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Google and Amazon Employees: "Disconnecting from the Israeli Army" | Israel today

2021-10-13T13:15:39.851Z


Hundreds of employees of major high-tech powers have called on their companies to boycott Israel and deny it access to their services, arguing that the state uses technology to harm the Palestinian population.


In a letter which was worded anonymously "for fear of a reaction" and published in the British newspaper The Guardian on Tuesday, 300 Amazon employees and 90 Google opposed the contracts signed with Israel.

"We are morally obligated to speak out against violations of these core values. For this reason, we are forced to call on the leaders of Amazon and Google to withdraw from the Nimbus project and sever all ties with the Israeli military," the document wrote at the beginning.



They later referred to the "wall guards" vote in Gaza in May this year, however the document completely ignored the 12 Israelis killed, the 350 wounded and three thousand rockets fired from the Gaza Strip by the terrorist organization Hamas.

"Our employers signed a contract called the Nimbus Project for the Sale of Dangerous Technology to the Israeli Army and Government. This contract was signed the same week that the Israeli army attacked Palestinians in the Gaza Strip - killing nearly 250 people, including more than 60 children," she said. "Girls will make the systematic discrimination and displacement of the Israeli army and government more cruel and deadly for the Palestinians."


Iron Dome interceptions in Ashkelon during Operation Guard of the Walls., Photo: Reuters

"We can not ignore it, since the products we build are used to deny the basic rights of the Palestinians," they explained.

The workers ended the letter by calling on their colleagues and the international community to "join us in building a world where technology promotes security and respect for all."

Source: israelhayom

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