Yesterday, almost 800 workers at Amazon and Google joined forces to demand their
employers pull out of Project Nimbus – a $1.2 billion contract to provide cloud
services for the Israeli military and government – and cut all ties with the
Israeli military.
The courageous workers at every level of Amazon and Google are making it very
clear that technology should be used to bring people together, not enable
apartheid and violence.
They deserve our support. Click here to send an email to Amazon and Google execs
& let them know that there’s still time to do the right thing: Cut Project
Nimbus, and stop doing business with Israel’s apartheid government.
Project Nimbus is designed to make the Israeli military that carries out
atrocities in Gaza — and the government that carries out the daily business of
apartheid — more oppressive and deadly for Palestinians.
That’s not hyperbole. Under Project Nimbus, the technology and infrastructure
provided by Google and Amazon may make the data-powered surveillance of
Palestinians more state-of-the-art. In addition, this cloud tech may build data
capacity for the Israel Land Authority (ILA), the Israeli government agency that
manages the expansion of illegal settlements and confines and segregates
Palestinian communities.
Both Amazon and Google pay lip service to having human rights commitments. Let
them know that facilitating apartheid is unacceptable.
Google and Amazon execs signed the Project Nimbus contract this past May as the
Israeli military leveled entire residential buildings1 and clinics2 in Gaza, and
threatened to push Palestinian families out of their homes in Jerusalem.3
We’ve seen this kind of thing before from Big Tech, though this is one of the
more flagrant examples. Just one example is ICE and police departments around
the United States, who have used their data-maintenance contracts with Amazon to
expand the immoral deportation machine and manage the surveillance of
marginalized communities.
But we’ve also seen ordinary people and workers fight back against awful Big
Tech contracts like this and win before — and there’s every reason to believe we
can make Amazon and Google executives listen to those calling on them to be on
the right side of history.
Following in the footsteps of those who fought for divestment from apartheid
South Africa and won, it’s our responsibility to say no to Amazon and Google’s
powering of state violence. We know that, together, we can win, too.
Let us know you’re on the side of workers and Palestinian liberation. With one
click, email Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.
Let’s declare together: #NoTechForApartheid.
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