Dear John,
This. Is. Huge.
Yesterday, almost 800 workers at Amazon and Google joined forces to demand their employers pull out of Project Nimbus – a $1.2 billion contract to provide cloud services for the Israeli military and government – and cut all ties with the Israeli military.
The courageous workers at every level of Amazon and Google are making it very clear that technology should be used to bring people together, not enable apartheid and violence.
They deserve our support. Click here to send an email to Amazon and Google execs & let them know that there’s still time to do the right thing: Cut Project Nimbus, and stop doing business with Israel’s apartheid government.
Project Nimbus is designed to make the Israeli military that carries out atrocities in Gaza — and the government that carries out the daily business of apartheid — more oppressive and deadly for Palestinians.
That’s not hyperbole. Under Project Nimbus, the technology and infrastructure provided by Google and Amazon may make the data-powered surveillance of Palestinians more state-of-the-art. In addition, this cloud tech may build data capacity for the Israel Land Authority (ILA), the Israeli government agency that manages the expansion of illegal settlements and confines and segregates Palestinian communities.
Both Amazon and Google pay lip service to having human rights commitments. Let them know that facilitating apartheid is unacceptable.
Google and Amazon execs signed the Project Nimbus contract this past May as the Israeli military leveled entire residential buildings1 and clinics2 in Gaza, and threatened to push Palestinian families out of their homes in Jerusalem.3
We’ve seen this kind of thing before from Big Tech, though this is one of the more flagrant examples. Just one example is ICE and police departments around the United States, who have used their data-maintenance contracts with Amazon to expand the immoral deportation machine and manage the surveillance of marginalized communities.
But we’ve also seen ordinary people and workers fight back against awful Big Tech contracts like this and win before — and there’s every reason to believe we can make Amazon and Google executives listen to those calling on them to be on the right side of history.
Following in the footsteps of those who fought for divestment from apartheid South Africa and won, it’s our responsibility to say no to Amazon and Google’s powering of state violence. We know that, together, we can win, too.
Let us know you’re on the side of workers and Palestinian liberation. With one click, email Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.
Let’s declare together: #NoTechForApartheid.
Thank you for everything that you do to further justice.
In solidarity,
Greta Zarro
Organizing Director
World BEYOND War
[email protected]
Sources:
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"Israel's bombing of Gaza apartment buildings could be a war crime, human rights groups warn," Business Insider, May 13, 2021.
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“An Israeli airstrike damaged Gaza’s only lab for processing coronavirus tests, officials said,” New York Times, May 18, 2021.
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“Sheikh Jarrah residents speak out on Israel’s forced expulsions,” Al Jazeera, May 11, 2021.
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