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Airbnb criticized for listing Jewish settlements as being inside Israel
Certain Airbnb hosts who live in Israeli settlements in contested regions have been listing or describing their properties as being located in Israel. The settlements, which include Efrat, Ma’ale More...
The UN publishes a “blacklist” of 112 Firms working at Israeli settlements
Despite the heavy Israeli and American pressure, the UN Human Rights Council released Wednesday the companies and businesses operating in Israel across the Green Line – including East Jerusalem and the Golan More...
Netanyahu Promises to annex Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
Ahead of the elections on September 17, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promises to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a speech on Sunday, in the West Bank settlement of Elkana, where he More...
Jewish US presidential candidate Sanders calls Israel’s government ‘racist’
Jewish Democratic Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is standing by his criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying his right government ‘racist’. The 2020 presidential hopeful Sanders participated More...
Jewish Americans sue Airbnb over West Bank listing ban
A group of 18 Jewish plaintiffs most dual Israeli-Americans sued Airbnb, founded by Jewish, in US federal court in Delaware, over its intention to remove 200 homes in settlements in the disputed West Bank occupied More...
Airbnb to Remove listings in West Bank settlements off website
Airbnb, the short-term apartment rental giant, surrendered to the boycott movement and announced on Monday that it has decided to remove “Listings in Disputed Regions” For us, the question centers More...
UNHRC publishes report on companies operating in settlements, abstain ‘blacklist’
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) published its long-delayed blacklist report Wednesday of companies doing business linked to Israeli settlements in the West Bank. However, due to immense efforts More...
Kushner investigated over UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements
The special counsel overseeing the FBI investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, Robert Mueller, is investigating US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law More...
Netanyahu okays construction of settler homes in Hebron, isolated settlements
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the construction of over 3,800 homes in the major settlement blocs in the West Bank, but also in isolated settlements and at the Jewish settlement in Hebron. The decision More...
Trump officials to PM: don’t be a ‘pig’ on settlements
US Trump officials allegedly issued a warning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against excessive building of settlements in the West Bank, telling him “you can be a pig, but don’t be a ‘Hazer,’”—a More...