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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">Activists condemn Microsoft\u2019s complicity in Israeli genocide in Gaza</h1>
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<p>WASHINGTON, (PIC)</p>
<p>Two senior executives at American tech giant Microsoft were met with
strong protest during an artificial intelligence conference in Seattle,
as activists accused the company of supporting \u201cthe genocide being
committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.\u201d</p>
<p>The protest took place during the \u201cEthics & Technology 2025:
Governing Artificial Intelligence\u201d conference organized by Seattle
University in Washington on Thursday. Activists from the group \u201cNo Azure
for Apartheid\u201d, along with members of several civil society
organizations, disrupted speeches by Mike Jackson, Deputy General
Manager of Microsoft\u2019s Office of Artificial Intelligence, and Teresa
Hutson, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Microsoft, by
chanting slogans condemning the company\u2019s collaboration with Israel.</p>
<p>No Azure for Apartheid is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel group that opposes Israeli crimes and operates under the slogan:</p>
<p>We refuse to be complicit.</p>
<p>Join the growing No Tech for Apartheid movement and demand that
Microsoft live up to its own purported ethical values\u2014by ending its
direct and indirect complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide.</p>
<p>Join us, alongside students, teachers, activists, cultural workers,
healthcare workers, and trade unions, alongside the International Court
of Justice, alongside ordinary people in the streets and Palestinians
worldwide, in building a new future where Palestine is free.</p>
<p>Protesters carried signs reading: \u201cAI is irresponsible\u201d and \u201cEnd all contracts with Israel now.\u201d They chanted slogans such as:<br>\u2022 \u201cMicrosoft, you can\u2019t hide, you support genocide,\u201d and<br>\u2022 \u201cDivest now, we won\u2019t stop, we won\u2019t be silent!\u201d</p>
<p>Despite attempts by organizers to silence the protesters, Jackson was
forced to leave the stage within minutes, while the protests continued
inside the hall. This led the conference administration to cancel the
session and evacuate the venue.</p>
<p>The activists continued their demonstration in the building\u2019s lobby,
waving Palestinian flags and criticizing Seattle University for inviting
Microsoft to the event. They stated that the university \u201cshould be
ashamed\u201d for hosting Microsoft representatives.</p>
<p>In mid-May, Microsoft issued a statement confirming that it provides
cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to the Israeli Army
Ministry. However, the company claimed there was no evidence that these
technologies were being used to harm civilians.</p>
<p>A January 2025 investigation by the Associated Press revealed that AI
models developed by Microsoft and OpenAI were used as part of an
Israeli military program to select bombing targets in Gaza and Lebanon.</p>
<p>Since October 7, 2023, Israel\u2014backed by the U.S.\u2014has been carrying
out a genocide in Gaza involving killings, starvation, destruction, and
forced displacement, ignoring all international appeals and orders from
the International Court of Justice to stop. The genocide has resulted in
approximately 186,000 people killed or wounded\u2014most of them women and
children\u2014over 11,000 missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and
famine that has claimed the lives of many, including children.</p>
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