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“Airbnb is applying an obvious double standard towards Israel and Israelis, which is far removed from the policy that we recognize by any fair-minded observer as objective and non-discriminatory,” said Israel’s deputy counsel general in Miami Guy Gilady.
“BDS is nothing more than a cloak for anti-Semitism, and as long as I’m governor, BDS will be [dead on arrival],” said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
He spoke with Israel Hayom in what was his first foreign media interview as governor-elect. If there’s one takeaway from this interview, it is that, beginning in January 2019, Israel will have friend in the Florida Governor’s Mansion.
This development comes amid Gillum’s opponent, Rep. Ron DeSantis, attacking the Democrat in a TV campaign ad for having “anti-Semites around him.”