Microsoft engineer resigns over cloud business from Israeli military
Demonstrators hold a banner reading “Redeemed Territory” during a protest on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, on August 19, 2025. Microsoft Corp. employees marched at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters to increase pressure on the software maker to stop doing business with Israel because of the war in Gaza.
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A. Microsoft The engineer is resigning after 13 years at the software giant, claiming the company continues to sell cloud services to the Israeli military and executives won’t discuss the war in Gaza.
Chief software engineer Scott Sutfin-Glowski informed his colleagues at Microsoft on Thursday that this would be his last week at the company.
“I can no longer accept the worst atrocity of our time taking place,” he wrote.
He was talking about February in the letter. Associated Press Stating that the Israeli army has at least 635 Microsoft subscriptions, the article claimed that the vast majority of them remain active.
Microsoft declined to comment.
Sutfin-Glowski’s announced departure came a day after President Donald Trump said Israel and Hamas had committed to the first phase of a peace plan two years after the last conflict. The United States will send about 200 troops to Israel to support the ceasefire agreement, the AP reported Thursday, citing government officials.
The conflict was a matter of ongoing tension at Microsoft.
For months, employees protested the company’s Israeli military cloud business. Five employees were laid off.
In September, Microsoft announced that it had stopped providing certain services to a part of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, but did not provide detailed information. This decision came after Microsoft conducted an investigation. August report Israel Defense Forces Unit 8200 has set up a system to monitor Palestinian phone calls, The Guardian said.
Sutfin-Glowski said the company had cut off communications systems that allowed employees to voice concerns about the Israeli military’s use of Microsoft products.
Employees and community members held signs outside a building at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Thursday, urging the company to sever ties with Israel, according to a statement from No Azure for Apartheid. The group is asking Microsoft to listen to more than 1,500 employees who petitioned the company to approve the ceasefire.
“Today, the ceasefire in Gaza finally comes into force after two years of genocide, but atrocities, human rights violations, war crimes, apartheid and occupation continue,” Sutfin-Glowski said. he wrote.
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