Microsoft fires two more employees for participating in Palestine protests on campus

Microsoft has fired two more employees, Nisreen Jaradat and Julius Shan, for their involvement in recent protests against the company's contracts with the Israeli military and government. This comes after two other Microsoft employees were fired for participating in a protest that saw protesters gain access to a company building and live stream themselves inside the office of Microsoft president Brad Smith. The protests were organized by the No Azure for Apartheid group, which has been taking public actions against Microsoft throughout the year, including interrupting Microsoft executives during live streamed presentations and attempting to occupy a plaza on the company's headquarters. Microsoft president Brad Smith has acknowledged that the company is "working every day" to investigate potential misuse of Azure in Israel, but he has stated that the protesters' actions were "not ok." Microsoft has declined to provide a statement to The Verge regarding the firings.