Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military

Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on Palestinians

Dozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company's east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its software by the Israeli military to carry out operations in Gaza and enable the surveillance of Palestinians.

Less than a week after the company said it was launching an independent investigation into the use of its Azure software, current and former staff occupied a space they declared the Free Zone", holding placards that read Join The Worker Intifada - No Labor for Genocide" and Martyred Palestinian Children's Plaza".