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What Google’s largest-ever acquisition of an Israeli software company tells us about Big Tech’s complicity in genocide
Google’s acquisition of Israeli software company, Wiz, for $32 billion shows just how much Silicon Valley is invested in Israeli tech. The problem is, almost all of Israeli tech is first developed by a genocidal army.
At a time when global concern is mounting over the crimes committed against civilians in Gaza, and calls are increasing to halt the genocide being carried out by Israel, recent news reveals a more dangerous role played by giant tech companies in fueling the Israeli war machine. But this deal goes beyond being merely a business investment; it reveals the depth of moral and technical involvement Silicon Valley companies have in supporting the economy of the Israeli occupation, and even in financing its military and intelligence arms. The reliance of major technology companies — including Microsoft and Google — on employing their innovations to serve the occupation is no longer merely a moral issue, but has become a direct involvement in the project of genocide in Gaza.
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