AIRBNB
rescinded its decision & settles lawsuit: It will return the listings
of Jewish homeowners in Judea and Samaria to the site
This
dramatic announcement comes in the wake of negotiations between the
Shurat HaDin Law Center and AIRBNB in recent weeks to rescind the
company's decision to delist the properties of Jewish homeowners in Judea
and Samaria and as result of a federal lawsuit filed by the Shurat
HaDin organization against the AIRBNB on behalf of Israeli-American
homeowners
Shurat
HaDin Law Center: “This is a powerful defeat for the anti-Israel boycott
movement. Other international companies need to learn lessons."
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Dear Friends, (from Shurat Hadin)
We just scored
a tremendous victory in the lawsuit we launched against Airbnb! The
online hosting platform has agreed to completely retract its policy of
delisting Jewish homes in Judea & Samaria. This is an important
and precedential decision in the battle against the racist BDS movement.
Over the past few weeks we have been negotiating a settlement
agreement with the hospitality giant Airbnb to rescind its
discriminatory policy redlining Jewish-owned properties in the Judea and
Samaria region. That policy, announced in November 2018, had banned
Jewish property owners in Judea and Samaria from listing properties on
Airbnb, while allowing Muslim and Christian property owners to list properties
in the same area. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Airbnb has
agreed to repeal the discriminatory policy, thereby resolving the
discrimination lawsuit.
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When Airbnb publicly announced its redlining policy barring
rentals of Jewish-owned properties in November, it stated it would no
longer agree to list these homes due to claims that such properties are
located in Palestinian-owned territories illegally occupied by Israeli
settlers. The plaintiff homeowners, however, dispute that contention and
contend that all the properties are legal. Further, the plaintiffs
asserted that Airbnb had succumbed to pressure from the extremist
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) propaganda movement which seeks to
delegitimize Israel and challenges its right to exist.
Under the settlement agreement, Airbnb has agreed to adopt
a neutral policy towards all properties in the region, allowing all
homeowners to list their houses for rental on its web platform regardless
of their religion, race or national origin.
May we go from strength to strength,
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