Google Employee Fired for Protesting Israeli Military Contract
The dismissal follows a public protest against Project Nimbus, a controversial $1.2 billion cloud services contract with the Israeli government.
- Google has fired an employee who protested the company's involvement with the Israeli military during a tech conference in New York, specifically opposing Project Nimbus.
- The employee disrupted a presentation by Google Israel's managing director, declaring opposition to technology that supports genocide or surveillance.
- Project Nimbus is a $1.2 billion contract between Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government for cloud services, which critics argue endangers Palestinian community members.
- The incident has sparked internal dissent among Google employees, with over 600 signing a letter urging Google to withdraw from the Mind the Tech conference promoting Israeli tech.
- No Tech For Apartheid, an organization opposing Project Nimbus, criticized Google for attempting to silence workers and accused the company of aiding in genocide through the contract.