Statement from the No Tech For Apartheid Campaign in response to confirmation of Google’s new deal with Israeli Defense Ministry and Occupation Forces signed while Israel massacred Palestinians in Gaza; and confirmation of Project Nimbus’ direct military applications.
No Tech For Apartheid Campaign
Google is a war profiteer, and is directly aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Despite escalating worker action opposing the contract, Google continued to lie to its own workers, consumers, and the press for years: in numerous public statements, the company claimed that Project Nimbus, the company’s $1 billion contract with the Israeli government, was not being rendered for services related to the Israeli military.
This morning’s reporting from TIME Magazine brings new clarity to the extent of Google’s complicity: The company has renewed its contracts with the Israeli military forces since the start of the genocide, at a discounted rate, and signed a new agreement with the Israeli military as recently as three weeks ago. Google is purposefully colluding with the IOF in its massacre of Palestinians, deepening its relationship with a state carrying out a genocide that has been livestreamed 24/7 for over six months. Google cannot feign ignorance: it is an active arm of the Israeli genocidal war machine.
For years, Amazon and Google workers have been fighting for their companies to drop the Project Nimbus contract. Rather than addressing their concerns, Google has rejected and minimized worker concerns about the impact of the project. Google instead has engendered a health and safety crisis by facilitating harassment and retaliating against workers who speak out against Project Nimbus, and has condoned further harassment, discrimination, and retaliation against Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian Googlers.
Google must heed our call now: Drop Project Nimbus, and end all business with the Israeli military and government. No less is acceptable. We will not stop organizing and fighting until the company stops profiting from genocide.
We encourage all people of conscience committed to Palestinian liberation to attend worker-led No Tech For Genocide actions in New York City, Sunnyvale, and Seattle this coming April 16 to demand Google stop powering this genocide.”
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