Overview

• Principal software engineer Scott Sutfin-Glowski told colleagues this week he is leaving after 13 years, saying executives refused to discuss the war in Gaza.
• He cited an Associated Press report that the Israeli military held at least 635 Microsoft subscriptions and claimed most remain active.
• Sutfin-Glowski wrote that he could not continue enabling what he described as grave abuses and said internal forums for raising concerns had been curtailed.
• Microsoft said in September it halted certain services to a division of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, a step reported after The Guardian detailed Unit 8200 surveillance systems; the company declined to comment on the resignation.
• Employees and community members rallied at Microsoft’s Redmond campus as activists reported banners urging the company to end ties with Israel, following months of protests, a petition signed by over 1,500 workers, and five protest-related firings.