bans Listings in Israeli Settlements on West Bank
It sleeps up to 12 guests for under $140 a night. It has a hot tub. And the area around it offers
hikes and springs, workshops and holistic treatments. What the listing does not make clear is that this B&B, named âPeace of the Valley,â lies in a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Most of the world considers the settlements, built on land Israel captured in the 1967 war, to
be a violation of international law. Even the Israeli authorities have deemed illegal some of the
unauthorized outposts where Airbnb accommodations can be found. On Monday, Airbnb, long under pressure from Palestinian officials, anti-settlement advocates and human rights groups to end its West Bank settlement listings, announced it would do just that.
Jewish Voice for Peace: BREAKING: Airbnb Commits to Removing Rentals in Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
Earlier today, AXIOS reported that after years of controversy, Airbnb will remove all homesharing
lists â roughly 200 â in illegal Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in
the West Bank. According to a blog post, Airbnb said they have developed a five-part checklist
to evaluate how it handles listing in occupied territories and based off that checklist, they
âconcluded 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.â
Haaretz: Airbnb's Ban on Israeli Settlements Is Big Win for BDS, Not Necessarily
for anti-Semites
It won't even scratch the Israeli economy, or even that of the settlements, but it did drive the
government into hysterics
Without question, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement scored its biggest victory
ever on Monday when Airbnb announced it would stop running lists in West Bank settlements .
Not that itâs a blow to the Israeli economy. It isn't even a blow tothe economy of the
settlements. By Airbnbâs own count, there are just 200 listings involved, making the entire
business the size of a single smallish hotel. But Airbnb is a global brand name, and if it doesnât have any moral authority, it certainly has buzz power. People will pay attention, at least for 15 minutes.
Human Rights Watch: Interview: Airbnb Checks Out of West Bank Settlements
âBoutique House in center of Israel,â one Airbnb listing reads. Itâs seemingly innocuous, but it
misstates a key fact: It is not located in the middle of Israel, but rather in the occupied West
Bank, in an illegal settlement on Palestinian land. The day before we released our report, âBed
and Breakfast on Stolen Land: Tourist Rental Listings in West Bank Settlements,â Airbnb
announced it would remove listings in settlements from its site â our key recommendation.
Nazish Dholakia spoke to Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir about how companies like
Airbnb and Booking.com that operate in West Bank settlements contribute to a system that
discriminates against Palestinians.
Mondoweiss: Airbnb tries to have it both ways on those âincredibly complex and emotionalâ
â and illegal â settlements
Yesterday, a Haaretz piece declared in its title: "Airbnb Says It Suspends Implementation of West Bank Settlement Ban." I was convinced that Airbnb had backtracked.
The article cited a Hebrew statement following a meeting of Airbnb officials with Israeli
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin, in which Airbnb said, âOur policy will not be implemented.â
And Airbnb âwill continue negotiations with the Israeli governmentâ.
Then we get the reverse message.
Following the release of the Hebrew-language statement, Airbnb told Haaretz that it was
âreleased in errorâ by staff in Israel and issued an English-language statement saying:
âWe are here to meet with a variety of stakeholders and as a result of our meetings have an even
deeper understanding that this is an incredibly complex and emotional issue.â
So, what is Airbnb actually saying?
Middle East Eye: Airbnb denies reports it has cancelled ban on Israeli settlement listings
Home rental company Airbnb has confirmed it is moving ahead with a plan to suspend its
listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, disputing earlier reports the US-based
company had reversed that decision.
"The reports issued earlier today are inaccurate," the company said in a statement sent to
Middle East Eye on Monday afternoon, referring to Israeli media reports that claimed Airbnb
has reversed course on the ban on settlement rentals.
Middle East Eye: Airbnb and Israel: U-turn on settlements listings would be worse
than staying silent
By depressingly low standards, Airbnb's initial decision to cease operations
in illegal West Banksettlements seemed admirable. Non-complicity in war
crimes should not be a high bar in terms ofcorporate social responsibility,
but it is one that dozens of international companies quietly profiteering in
the settlements fail to clear.
