Scott Sutfin-Glowski, who has been with Microsoft for the past 13 years, has cited Microsoft's cloud work with the Israeli military as the reason behind his resignation.
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Scott resigned in protest over the company's business dealings with Israel.
Microsoft declined to comment on the matter.
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A senior engineer at software maker Microsoft has resigned in protest of the company's business dealings with the Israeli military. Scott Sutfin-Glowski, who has been with Microsoft for the past 13 years, cited Microsoft's cloud work with the Israeli military as the reason for his resignation.
A CNBC report states that in a message to his colleagues at the company, Scott condemned the ongoing war in Gaza. The message said, "The ceasefire in Gaza is taking place after two years of genocide, but atrocities, human rights violations, war crimes, and occupation continue." In his resignation, Scott, a principal software engineer at Microsoft, cited an Associated Press report that stated the Israeli military has at least 635 Microsoft subscriptions. Scott claims that most of these subscriptions are still active.
Microsoft declined to comment on the matter . Last month, the company decided to take strict action against workers protesting against the violence in Gaza. The company's president, Brad Smith, made it clear that workers participating in Gaza-related protests inside the office would be fired. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan that ended two years ago. The US is sending around 200 soldiers to Israel to help enforce the ceasefire agreement.
A Business Insider report stated that Smith recently justified the company's decision to fire four workers who staged a sit-in at his office. Due to the ongoing violence in Gaza, many Microsoft workers were urging the company to end its collaboration with the Israeli military. Smith stated that the company had hired the law firm Covington & Burling to investigate claims that Israel was using Microsoft technology to monitor Palestinians.
