28 Google employees fired after protests at offices in California, New York [Video]

(KRON) — Google announced Tuesday that 28 employees were let go due to ceasefire protests at company facilities. The 10-hour sit-ins took place at offices in Sunnyvale, California, and New York on Tuesday.

According to Google, the protests were largely put on by people who do not work for Google, but some employees joined in. Google called the actions “a clear violation of our policies, and completely unacceptable behavior,” as some employees’ work was disrupted.

Google did not specify how many of the 28 employees worked in each location.

The protest was organized by the “No Tech for Apartheid” campaign, which claims that Google and Amazon are leading “the world’s first AI powered genocide” by allowing Israel to access its technology, organizers said.

“This flagrant act of retaliation is a clear indication that Google values its $1.2 billion contract with the genocidal Israeli government and military more than its own workers—the …