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‘Double Standards and Hypocrisy’: The Dissent at Cisco Over the War in Gaza
Employees at Cisco revealed to WIRED the challenges they’ve encountered while petitioning for the cancellation of contracts with Israel and greater recognition of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
For six weeks, Bridge to Humanity had been gathering signatures for a 33-page internal petition to Robbins, Katsoudas, and chief legal officer Dev Stahlkopf calling for transparency on and potential cancellation of various contracts to provide servers and other gear to the Israeli government. In a statement provided by company spokespeople, a leader of the Jewish Network speaking anonymously due to safety concerns says the group espouses empathy and maintains an open mind “to embrace all cultures and advocate for all communities, irrespective of geopolitical events.” “These Cisconians have, among other things, repeatedly glorified violence, joked about sending people to their deaths, likened Palestinians and those with opposing viewpoints to animals,” the complaint seen by WIRED alleged, before going on to explain in vivid detail scores of posts the complainants considered offensive.
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