Google employees urge Palestine support in letter to CEO

On Tuesday, a group of 250 concerned released a signed letter penned to CEO Sundar Pichai, demanding the tech behemoth provide relief to Palestinians suffering from the ongoing humanitarian crises that have erupted because of Israeli attacks across the occupied territories of Palestine.
 

It also calls for a company statement that not only acknowledges the violence but includes a "direct recognition of the harm done to Palestinians by Israeli military and gang violence. Both Israelis and Palestinians are hurting right now, but ignoring the destructive and deadly attacks faced by Palestinians erases our Palestinian coworkers."

The signed letter was in response to another Jewish group of employees who allegedly asked Google execs to "support the sovereign state of Israel" and a "one-sided pro-Israel perspective," according to an FAQ provided by the letter writers.
 

Tech workers are growing increasingly politically outspoken over ethical concerns about the unprecedented and unchecked power of their companies, with some members of Google's Alphabet Workers Union contributing to the letter. Other tech companies, like Basecamp, responded to this shift in dynamics by trying to ban politics in the workplace altogether, which led to a mass of employee departures just weeks ago.
 

Lastly, the letter makes one of its boldest demands yet: "the termination of contracts with institutions that support Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, such as the Israeli Defense Forces."