On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over the square at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, as part of the Apartheid protest without azure. They stated that the area “released zone” and said that they changed the name from Plaza East Campus to “the martyrdom of the Palestinian children’s square.” The organization, which announced and distributed photos of the takeover in a press release, said that at the beginning of the event there were about 50 people.
The protesters set up tents and artistic tribute to gas losses, including covers and a gigantic plate with the inscription “Stop starving gauze”. They also created a negotiating table with a sign inviting Microsoft directors to “come to the table” and the end of the company’s partnership with the Israeli army.
The group claims that they plan to take up the square until they are forced to be removed. Microsoft did not answer immediately at the request for comment.
This is a continuation of a number of noisy protests focused on Microsoft and its management on their work with Israel. During the Microsoft celebration of the 50th anniversary in AprilThe software engineer in the AI section of the company interrupted the CEO of Microsoft AI Mustafa Suleyman with a call to stop to utilize the company’s AI products. During a different event Microsoft on the same day, another software engineer interrupted the CEO of Microsoft Satyada Nadelli with a similar protest. Business quickly completed the roles of both employees. A month later, Microsoft employees said that the company had I started to block Microsoft Outlook E -Mail containing the words “Palestine”, “Gaza”, “Genocide”, “Apartheid” and “Iof Off Azure”.
NO Azure press message for Apartheid, the Microsoft of the No Tech for Apartheid, called the “largest escalation focused on Microsoft.” He appealed to the investigation at the beginning of this month Through The Guardian in cooperation with the +972 magazine and a local call, which revealed that the Israeli government tried to store recording and data on “a million calls per hour” made by Palestinians. Reports reported that these calls directly shaped Israel’s military activity in Gaza and West Brzeg.
Activists also disseminated the document called “we will not be teeth in an Israeli genocidal machine: a call for an Intifad employee.” The document, written by “Microsoft Workers, former employees and members of the conscience community”, calls Microsoft to limit the bond with Israel. He also calls on “after the end of genocide and forced hunger”, as well as for compensation for Palestinians and the end of “discrimination of Microsoft from Palestinian, Arabic, Muslims and pro-Palestinian workers” and “protect all employees involved in Palestinian supporters from damage and harassment at work.”
The document calls on Microsoft employees to “speak, leave, protest, [and] Strike. “He also calls employees in every company to demand their jobs to” cut off bonds and sell from all genocidal connections, including all relationships that your company has with Israel or Microsoft. ” For Microsoft directors, the document offers an e -mail address for negotiations, as well as a place in the negotiating table on the square.