Hundreds of Google employees protested, demanding an end to cooperation with Israel. They gathered in front of the office of Google Cloud Chief Executive Tomas Kurian and demanded to end the relationship with Israel and occupied the office by staging a sit-in for at least eight hours.
Many employees have been arrested in response to the protest. Protests were held in California and New York. The employees urged the company’s management to stop working with the Israeli government. Employees who refused to leave the Google Cloud CEO’s office were arrested. They demanded that the provision of cloud computing services to the Israeli government be stopped.
The video of Google employees’ protest is also being widely shared through social media platforms. In this video, protesting employees can be seen sitting in the office of the CEO of Google Cloud. They also live-streamed their protest.
Google has signed a multibillion-dollar AI contract, Project Nimbus, with the Israeli government in 2021, The Daily Wire reported.