ITexas ingeza inkampani ehlanganyela ukwabelana ngezindlu i-Airbnb ohlwini olufushane lwezinkampani ezingakwazi ukuthola izimali zombuso ngoba zisusa ukuqasha okungabakwa-Israyeli eWest Bank enempikiswano.
I-Airbnb iyona kuphela inkampani ezinze eMelika ohlwini lwabaseTexas lokulwa nokuduba, olubandakanya neqembu lezinsizakalo zezezimali laseNorway, i-co-op yaseBrithani kanye nenkampani yomshuwalense yaseNorway.
ITexas ikwenza “kucace bha ukuthi izwe lethu limi no-Israyeli nabantu balo ngokumelene nalabo abafisa ukubukela phansi umnotho wakwa-Israyeli kanye nenhlalakahle yabantu bakhona,” kusho isitatimende esivela ehhovisi loMlawuli waseTexas uGlenn Hegar.
IWest Bank iyisisekelo sengxabano esinesikhathi eside iphakathi kwama-Israyeli nabasePalestine. NgoNovemba, abakwa-Airbnb bathi bazosusa izindlu ezibalelwa ku-200 ezindaweni zokuhlala zakwa-Israyeli eziseWest Bank. Ibalule izinto ezahlukahlukene ngesinqumo sayo, kufaka phakathi ukuthi ukufakwa kuhlu endaweni ehlala abantu kuxhumene ngqo nempikiswano enkulu esifundeni.
"Kunemibono eminingi eqinile njengoba kumayelana namazwe abelokhu engundabamlonyeni futhi ashubile phakathi kwabakwa-Israel nabasePalestine," kusho i-Airbnb eposini le-blog echaza ngesinqumo sayo. “… Ithemba lethu ukuthi ngelinye ilanga kungekudala, kuzobekwa uhlaka lapho umphakathi wonke womhlaba uhambelana khona-ke kuzoba nesixazululo kule mpi eyingqophamlando kanye nendlela ecacile eya phambili ukuze wonke umuntu ayilandele. Kusukela namhlanje, leli yithemba lokufisa. ”
Ukuhamba kukaTexas kunconywe ngamaChrist United United For Israel, uphiko lwenqubomgomo yomphakathi yenhlangano enkulu kunazo zonke yesizwe sakwa-Israyeli. Ifanise inhlangano ebizwa ngokuthi yiBoycott, Divestment and Sanction, efuna ukuvimba izinkampani ukuthi zenze ibhizinisi ne-Israel, "namaphekula" kanye "nezizwe ezinobutha."
"Bazokwehluleka, ngoba noma ngabe baqamba amanga angakanani futhi badumaze izwe lamaJuda, thina ku-CUFI sizoqinisekisa ukuthi abantu abanonembeza banethuba lokufunda iqiniso ngesizwe sakwa-Israyeli esinamandla nesinentando yeningi," kusho umsunguli we-CUFI uJohn Hagee isitatimende.
Cishe i-26 ithi, kufaka neTexas, inemithetho ezincwadini evimbela izikhungo ukuthi zingalimazi u-Israyeli uma zifuna ukwesekwa kohulumeni bezwe, zisho isifiso sokugwema ukusebenzisa intela yamadola ukubuyisa isimo esinobutha kozakwabo baseMelika.
Abagxeki beDemokhrasi bemithetho ehlasela ukunyakaza kwe-BDS baya ngokuya bengabaza ngezinqubomgomo zakwa-Israyeli futhi babona izenzo zomthetho njengeziphazamisa inkulumo ekhululekile. NgoJanuwari, iFlorida yengeze i-Airbnb ohlwini lwezinkampani oluchaza njengokuduba u-Israyeli. Ngenyanga efanayo, umthethosivivinywa wokulwa nokunyakaza kweBDS wehlulwa ngamaDemocrats eSenate.
Ukuhlukumezeka kwezenzo zakwamanye amazwe kuza ngesikhathi lapho inkampani kuthiwa ilungiselela i-IPO ngesikhathi esithile ngo-2019.
