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Microsoft workers fired over Gaza vigil say company ‘crumbled under pressure’
- Two Microsoft employees were fired last week for organizing a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza.
- Abdo Mohamed and Hossam Nasr organized the event outside Microsoft's Redmond, Washington headquarters on October 24th, and were fired later that evening.
- The two employees were members of No Azure for Apartheid, a group of Microsoft workers protesting the company's sale of its cloud computing technology to Israel.
- The group demands Microsoft immediately end all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government, as well as calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the conflict.
- Microsoft denies the two were fired for their activism.
- Nasr claimed that both internal and external pressure was put on Microsoft to move against them as they dared to humanize Palestinians.
- Mohamed and Nasr say they were in communications with the company ahead of time and that the vigil was in accordance with Microsoft policies.
- More than 200 employees attended the vigil in person and virtually, according to No Azure for Apartheid.
- The firings have been characterized as retaliatory with the group alleging Microsoft has engaged in intimidation toward Palestinian voices.
- US tech firms who do business with Israel have faced rising unrest internally in the last year.
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