The protesters have demanded that Google pull out of a $1.2 billion “Project Nimbus” contract.
By Faizel Patel, The Citizen
Tech giant Google has fired at least 28 employees over their protest of company’s business ties with the Israeli government.
The pro-Palestinian employees participated in the 10-hour sit-in at the search giant’s offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California on Tuesday.
According to the New York Post, the employees stormed and occupied the office of a top executive.
WATCH: The Google employees being arrested
BREAKING— @google also orders for arrest of of its own workers in SUNNYVALE who sat in for 10 hours at @googlecloud CEO @thomasortk’s personal office, demanding google cut Project Nimbus, the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel.
arrests were caught on our livestream pic.twitter.com/pgLe4gkybY
— No Tech For Apartheid (@NoTechApartheid) April 17, 2024
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