Technology

‘Tech for Palestine’ launched to help workers speak out for Gaza

The ‘Tech for Palestine’ coalition launched alongside four tools, including a website listing Israeli tech firms and alternatives to them.

The New Arab Staff 05 January, 2024

A new group is helping those in the technology industry speak up for the Palestinian people, amid Israel’s brutal war on Gaza.

Tech for Palestine is a loose coalition of more than 40 founders, engineers, community builders, investors, and others [Emilija Manevska/Getty-file photo]

Tech for Palestine is a loose coalition of more than 40 founders, engineers, community builders, investors, and others.

The group’s launch comes amid the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which has killed more than 22,000 people in the Palestinian territory and has prompted a widespread outpouring of solidarity both online and in protests on the streets.

“‘Stop bombing kids’ shouldn’t be a controversial statement,” a press release about the new group said.

“And it certainly shouldn’t cost people their jobs. Yet, this is the reality tech workers are facing when they oppose Israel’s war on the people of Gaza.”

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“How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?”
― Bertrand Russell

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