Airbnb announced Monday it will not allow rental listings in Judea and Samaria.

“We concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians,” a statement on Airbnb’s website reads.

Some are criticizing the hospitality site’s decision. In a tweet, one person wrote that the announcement was “not a policy about disputed territories, but about Jews.”

Another said: “@Airbnb you guys suck. This is a dumb, dumb move.”

According to Airbnb, there were about 200 home-share listings in the area.

Meanwhile, Saeb Erekat, chief negotiator for the Palestine Liberation Organization, said the decision was a step in the right direction.

“We reiterate our call upon the U.N. Human Rights Council to release the database of companies profiting from the Israeli colonial occupation,” he said, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Israeli settlements are not just an obstacle to peace, but defy the very definition of peace.”

In response to Airbnb’s decision, the city council of Beverly Hills in California voted to pass a resolution condemning the change, saying Airbnb is “not welcome in Beverly Hills as long as its policies are based on anti-Jewish double standards.”

“Airbnb’s decision to remove all listings in Jewish settlements in the West Bank demonstrates hatred,…

On Wednesday, Warner Bros. and Netflix settled a lawsuit brought against them by The Satanic Temple for using the temple’s statue of Baphomet in the spin-off of the 90s classic “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.”

The temple’s co-founder Lucien Greaves wrote in a blog post that the suit was “amicably settled” between the parties. 

Greaves continued noting that The Satanic Temple will be acknowledged for the goat-headed statue in the credits for the remaining episodes of “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” He also noted that the remainder of the agreement is protected by a confidentiality agreement.

The New York Times reports that The Satanic Temple filed suit against Netflix and Warner Bros. on Nov. 9 in the Federal District Court in Manhattan. Reportedly the group asked for at a minimum of $50 million for copyright infringement and defamation to the temple’s reputation.

According to the temple’s mission statement, the group, which defines itself as an activist group, works in part to “reject tyrannical authority” and to “encourage benevolence and empathy among all people.” 

The New York Times reports that the goat-headed statue called “Baphomet With Children,” was designed five years ago to be used for protests on religious freedom. The statue was based on a drawing of the deity made by occultist Éliphas…

The extensive wildfire that took the lives of dozens and demolished thousands of homes in Northern California has been fully contained after it burned for over two weeks, authorities declared on Sunday. 

According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Camp Fire has been encircled by firefighters after a few days of rain in the Paradise area. 

CBN News reports that the most destructive wildfire to occur in the past century took the lives of at least 85 people, with 249 unaccounted for. Fortunately, the number of missing people dropped in the past few days as officials confirmed that more people were alive. 

As time went on, crews continued to comb through debris and ash for human remains. The fire began on November 8th in the scorched Sierra Nevada foothills and hastily made its way across 240 square miles, consuming the majority of Paradise within a day. 

An astonishing 19,000 buildings, most of which were homes, are now destroyed. 

Last week, the first considerable winter storm to blow through California was the force needed to push the fight against the fire. Over a three-day period, the storm dropped an approximated 7 inches of rain without causing serious mudslides, according to Hannah Chandler-Cooley of the National Weather Service.  

Jennifer Erickson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service, reported to  

The migrant caravan that originated in Honduras and Guatemala is nearing the United States’ southern border and President Trump is preparing to close the shared border with Mexico until the situation is “under control.”

In a news conference last week, President Trump told reporters, “if we find that it is uncontrollable, if we find that it gets to a level where we are gonna lose control or people are gonna start getting hurt, we will close entry into the country for a period of time until we can get it under control.”

A reporter then asked if that meant the entire U.S.-Mexico border would be closed, the President replied by saying, “the whole border,” as he shook his head in confirmation. 

President Trump also confirmed that he has authorized the military to use lethal force if necessary, though Trump said he hopes it does not have to come to that. 

He said, “If they have to, they are gonna use lethal force. I’ve given the okay if they have to. I hope they don’t have to, but you know you’re dealing with a minimum of 500 serious criminals.” He added, “I’m not gonna let the military be taken advantage of.”  

The Associated Press reports that on Sunday, only a few days after the news conference, U.S. agents used tear gas on migrants who were attempting to breach the border fences. 

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NAIROBI, Kenya, November 23, 2018 (Morning Star News) – After a family in southeast Kenya put their faith in Christ this month, Muslims gave them one day to return to Islam or be killed, the father said.

“We were given a day to either recant the Christian faith or face the sword, as well as lose all the privileges the Muslims had given to us,” Abdul Abuk-Bakr of Sera village, Garsen, told Morning Star News.

Abu-Bakr had suffered a serious illness for more than two months, visiting various hospitals without improving, when a pastor whose name and church are undisclosed visited him the evening of Nov. 3, Abu-Bakr said. The pastor prayed for Abu-Bakr in Jesus’ name, and the married father of two received instant healing.

The next day, Sunday (Nov. 4), his entire family decided to place their faith in Christ for salvation from sin. The pastor’s church joyfully received the family as new members – and word of their conversion spread like a bush fire, he said.

“It reached the mosque at Sera that I had converted to Christ, and that very day I received threatening messages that the Muslims were planning to kill all of us and take away both the rented house and the two acres of land on which we had planted food crops – maize and beans,” Abu-Bakr said.

Given a day to return to Islam, on Nov. 6 the family sought refuge at the church site.

During Friday…