Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority (PA) chief negotiator, on Monday welcomed the decision of the Airbnb online rental marketplace that it will no longer list homes in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
“While we believe that this is an initial positive step, it would have been crucial for Airbnb to follow the position of international law that Israel is the occupying power and that Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal and constitute war crimes,” he said in a statement.
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