Protesters occupy Microsoft president's office in opposition to cooperation with Israel

Zhitong
2025.08.27 05:48

According to a report by The Seattle Times on the 26th, several protesters stormed the headquarters of American tech giant Microsoft, occupying the office of President Brad Smith to protest Microsoft's collaboration with the Israeli government. Police arrested seven people hours later, with Smith stating that two of them were Microsoft employees. The report mentioned that around 1 PM local time on August 26, a protest organization calling itself "Refuse Azure's Support for Apartheid" announced the occupation of the president's office, with Azure being Microsoft's cloud service brand. The organization is composed of current and former Microsoft employees and supporters who oppose Microsoft's provision of technical services to the Israeli government and military