US EditionMicrosoft Accused of Hosting Israeli Mass Surveillance of Palestinians
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 6 – Unit 8200 used Microsoft Azure to store over 11,500 terabytes of intercepted Palestinian calls aiding military operations including lethal airstrikes, raising ethical and legal concerns.
- On Wednesday, an investigation by The Guardian revealed Israel’s military intelligence Unit 8200 used Microsoft’s Azure cloud to store and analyze millions of Palestinian calls daily in Gaza and the West Bank.
- A late-2021 meeting at Microsoft’s Seattle headquarters led to an agreement granting Unit 8200 a segregated Azure environment, according to reports.
- Capable of intercepting a million calls an hour, the surveillance system by mid-2025 stored over 11,500 terabytes—equivalent to 200 million hours—on Azure servers.
- According to military insiders, Unit 8200 sources report that data helped identify bombing targets and shape military operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Rights groups, Microsoft employees, and shareholders have condemned the company's role as 'digital apartheid' and warn it could face lawsuits under international humanitarian law.
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Microsoft Under Fire for Alleged Role in Israeli Surveillance of Palestinians via Azure Cloud - teleSUR English
A joint investigation by The Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call has revealed that Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has been used by Israel’s Unit 8200, the military’s elite cyber-intelligence division, to store and analyze millions of intercepted Palestinian phone calls, raising serious ethical and legal concerns about the tech giant’s role in the ongoing war in Gaza. According to leaked documents and interviews with insiders, the surveilla…
Microsoft Deepens Role in Israeli Surveillance, Military Operations against Palestinians - World news - Tasnim News Agency
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A new investigation has exposed Microsoft's extensive and ongoing cooperation with the Israeli regime, revealing how the tech giant's platforms have become deeply embedded in Tel Aviv’s mass surveillance and military targeting of Palestinians across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
A search by the Guardian shows how Microsoft's Israeli military uses services to monitor the Palestinian population. The system stores millions of phone calls on servers in Europe.
Microsoft aids Israel: Under fire for storing Palestinians' calls and texts on Azure
ALBAWABA - According to a joint investigation by several outlets, Microsoft sparked backlash from pro-Palestine activists after reportedly partnering with the Israeli military to store millions of Palestinians' calls and texts via Azure...
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