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'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel
Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.
STJV union members at Arkane Studios in France have joined the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement in calling for parent company Microsoft to end its support for an Israeli regime that a United Nations Special Committee last year said has been waging war on Gaza in a way that is "consistent with the characteristics of genocide." In addition, the group is calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and wants Microsoft to ensure the protection of pro-Palestinian speech and actions such as fundraising initiatives on internal company platforms. On its website, BDS describes Microsoft as "perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza."
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