Opinion  Ben-Dror Yemini
The anti-Semitic propaganda worked on Airbnb
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 28.11.18, 15:05
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1. Airbnb making a complete ass of themselves.
tiki ,   belgium   (11.28.18)
It's not to late to turn back the clock!

If not.........,

Sue them for money talks!

Boycott them for the same reason!

Guess what, even as they are not '''''Jewish money grabbers'''', this is the language that will make them understand.
2. The criminality of the Arab settlers has no bounds
Steve Benassi ,   Minneapolis USA   (11.28.18)
3. Don't forget the Falklands & Gibraltar, occupied by the U.K.
Steven Gilbert   (11.28.18)
4. Different treatment
Jack ,   The Villages, FL   (11.28.18)
One reason that Israel is treated differently is that, like apartheid South Africa, the nation presents itself to the world as a model of western, democratic, and humanitarian values. So when it veers so far off course, it is susceptible to outside pressure to convince it to do what the world knows and what Israelis in their heart know, is the right thing. This is certainly not true of China or Russia. They do not even pretend to hold similar values.

In a further example of different treatment, the US does not have military plans for defense against Israel as it does for Russia and China.
5. Editor - Realign the investigation
r500   (11.28.18)
Ben-Dror Yemini has written a decent article, but we should eliminate the real danger to all people of this planet: The Kremlin's criminal plots, using antisemitims as a tool.

Let us find a way to remove the Russian antisemitic manipulations from the Arab and Islamic world.
6. Can someone explain to me please ???
Sam ,   ME   (11.28.18)
How is that Anti-Semitic? Has nothing to do with settlers being Jews? it is not in Israel proper? And is in Land earmarked for the solution of the conflict which Israel agreed on in principle by signing the Oslo accord. Airbnb did nothing wrong.
7. Isn't Airbnb on the ropes anyway?
manic drummer ,   Haifa   (11.28.18)
Last I heard, Airbnb was in a lot of hot water over its own internal shenanigans. If the BDS movement wants any help from them, they'd better not expect much.
8. Not Anti-Semitism
(11.28.18)
Criticism of the state of Israel's policies regarding settlement expansion in West Bank, is not anti-Semitism.

Zionism is not Judaism, no matter how much you try to say it is.

The state of Israel does not speak for all Jews everywhere in the world, and as long you continue to say it does, Jews will have a deeply personal reason to care about what the state of Israel does, while they may feel badly about other occupying nations, but are not going to concern themselves in the same way.

You don't have to be Jewish to be a Zionist, there are many Christian Zionists.

In the U.S. boycotting is a part of freedom of speech, and there have been challenges to the anti-BDS laws.

To be honest, the only anti-Semitic comment I see, is calling other Jews "useful idiots." Same for self-hating, nothing but hateful rhetoric from Jews toward others who disagree with them.

There are Jewish groups like Satmar, true devout Torah Jews who are anti-Zionist.

Anti-Semitism is a the massacre in Pittsburgh.

It is not criticism of Israel's policies.

If you have such an issue with it, stop the settlement expansion, it is illegal to begin with





9. 20 years ago
Stan ,   Israel   (11.28.18)
I knew that the time would come that just as South Africa was sanctioned and boycotted because of apartheid, The same would happen to Israel because of the occupation and what we are doing to the Palestinians. B-D Yemini claims that Jews like myself, are being used by the BDS movement to forward their aims. That is a load of rubbish. BDS constantly claims that Israel carries out apartheid, this is not true. What Israel is doing and has been doing for the past 50 years is denying basic human rights to the Palestinians in their own land. I refer of course to Judea and Samaria where units of our army are active 24/7. Our army is no longer in Gaza T.G.This does not mean that the people of Gaza of free. Gaza is a cage, the people there cannot enter or exit the territory at their free will. Israel carries out a blockade of Gaza by land sea and air. Gaza's short border with Egypt is also usually closed.
Before some smart arse reminds me that Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, which gave them freedom, you should remember that when Hamas came to power after elections in Gaza, they stated that Palestine will not be free until Israel withdraws from Judea and Samaria as well.

To better understand the situation here I suggest reading the following books:
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit
Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef
The unmaking of ISRAEL by Gershom Gorenberg

To better understand the connection between what happened in Apartheid South Africa and fifty years of occupation here, read
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
10. Airbnb hurts Israelis by taking long term rentals off ...
(11.28.18)
market, increasing demand in relation to supply hence making the life of the average Israeli that much harder.
11. So if other injustices are neglected....
Mark Wiseman ,   New York   (11.28.18)
no one has the right to complain about this one. You are right that other tragic situations don't get the attention they deserve. So we should highlight them too! Your'e position that this situation should be glossed over as well makes no sense.
12. Disputed territory? Settlements are illegal
(11.28.18)
under international law.
13. moishe rabeynu
moishe   (11.29.18)
am ashamed that very clever Jewish ad people are not used to counter these anti semitic programs. otherwise there are too many stupid people out there who fall for this propaganda.
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