Intel: Why Israel is turning to US states to fight Airbnb’s West Bank boycott

Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, shows a map during an interview on home-renting company Airbnb's decision to remove listings in Israeli settlements, in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC17C73791A0
Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine director at Human Rights Watch, shows a map during an interview on home-renting company Airbnb's decision to remove listings in Israeli settlements, in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Nov. 20, 2018. - REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is turning to US governors to retaliate against online rental operator Airbnb for its decision to delist Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The Times of Israel reports that Erdan, who is tasked with combatting the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, made his case in a letter to the governors of Florida, Illinois, California, New York and Missouri.

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