Overview

• About 50 current and former employees and community activists set up a short‑lived “Liberated Zone” at the East Campus Plaza, renaming it “The Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza.”
• Protesters pitched tents and a negotiating table inviting executives to “come to the table,” then relocated to a public sidewalk after police warned of trespass arrests.
• Microsoft said the group was asked to leave and did so, reiterating prior statements that its contracts follow company policies and human rights commitments.
• A joint investigation by the Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call alleged Israel’s Unit 8200 stored mass Palestinian call data on Azure, prompting Microsoft to hire Covington & Burling for an external review on Aug. 15.
• Organizers circulated a “Worker Intifada” manifesto calling for the company to end work with Israeli military entities, increase transparency, provide reparations and protect pro‑Palestine workers, continuing a year of escalating employee actions.