Microsoft Dismisses Employees Following Protest Against Israel Connection

The workers were terminated following a “serious breach of company policies and our code of conduct” stemming from “the break-in at executive offices”, a spokesperson for the Redmond, Washington-based company said.

Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails informing them that they were fired, the protest group ‘No Azure for Apartheid’ said in a statement. They were among seven protesters who were arrested on Tuesday after occupying the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith. The other five were former Microsoft workers and people outside the company.

“We are here because Microsoft continues to provide Israel with the tools it needs to commit genocide while gaslighting and misdirecting its own workers about this reality,” Hattle said in a statement on Wednesday.