More than 500 Amazon employees urge company sever contracts with Israel

A group of 500 Amazon workers is asking the company’s top executives to voice support for Palestinians and sever its contract with the Israel Defense Forces, The Verge reported on Tuesday.

The company currently employs more than 1.3 million worldwide.
 

In April, Amazon and Google signed a $1.2 billion cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government, according to Reuters.
 

“As Amazonians, we believe it is our moral responsibility to stand in solidarity with and speak out on behalf of the millions of Palestinians who, for decades, have not only been dispossessed of their voices and victimhood, but, in essence, their humanity,” they said in an internal letter to Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy, who is set to take over from Bezos as CEO of Amazon later this year.

“Amazon employs Palestinians in Tel Aviv and Haifa offices and around the world,” continued the letter. “Ignoring the suffering faced by Palestinians and their families at home erases our Palestinian co-workers.”