Microsoft workers fired over Gaza vigil say company ‘crumbled under pressure’

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Abdo Mohamed and Hossam Nasr organized event outside headquarters to reject company doing business in Israel

Two Microsoft employees who were fired last week after organizing a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza say the company retaliated against them for their pro-Palestinian activism.

The two, Abdo Mohamed, a researcher and data scientist, and Hossam Nasr, a software engineer, organized the event outside Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on 24 October. They were fired later that evening.

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