Amazon Fires Palestinian Engineer for Protesting Company's Israeli Government Ties

Oct 14, 2025 03:04 pm CST

Amazon terminated Ahmed Shahrour, a 29-year-old Palestinian engineer, for protesting the company's cloud computing services to Israeli government through Project Nimbus. The dismissal cited policy violations after Shahrour criticized Amazon's Israeli connections in corporate Slack channels and organized protests at the Seattle headquarters. This incident highlights growing tensions within tech companies over their government contracts and employee activism regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict.