Overview
- Guinness said routine acceptance of applications restarted on Jan. 15 for Israel and the Palestinian territories.
- The change explicitly covers Matnat Chaim’s planned gathering of 2,000 kidney donors, which the group says will be handled under standard Guinness rules.
- Guinness attributed the shift to monthly reviews that reflected a ceasefire and a more stable environment in the region.
- UK Lawyers for Israel had warned in late December that the prior exclusion risked indirect discrimination, unfair commercial practice findings, and damage to trademark rights.
- The company said the resumption does not concede that the pause was unlawful and noted Israel-based records were approved during the pause, as Israeli leaders welcomed the reversal.