TECH - Amazon Cloud Conference Disrupted Protestors Demand Company End $1.2B Contract With Israel Shared By AWS Parent And Google | Benzinga
A conference hosted by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was disrupted by protesters demanding the termination of a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government. The e-commerce giant shares the contract with Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) subsidiary Google.
What Happened: The protest took place during a conference organized by Amazon’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services, in Washington on Wednesday, reported Bloomberg.
The protesters accused Amazon of complicity in the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza, where it is engaged in a conflict with Hamas, a designated terrorist organization by the U.S. and EU.
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