Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Chatham House in London, 2024, ahead of traveling to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Credit: Kin Cheung/APMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Chatham House in London, 2024, ahead of traveling to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Credit: Kin Cheung/APAugust 20, 2025Dozens of Microsoft employees protested at the company's Washington campus on Tuesday against the use of its software by the Israeli military to surveil Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.Earlier this month, a joint investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and The Guardian revealed that Israel is using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to store vast amounts of intelligence collected on Palestinians. On Friday, Microsoft launched what it called an "urgent" external investigation in response to the report. According to The Guardian, it is the second such review into the IDF's use of Microsoft technology.According to The Guardian, current and former staff occupied an area of the Microsoft campus with signs that read "Join The Worker Intifada – No Labor for Genocide" and "Martyred Palestinian Children's Plaza."The Guardian reported that the protest lasted for two hours, after which police told them they would be arrested for trespassing if they didn't leave. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the protesters obeyed and moved along, and that the company had nothing more to add in relation to the investigation. According to the original exposé, Unit 8200, roughly equivalent to the National Security Agency in the U.S., uploaded millions of Palestinian phone call recordings to Azure, leveraging Microsoft's massive storage capacity.Microsoft maintains that the partnership with Unit 8200 exists to strengthen Israel's cybersecurity, and insists that it has no awareness of surveillance involving civilians or intercepted phone calls.The IDF told +972 that all cooperation with civilian companies is "conducted based on regulated and legally supervised agreements" and that it operates "in accordance with international law, with the aim of countering terrorism and ensuring the security of the state and its citizens."In the NewsTrump Claims U.S. Could Destroy Iran's Infrastructure 'In Two Days'The Jewish Lawyer Who Took on Henry Ford, and the Antisemitic Machine Behind HimIDF Soldier Filmed Pointing Weapon at Chest of Palestinian Who Posed No ThreatIran-linked Militia Commander Arrested for Planning Attacks on U.S. Jewish SitesViolence at Jerusalem's Flag March Declined, but the Message Was Still SharpRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Hasidic Jews Behind Florida's Giant Golden Trump Statue'A Slave Economy': Inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox Parallel StateStarlink Users, Beware – Israeli Tech Can Reveal Your IdentityIt Wasn't Just Revenge That Israel Was After in GazaIsraeli Artists Slam Venice Biennale Participation: 'Again, Israel as a Victim'Trump Collides With Reality in Latest Iran Standoff