Microsoft ends employment of workers who staged anti-Israel protests at company events
Two workers say their employment has ended against the protests. (There is no apartheid azure by Storyful)
Microsoft reportedly was fired An employee who disrupts the company’s 50th anniversary ceremony event and expresses his opposition to the job of providing artificial intelligence technology to Israel.
Two employees protested at the event, but a Microsoft spokesman told Fox Business that one employee had “resigned and the other was “Let Go.”
When Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Souleman spoke at the event, Ebtihar Absad began screaming at him, accusing him of being the “benefits of war.” She asked Thuleman to “stop using AI on genocide.”
“Mustafa, I’m embarrassed by you. I’m asserting you that you care about using AI forever, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military,” cried Absad.
Suleyman thanked Absad for his protest, saying, “I have heard you.”
When security led her out of the room, Absad said, “Everything at Microsoft has blood in its hands,” and the company said, “kill the kids.”
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman will speak at the company’s 50th anniversary ceremony held in Redmond, Washington on April 4, 2025. (Reuters/Jeffrey Dustin/Reuters)
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Microsoft is said to have told Absad that her employment has ended over “conduct of fraud.” According to Verge.
Second protester Vaniya Agrawal has suspended a panel featuring Microsoft co-founders Bill Gatesformer CEO Steve Ballmer and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. In her protest, Agrawal cried out, “50,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been murdered with Microsoft technology.” She then denounced attendees and people during the “celebration with their blood” stage.
Agrawal demanded that the company “cut off ties with Israel.”
From left, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, CEO of Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella, will be appearing in collaboration at Microsoft’s 50th anniversary ceremony held on April 4, 2025 in Redmond, Washington. (Reuters/Jeffrey Dustin/Reuters)
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Apartheid’s azure appears to be claiming responsibility for protests in posts on their Instagram page. The group identified Absad as a “member” and Agrawal as a “organizer.” Apartheid’s azure did not write in an Instagram post Monday that both Aboussad and Agrawal were “officially fired.”
Apartheid’s Azure wrote on its Instagram page that it is “a group of Microsoft workers who require Microsoft to terminate all Azure contracts and partnerships with the Israeli military and government.”
A logo marking the edge of Microsoft Corporate Campus in Redmond, Washington. (Toby Scott/Sopa Images/Lightrocket by Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Microsoft, which has an Israeli R&D centre in Tel Aviv, has fired other apartheid azure-free employee. In October 2024, Abdelrahman Mohamed and Hossam Nasr are said to be unauthorized All night for Gaza At the company headquarters, According to CNBC. Microsoft said it “ends employment of some individuals in accordance with internal policies,” but it did not provide other details to CNBC.