Google Fires Employees , for Protesting Israel Contract.br 28 Google workers have been fired for protesting br a $1.2 billion contract that the company has with br the Israeli government and military to provide br cloud and AI services, NBC News reports. .br The firings follow an April 16 sit-in at br Google's offices in California, New York and Seattle in which nine workers were arrested.br The group that coordinated the demonstration br is known as No Tech for Apartheid. .br Google issued a statement about the recent firings.br A small number of employee br protesters entered and disrupted br a few of our locations. , Google spokesperson, via statement.br Physically impeding other employees’ br work and preventing them from br accessing our facilities is a clear br violation of our policies, and br completely unacceptable behavior. , Google spokesperson, via statement.br We have so far concluded br individual investigations that br resulted in the termination of br employment for 28 employees, br and will continue to investigate br and take action as needed, Google spokesperson, via statement.br No Tech for Apartheid claims that the br workers were fired "indiscriminately.".br This excuse to avoid confronting br us and our concerns directly, br and attempt to justify its illegal, br retaliatory firings, is a lie, No Tech for Apartheid, via statement.br Meanwhile, many of Google's workers have br reportedly quit after experiencing "mental health consequences of working at a company that is using their labor to enable a genocide," No Tech for Apartheid said.br On a personal level, I am opposed br to Google taking any military br contracts — no matter which br government they’re with or what br exactly the contract is about.