A longtime Microsoft engineer is resigning over claims the company is providing cloud computing services to the Israeli military — the latest twist in months of tensions at the software giant over its role in the war in Gaza, according to a new report.
Scott Sutfin-Glowski, a principal software engineer, informed co-workers in a letter Thursday that he was quitting at the end of the week after 13 years at Microsoft, CNBC reported.
Sutfin-Glowski cited a February report that Israel’s military had at least 635 active Microsoft subscriptions.
The outgoing engineer claimed that most of the subscriptions are still active.
“I can no longer accept enabling what may be the worst atrocities of our time,” Sutfin-Glowski reportedly stated.
Internal turmoil has been roiling Microsoft as many of its left-leaning employees push back on the company’s work with Israel.
The protests have been spearheaded by a group calling itself “No Azure For Apartheid” — a reference to Microsoft’s cloud division.
Sutfin-Glowski claimed that Microsoft blocked access to internal communications where employees could have voiced their concerns.
The resignation came as a new cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas began to go into effect in Gaza.
“Today, the ceasefire in Gaza finally takes effect after two years of genocide, but the atrocities, human rights abuses, war crimes, apartheid, and occupation continue,” Sutfin-Glowski wrote.
Microsoft did not immediately return The Post’s request for comment.
In August, the company revealed it had fired two staffers who stormed the office of Microsoft president Brad Smith to demand the end of services to Israel.
Days earlier, dozens of anti-Israel Microsoft employees, many of whom wore masks and keffiyehs, set up tents in what they called a “liberated zone” on Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus.
The protesters renamed the area “Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza” before police asked them to leave.
To date, at least five employees who participated in anti-Israel protests have been fired.
Microsoft also reportedly asked for the FBI’s help monitoring the employee protests targeting Smith and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
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