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| DATE | 2025-09-25 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Microsoft terminates services for Israeli
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Israel's survailence SAVES LIVES.
MS's blanket survaince of the world, however, threatens Freedom and
Democracy and endagers all of us.
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Microsoft has terminated a set of services for the Israeli military
after an investigation suggested Israel was using the company’s cloud
computing technology for mass surveillance of Palestinians.
In a statement posted the company’s blog, Microsoft President Brad Smith
said the company had “ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit
within the Israel Ministry of Defense.” The move comes after an
investigation by The Guardian and Israel’s +972 Magazine in early-August
reported that Israel’s military intelligence unit, known as 8200, relied
on Microsoft Azure to store millions of phone calls made by Palestinians
in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Microsoft announced on August 15 that it had begun a review of the
allegations. Smith said Microsoft does not provide technology “to
facilitate mass surveillance of civilians,” a principle it has applied
“in every country around the world.” The review, Smith said, focused on
business records, financial statements, internal documents and other
records without accessing the content of the stored material.
During the investigation, the company says it found evidence that
supports elements of the investigation from the news outlets, including
Israel’s “consumption of Azure storage capacity in the Netherlands and
the use of AI services.” Microsoft informed Israel of the decision “to
cease and disable specific [Israel Defense Ministry] subscriptions and
their services, including their use of specific cloud storage and AI
services and technologies.”
An Israeli security official said, “There is no damage to the
operational capabilities of the IDF.”
Microsoft said the review was still ongoing.
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