Palestinians criticise Airbnb over backflip on delisting settlements

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Published: 12 April 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Policy change comes as part of court settlement with a dozen American Jewish plaintiffs; company says it will donate any West Bank profits to humanitarian groups

Palestinians condemn Airbnb for backtracking on delisting Israeli settlements (Haaretz)
Saeb Erekat says Airbnb's decision not to de-list Jewish homes in the West Bank 'signals the complicity of the company with the systematic denial of our inalienable right to self-determination'

Airbnb to cancel its ban on West Bank settlement listings (Times of Israel)
In a reversal of a 2018 policy announcement, Airbnb will not remove West Bank settlement listings from its website.

The policy change came in a court settlement Monday between the vacation rental company and a dozen American Jewish plaintiffs who had sued the company, organized by Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Centre, a pro-Israel law organisation.

Photo: Moria Shapira cleans her Airbnb apartment in the Adei Ad outpost north of the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir (Menahem Kahana/AFP)