7 protesters arrested after pro-Palestinian sit-in demonstrations at Microsoft president’s office

WASHINGTON: Redmond police arrested seven protesters on Tuesday after a sit-in at the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith in Washington. The demonstration was part of an escalating campaign by the group “No Azure for Apartheid” — which includes current and former Microsoft employees — over what it describes as the company’s complicity in alleged Israeli war crimes through its Azure cloud services. During the sit-in, which included demands that the tech giant sever ties with the Israeli military, demonstrators entered Building 34 and occupied Smith’s office.

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