Israeli Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
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Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan asked four states in the US to take action against Airbnb for its decision to remove West Bank settlement listings from its global website advertising vacation rental properties.
In a letter to Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, he wrote, “Airbnb’s announced policy is especially disturbing when one understands that it is a policy directed only toward Israel.
“Such a policy has not been applied by the company to any other country or region involved in a national dispute or conflict.
“This constitutes (one hopes unintentionally) the modern form of an antisemitism price which applies a double standard to Israel in a way that is not expected or demanded of any other country.
“Following our meeting and your leadership in denouncing the boycott movement, I ask that you consider speaking out against the company’s decision, and taking any other relevant steps, including in relation to commercial dealings between Airbnb, the State of Illinois and its employees,” Erdan wrote.
He wrote a similar letter to three other states with large Jewish populations, including New York, California and Florida.
According to media reports Rauner and Florida’s governor elect Ron DeSantis have already spoken about using their state’s anti-BDS laws against Airbnb. Last week the Municipality of Beverly Hills passed a resolution condemning the Airbnb decision.
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