So some credit was due to Airbnb for at least acknowledging reality.
Far more credit, of course, was due to the activists and human rights groups
who spent years explaining to the global listings behemoth just how wrong
and how damaging its practices in the Occupied Territories were, and how
sharply contradictory to the company's professed liberal values.
Groups such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the US Campaign for
Palestinian Rights (USCPR) were able to cut through the smokescreen of
"disputed territory" and "contested status" to show that
settlements on occupied Palestinian land are simply a criminal enterprise
under article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. No serious authority
from the International Court of Justice to the UN Security Council disputes this.
Mondoweiss: Airbnb decision spurs ADL to smear BDS campaign
We thought Airbnbâs decision to end listings in the occupied West Bank was a
minor story, andwe were wrong. Maybe because of the long creative campaign against Airbnb listings, maybe because of the Human Rights Watch report condemning the listings, maybe because of the Israeli governmentâs enraged response to the move, the AP and the New York Times got on the
story, so it is one of the rare cases where the mainstream media puts its head over the parapet
and reports on Palestinian conditions in the West Bank. And if thereâs one thing hasbara
organizations hate, itâs when the media pays attention to the fact that Palestinians in the
occupied territories have no rights.
Echoing the Israeli governmentâs rage, and talking points, the ADL director struck back against
Airbnb in a letter accusing the organization of giving in to anti-Semites. The ADL is dedicated
to fighting bigotry in the U.S., but Jonathan Greenblatt reels off pro-Israel storylines that dip
into Islamophobia in their indifference to Palestiniansâ objections to an expansionist Jewish
state in their land:
Haaretz: Hurray for Airbnb
One single tourism company did more this week to end the occupation than anything the
Zionist left has ever done. Airbnb is threatening to strike a blow at the illegal livelihood of 200
settler families. Another 200 companies like Airbnb and the settlement project will begin to feel
it in the pocketbook, and then its participants will ask, together with other Israelis, whether itâs
worth it. There is no better news than this. Thanks and blessings to this international
accommodations network, which after inventing a successful tourism enterprise, was
courageous enough to take part in a just political initiative. Airbnb explained that it doesnât
need to profit from land from which people have been uprooted. Is there a more just statement
than this?
ACTIONS IN U.S. STATES
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Texas blacklists Airbnb over settlements boycott
The state of Texas blacklisted Airbnb for its decision to remove listings of rooms and homes for rent in West Bank Jewish settlements. Airbnb on Friday was placed on the stateâs âList of Companies that Boycott Israelâ by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar.
Texas in 2017 passed a law prohibiting government contractors from engaging in boycotts of
Israel, in a move meant to counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against
Israel, or BDS. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in Texas against the law, calling it an unwarranted
violation of Americansâ right to free speech.
Electronic Intifada: Florida governor punishes Airbnb for âdiscriminationâ against Israeli settlers
Floridaâs governor has directed that his state should cease doing business with Airbnb after the firm announced it would stop listing accommodations in Israelâs illegal settlements. Ron DeSantis alleges that the company has engaged in âcommercial discriminationâ against Israel and is in violation of Floridaâs laws that punish supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign for Palestinian rights.
Sun-Sentinel: DeSantis wrong on punishing Airbnb over Israeli decision
Airbnbâs decision is consistent with official U.S. policy and numerous United
Nations resolutions, which make clear that the settlements have âno legal
validity and constitute a flagrant violation under international law.â So, in effect,
DeSantis is threatening to use his office to penalize a private company
following international law. Israelâs West Bank settlements, largely built on
land expropriated from Palestinians, have had a devastating impact on the
day-to-day lives of Palestinians. Palestinians in the occupied territories,
who have lived under oppressive Israeli military rule for more than 50 years,
aresubjected to restrictions of movements, including military checkpoints,
home demolitions, andtorture and detention without charge or trial.
