By @byalexhalverson
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 02:29:00
Two months after Microsoft for the first time restricted services to an Israeli military unit, protesters were again on the company’s doorstep to demand Microsoft sever all ties with Israel’s government.
On a chilly Tuesday morning in Redmond, pro-Palestinian activists beat drums, waved flags and pointed megaphones toward Microsoft’s headquarters chanting demands they’ve repeated for most of the year.
Microsoft has acknowledged that Israel misused some of its cloud technology, and moved to limit one Israeli military unit’s use of those services. That hasn’t satisfied protesters — who have disrupted high-profile Microsoft events and invaded Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office — or resolved a significant morale problem for the company.
A group called No Azure for Apartheid, made up mostly of former Microsoft workers, is maintaining calls for the company to sever all ties with the Israeli government.
During previous protests, members of No Azure for Apartheid…
