Google lays off 20 more employees over Israel project protests; says “each fired worker had …”

Google has fired 20 more employees in relation to protests against the company’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus.

These terminations follow demonstrations at Google offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, on April 16. According to the activist group No Tech for Apartheid, which has opposed major tech companies working with Israel since 2021, Google fired about 20 more workers this week, taking the total number to 50.

“The corporation is attempting to quash dissent, silence its workers and reassert its power over them,” said Jane Chung, a No Tech for Apartheid spokesperson.