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Wed 30 Aug 2023 8:54 am - Jerusalem Time
San Francisco: Activists protest against Google in solidarity with Palestine
Hundreds of Google employees and supporters of the Palestinian right participated in a demonstration in San Francisco, California, in solidarity with the Palestinian people and in protest against the holding of Google's annual cloud technology conference.
The participants in the demonstration, which was organized today by a broad coalition of several organizations supporting the Palestinian right, carried Palestinian flags and banners calling for ending the company's contract with the Israeli government and occupation army.
A number of demonstrators chained themselves outside the convention in downtown San Francisco, as a gesture of nonviolent civil disobedience.
A statement issued by the organizers of the event said, “Google technology is not used to inspire and innovate, on the contrary, it nurtures the Israeli security services, enabling and promoting apartheid, state violence, occupation and land grabs, through a highly lucrative contract worth $1,000. A billion dollars with the Israeli government and army.
The statement indicated that employees of Google and Amazon have been organizing for nearly two years to terminate the contract for the Nimbus project, which helps the Israeli government monitor Palestinians, expand illegal settlements, and practice violence against Palestinians under siege and occupation.
The statement said: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the expulsion of more than 75% of the Palestinians from their lands in the "Nakba," stressing that workers in the field of technology and activists continue to organize events until Google stops making a profit by enabling the injustice and violence befalling the Palestinian people. .
It is noteworthy that the conference is the largest in the world that organizes artificial intelligence, with the participation of thousands of workers in the field of cloud technology from different countries of the world.
In the same context, more than 45,000 Americans signed an electronic petition launched by about 1,000 employees of Google and Amazon, calling on the management of the two companies to terminate their contract with the Israeli occupation army.
The petition indicated that the signing of the agreement between the two companies and the occupation army took place while the Israeli army continues to demolish homes, clinics and schools and expel Palestinian families from their homes in Jerusalem.
It stated that the management of the two companies signed in May a contract worth $1.22 billion to provide cloud technology to the Israeli government and army.
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San Francisco: Activists protest against Google in solidarity with Palestine