Business and Economy
A week after short-term home-rental company delists 200 properties in Jewish settlements, California town calls Airbnb move “deplorable” • Beverly Hills Deputy Mayor: Airbnb is not welcome in Beverly Hills as long as its policies are based on anti-Jewish double standards.
Airbnb offers rental properties in dozens of conflict regions across the world which are not subjected to any restrictions, such as Tibet.
Airbnb spokesperson Nick Papas declined to answer when asked if this is the first time there has been a ban in a conflict zone, and if there will also be a ban in the Golan Heights and eastern Jerusalem as well as in Palestinian areas of the disputed territories.
The Israeli pavilion covered 400 square meters and was inspired by the campaigns of the Ministry of Tourism: “Two cities one break” (Tel Aviv and Jerusalem), and the “Always Sunny” campaign of the Negev and Eilat.
The plaintiff discovered the material after conducting a Google search in Spanish using the terms “Holocaust” and “truth.” The results included labeling Jews as “degenerate” and the “embodiment of evil.”
A proposal submitted during the Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv by Volkswagen Group, Champion Motors and Mobileye is expected to bring Level 4 autonomous vehicles to Israel by next year.
Lebanon is in urgent need of a government capable of installing economic reforms that are necessary to put its debt on a sustainable road, according to the International Monetary Fund.
“The economy’s resilience must be improved by many measures because no one knows where the next crisis will come from,” Karnit Flug told the Hebrew business site TheMarker about her successor, University of Pennsylvania economist Amir Yaron.
This year’s annual program, hosted by Birthright Israel, covered topics including cyber security, community-building, digital health-care innovation, cryptocurrencies, commerce and more.
“Incoming tourism contributes significantly to both Israel’s economy and, no less importantly, to its image,” said Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin. “I am convinced that we will continue to see the sharp rise in the number of tourists arriving in Israel, and we will end the year with another record.”
Said the Israeli prime minister: “They very much want Israeli gas, they very much want Israeli technology, and they very much want Israel’s friendship. That’s a good sign.”
Posters have been spotted on Valiasr Avenue, Tehran’s longest avenue, advertising kidneys for sale and listing the blood type of the sellers.
