Anonymous Google, Amazon workers decry deal with Israel
Living in the occupied territories is brutal. I wouldn&#x27;t say it&#x27;s exactly the same as apartheid, but it&#x27;s pretty close. There is a general lack of awareness of the history of Palestine and the indigenous people that lived there (and still live there)here in the US. I generally blame our media (news and entertainment) for this. The average American (in the US) is not aware that over 750,000 were forced to leave their land in 1948. My parents were among them. Call it what you will but this is universally recognized as ethnic cleansing and dispossession of land and homes. It&#x27;s simply settler colonialism (the settlements continue every year). This was well documented by Israeli historian Ilan Pappe (The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine) among others. Most people simply hear news about violence, rockets, suicide bombers, etc. and do not understand the context. It&#x27;s as if the Palestinians did not exist and the ethnic cleansing did not occur.<p>As more and more tech workers became aware of the history and context of the Palestine&#x2F;Israel &quot;problem&quot;, they will hopefully consider the moral and ethical implications of their work and make their voices heard.