The Governorâs suggestion that Airbnb targets Jews and is anti-Semitic is
wrong and harmful.Smearing Airbnb for its decision, which is directed not
at Jews but at Israeli policies in theoccupied Palestinian territories, is
dangerously irresponsible and trivializes actual anti-Semitism.
THE LAWSUITS
BuzzFeed: My Palestinian Family's Land Was Stolen.
Then It Showed Up On Airbnb.
In December, a group of Israeli settlers sued Airbnb in a US Court,
claiming discrimination underthe Fair Housing Act because the company
decided to de-list properties in settlements built onoccupied Palestinian
land in the West Bank. One of these properties is on land that belongs to
my father, that remains registered in his name, but which I and my family are
prevented fromaccessing. It is land that my children and I should be able to enjoy and farm like my father did. Instead, strangers run a bed and breakfast on it. For these settlers to claim it is they who face discrimination â when they are living on land that was stolen from my family â is the height of
hypocrisy. Thatâs why this week, along with several other Palestinians, I intervened in their
lawsuit, and countersued them.
The Nation: In a First, Palestinians Challenge Israelâs Settlement Enterpriseâin a US Court
The CCRâs claim is not a stand-alone lawsuit but an intervention in Silber v. Airbnb, a suit filed by
a group of Jewish and Israeli-American citizens who either host or wish to rent homes on Airbnb;
the claim is directed, not at Airbnb, but at the sub-group of settlers serving as hosts. These
settlers filed suit against Airbnb in November 2018, days after the company announced it would
be taking down about 200 rental listings located in Israeli settlements in the occupied West
Bank; this in turn, followed a campaign by Human Rights Watch urging the company to take
down listings in all Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in 1967âthe West Bank, East
Jerusalem, and the Golan Heightsâas they are illegal under international law and responsible
for violations of Palestinian human rights.
Electronic Intifada: Palestinians sue settlers over stolen property listed on Airbnb
âAnyone looking at the facts can tell that we are the rightful owners of this land, no
matter how the settlers try to spin it,â said Ziad Alwan, a Chicago resident who has a
registration document showing that the land on which the settlers are running a bed
and breakfast is registered in his fatherâs name.
âIâm bringing this lawsuit because I want to live in peace with my family and among my
community without the constant looming threat of arrests, killings, nightly raids,
demolition of homes, restrictions on movement and so on â all part of the military
occupation that serves to protect discriminatory settler practices,â said Randa Wahbe, the
second individual Palestinian plaintiff.
Center for Constitutional Rights: Palestinians Intervene to Sue Settlers in Airbnb Lawsuit
Today, Palestinian landowners and West Bank residents filed to intervene in a lawsuit against Airbnb over the booking platformâs decision to remove listings for Israeli settlements in the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territory. Dual Israeli-U.S. citizen settlers whose listings are to be removed
and potential renters filed the original lawsuit against Airbnb, claiming discrimination.
A Palestinian-American and two Palestinian villages, whose properties are the very properties that settlers have listed on Airbnb, filed counterclaims against the settlers, arguing that their actions constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and discrimination on the basis of religion and national origin. They also bring claims of trespass and unjust enrichment against the settlers who are on their lands. Another Palestinian-American and resident of the West Bank filed counterclaims against the settlers for discrimination. All four are represented by the Center for Constitutional
Rights.
