Hundreds Gather at Google’s San Francisco Office to Protest $1.2 Billion Contract with Israel

SF Gate More than 400 protesters gathered at Google’s San Francisco office on Thursday to demand the tech company cut ties with Israel’s government. Occupying a block of Market Street, attendees chanted, held up Palestinian flags, waved signs and listened to speeches by Google workers. Activists from the Palestinian Youth Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace also spoke, advocating for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire and an end to what they called Israel’s “apartheid regime.”  The focus of the protest was Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract with Israel, launched in 2021, that provides the country with local data centers and cloud computing services. At various points in the two-hour event, speakers led the crowd in chants accusing Google of complicity in a genocide. READ THE FULL STORY                   

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