By Gaia Neiman
Publication Date: 2026-11-03 15:49:00
Microsoft software plays a key part in running an app used by Israel to control Palestinian mobility in the occupied territories, a new report found.
Al Munasseq, meaning ‘The Coordinator’ in Arabic, is an app launched by Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COGAT) unit in 2019 to manage the movement of Palestinians for work, healthcare, prayer, and everyday tasks.
A report published on Tuesday (3 November) by global consumer group Ekō found Microsoft to be hosting key components of Al Munasseq in data centres in Ireland, effectively enabling what is feared to be mass surveillance.
The corporate watchdog found Microsoft’s cloud solutions Azure Functions and Azure Monitor, used to create functional code and monitor user activity, facilitate Israel’s overview of the over one million people using it.
“For Palestinians, Al Munasseq is the gatekeeper to ordinary life. A cancer patient who needs radiotherapy…
