alt Hacker NewsThis is a very bad look for Microsoft. Israel is the only successful and powerful free democratic state in that part of the world, surrounded on all sides by authoritarian regimes who scheme its destruction, and Microsoft harrumphs and says it would be unethical to do business with them? All the while continuing to do business with the Saudis, the UAE, and Qatar. But no, Israel (the only good guy in the area) is just a step too far…
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It's a naive view of how the world works. Money talks. Norway, Qatar pressured Microsoft, and since they provide greater financial incentives, M$ complied. And if Microsoft receives a contract for operating gas ovens for jews in europe, I bet it will happily jump on that. And regarding internal opposition, large chunk of employees in general are just an emotionally stupid grey mass fed on TikTok propaganda. Just look at HN comments. Humans did not advance that much, whatever it was a priest in a church claiming a jew drank a christian baby blood or Goebbels, you can see it right in front of you real time on internet.
> success and powerful free democratic state in that part of the world
And it's also a state whose prime minister is wanted for crimes against humanity. And the population mostly supports those crimes.
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> Israel is the only successful and powerful free democratic state in that part of the world,
Not true.
The West Bank is being annexed by Israel and transformed into a racist state, where Jews have more rights than Arabs
Not the actions of a "free democratic state"