Google fires 28 staff after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel

Google fires 28 staff after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel
A Google building at the company’s campus in California (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Google has fired 28 employees involved in protests over the tech company’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, according to statements from the company and campaigners.

The workers held sit-ins at the company’s offices in California and New York over Google’s 1.2 billion dollar (£963.1 million) contract to provide custom tools for Israeli’s military.

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