Palestine Legal: Airbnb lawsuit exposes attacks on free speech and Palestinian
Last November, Airbnb decided to delist some rentals located in illegal settlements in the West
Bank, acknowledging that the rental of properties in Israeli settlements enables violations of
Palestinian rights. Airbnbâs decision to comply with international law sparked immediate and
wide-ranging backlash, including a lawsuit by Israeli settlers and blacklisting by several states
around the country. This backlash has created both opportunities and challenges for everyday
Americans and those who support Palestinian human rights.
human rights
RESOURCES
THE STOLEN HOMES CAMPAIGN
With Jewish Voice for Peace, SumOfUs, American Muslims for Palestine, U.S. Palestinian Community Network, CodePink, Friends of Sabeel North America, and Uplift
From that campaign, see:
YOUTUBE VIDEO (90 seconds):
Palestinians to Airbnb: "We Can't Live There. So Don't Go There."
Al Haq: Israelâs Tourism Expo: Promoting Settler Tourism in the Occupied Territories
On 12 and13 February 2019, Israel held the 25th International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM 2019) in Tel Aviv, a tourism exhibition for the local Israeli tourist industryâŚ.Tourism to illegal settlements on lands appropriated from both Palestine and Syria featured prominently in the IMTM 2019. Of concern, the list of exhibitors included illegal settler councils and settlement enterprisesâŚ.During the IMTM 2019, there were at least four stands in the exhibition hall advertising illegal settler tourism in lands appropriated in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Amnesty International: Destination: Occupation
In a new report, Destination: Occupation, Amnesty International documents the ways in which digital tourism companies contribute to violations of human rights and act in direct contradiction with their own corporate standards. By listing properties and attractions in Israeli settlements, digital tourism companies are profiting from war crimes.
Digital companies are revolutionizing how the world does tourism. Corporations like Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor, which dominate the multi-billion-dollar global online tourism industry, have become hugely successful. These companies all also list numerous hotels, B&Bs, attractions or tours in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). They are doing so despite knowing that Israelâs settlements are illegal under international law, and a war crime.
These companies also know that Israeli settlements have a negative impact on a vast number of human rights of the Palestinian population. This has been extensively documented by the United Nations and independent international organizations, including Amnesty International and many Palestinian and Israeli organizations. Any basic preliminary risk assessment by the companies would reveal that any business activity in or with settlements would unavoidably contribute to sustaining an illegal situation, as well as a regime that is inherently discriminatory and abusive of the human rights of Palestinians.
All four companies claim to operate under high ethical values and respect for the rule of law. However, none of these standards appears to influence the companiesâ decisions in relation to settlement listings. In doing business with settlements, all four companies are contributing to, and profiting from, the maintenance, development and expansion of illegal settlements, which amount to war crimes under international criminal law. Their promotion of Israeli settlements in the OPT as a tourist destination also has the effect of ânormalizingâ, and legitimizing to the public what is recognized under international law as an illegal situation.
Human Rights Watch: Bed and Breakfast on Stolen Land: Tourist Rental Listings in West Bank Settlements
(SEE THE TAB AT TOP OF THAT PAGE FOR DOWNLOADS)
Youtube video with this report: West Bank: Bed and Breakfast on Stolen Land
This report documents how the global travel companies Airbnb and Booking.com are listing and facilitating the rental of dozens of properties in settlements in the occupied West Bank. Settlements of civilians in occupied territory are unlawful under international humanitarian law regardless of the status of the land on which they are built. The presence of the settlement properties triggers serious human rights abuses against Palestinians, including blocking their access to nearby privately-owned plots of land, restricting their freedom of movement and, because of those travel restrictions, limiting their right to access education and health services and protections for keeping families intact. To make matters worse, some of the properties listed are constructed on land that is acknowledged by the Israeli authorities to be privately owned by Palestinians who are not permitted to access it.
The business activity that Airbnb and Booking.com conduct helps make West Bank settlements more profitable and therefore sustainable, thus facilitating Israelâs unlawful transfer of its citizens to the settlements. In many cases, the companies list the properties as being located inside Israel, thereby misleading guests about where they will be staying and obscuring the fact that their payments are benefitting the settlement enterprise. Guests using Airbnb and Booking.com to book accommodations in âIsrael,â thus may find themselves vacationing in an unlawful Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
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