DUBAI: Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used for the mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The tech firm informed Israeli authorities it would “cease and disable specified IMOD (Israel Ministry of Defense) subscriptions and their services, including their use of specific cloud storage and AI services and technologies,” Brad Smith, the vice-chair and president of Microsoft said in a company memo and blog post on Thursday.

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