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Google employees found themselves in hot water after staging protests at the company’s offices in Sunnyvale, California, and New York City. The activist group No Tech for Apartheid took charge of the Sunnyvale protest, storming Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office and demanding an end to the company’s business with Israel and withdrawal from Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract with Israel.
Google Employees Protesting Business with Israel Arrested After More Than 8 Hours in CEO‘s Office https://t.co/3XA3ajrTz6 via @BreitbartNews
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Video footage captured a Google official asking the protesters, who had been occupying the office for over eight hours, to voluntarily leave. When the protesters refused, law enforcement was called in to remove them from the premises. The protests were fueled by the belief that Google’s involvement in Project Nimbus was directly supporting alleged atrocities in Gaza.
Under Project Nimbus, Google and Amazon collaborated to provide cloud computing infrastructure and other services to the Israeli government. This partnership included Google offering cloud computing services to the Israel Defense Forces. No Tech for Apartheid accused Google of supporting the “ethnic cleansing of Gaza” in an open letter to Amazon and Google executives.
The protests took place amid a wave of pro-Palestinian sentiments following attacks by the U.S.-designated Islamic terror group, Hamas, on Israel, which resulted in numerous casualties and hostages.
This article gives a nod to the fact that Google employees crossed a line with their protests. It also touches on the sensitive political climate involving Israel and the Palestinian territories. It’s a good reminder to consider all sides of these complex international issues!
