Google fires 28 employees over protest of cloud contract with Israel
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Google fires 28 employees over protest of cloud contract with Israel

Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday after sit-ins at the company's offices in protest of its cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. Why it matters: The protests stemmed from long-brewing discontent among a group of Google and Amazon workers over claims that Israel is using the companies' services to harm Palestinians. Context: The group of workers‚ called No Tech For Apartheid‚ organized sit-in demonstrations earlier this week at Google...