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Code Pink Anounces: Airbnb ends support for Israeli apartheid

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Code Pink initiative to get Airbnb out of illegally occupied West Bank
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Breaking: Code Pink has just announced that Airbnb will no longer list vacation rentals in illegal Jewish-only West Bank settlements, ending their support for Israeli apartheid, saying "It's been exactly two years since we took the stage at Airbnb Open to confront actor Ashton Kutcher...Airbnb is profiting off the displacement of Palestinians and human rights abuses... The Stolen Homes coalition that formed over two years ago to work on getting Airbnb out of the settlements, included us, Jewish Voice for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine, the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Sum of Us and more. Together we protested, wrote articles and took to social media. Today our persistence paid off. "

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