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Nemeski@lemm.ee to MicrosoftEnglish · 17 days ago

Microsoft employee disrupts Satya Nadella’s keynote with ‘Free Palestine’ protest

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Microsoft employee disrupts Satya Nadella’s keynote with ‘Free Palestine’ protest

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Nemeski@lemm.ee to MicrosoftEnglish · 17 days ago
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Microsoft employees keep protesting the company’s contracts with Israel
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    17 days ago

    This was several weeks ago

    edit: I guess it happened again

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      This is a new one, just happened today

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        I was about to ask, “again”?

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          At some point it’s gotta be bad enough publicity to stop right? Like how much could Israel be paying them, can’t be that much.

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            According to Wikipedia:

            The Israeli Ministry of Defense is Microsoft’s second largest military customer.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Israeli_military_support

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              Microsoft employees/protestors should take that as a challenge.

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    Eventually we’ll run out of people who stand up, and that’s what they’re counting on.

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    How does Microsoft have anything to do with Palestine

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      They provide services to Israel that are instrumental in their oppression of the Palestinian people.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft#Israeli_military_support

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