Protesters occupied the company’s office on the 3rd; Asked for the end of Big Tech’s ties with Tel Aviv
Flated 2 employees, Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli, on Wednesday (27.2025), after participating in a protest in the office of Big Tech’s president against the company’s bond with Israel.
According to a Microsoft spokesman, employees were fired by “serious violations of company policies and our code of conduct”, Due to“invasion of executive offices”.
The group no Azure for Apartheid, responsible for the protest, said that Hattle and Fameli received the information of resignation by voice message.
The 2 were among the 7 protesters arrested on Tuesday (26.ago) for occupying the office of the company’s president, Brad Smith. The other 5 were former employees and people with no connection with Microsoft.
In a statement on Wednesday (27th), Hattle said the action was because “Microsoft continues to provide Israel the tools needed to maintain genocide“In Gaza.”While manipulating and disorienting their own employees about this reality”He added.
No Azure for Apartheid, whose name makes reference to Microsoft’s software, required the company to break ties with Israel and pay compensation to the Palestinians.
Brad Smith stated on Tuesday (26.ago) that freedom of expression enjoyed “For all”In the US would be respected,“as long as they do it legally”.
The protests are later given that the British newspaper, in collaboration with Palestinian and Israeli vehicles, that the 8200 Unit, Israel’s main Military Intelligence Agency, would have used a segregated environment within Azure to store millions of daily telephone calls from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Microsoft investigates the allegations. The review was classified by the company as “urgentAnd seeks to verify if there was a violation of the terms of service of the cloud computing platform.
Previously, other employees also protested against the company’s ties with Israel. In April, a speech by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during the celebration of the brand’s 50th anniversary was interrupted by 2 employees protesting in favor of the Palestinians. They were also fired at the time.
