Google and Amazon workers condemn Israel's Project Nimbus

• Published date: 13 October 2021
• Author: BENZI GAD
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Citing claims of human rights abuses and discrimination against Palestinians, the anonymous workers hope to see the contract rejected, along with "future contracts that will harm our users."

"As Google and Amazon employees of conscience from diverse backgrounds. We believe that the technology we build should work to serve and uplift people everywhere, including all of our users," the letter states. "As workers who keep these companies running, we are morally obligated to speak out against violations of these core values."

Project Nimbus was awarded to Google and Amazon last April, beating out bids on the project from Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM.

The Nimbus Project is intended to provide a comprehensive, in-depth cloud services solution for the government, the national defense system, and other bodies in the Israeli economy. The tech giants will establish cloud-based data centers in a plan...