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Recent investigations have exposed the extent to which the Israeli military is relying on services provided by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon to conduct its onslaught on Gaza. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the world’s most powerful private U.S. technology companies are complicit in genocide by enabling the Israeli military to manage and analyze vast amounts of data that influence critical operations. These investigations come amidst growing protests by cloud company employees who fear that the technology they developed has helped Israel commit war crimes.

For investors, the revelations about Google, Amazon, and Microsoft also raise urgent ethical questions — but divesting isn’t always simple. As some of the most widely held and influential companies in the market, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are embedded in index funds, retirement accounts, and endowments. For many values-aligned investors, walking away entirely may not be feasible — making shareholder engagement not just an option, but a necessary strategy for accountability.

The Divest4Pal Working Group is hosting a critical conversation on Wednesday, May 7, at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET for shareholders who hold, or may be exposed to, Google, Amazon, or Microsoft and want to understand how to take action from within.

Whether you’re managing a retirement account, part of a foundation or donor network, or advising others on their investments, this session will help make sense of what’s unfolding in the tech sector and explore ways to respond meaningfully as a shareholder. Speakers will break down recent findings about the complicity of these tech giants, explore how companies like them often evade deep scrutiny in the socially responsible investment community, and introduce the broader trend of “new age militarism” — where corporate technology quietly fuels war, genocide, and authoritarianism. The event will feature the following speakers: 

• Leena Barakat (Moderator), Executive Director of Women Donors Network

• Suhad Babaa, Executive Director of Just Vision and Co-Publisher of Local Call 

• Dov Baum, Director of the Action Center for Corporate Accountability at the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

• Nadim Nashif, Executive Director and Co-Founder of 7amleh: The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media

• Marcela Pinilla, Director of Sustainable Investing at Zevin Asset Management

This conversation is sponsored by Divest4Pal, Racial Justice Investing, Resource Generation, Women Donors Network, Solidaire Action and Funders4Palestine.

Dalarnas LS av SAC, a labor union in Sweden, is hosting a screening of Budrus on Saturday, May 10, at ABF Borlänge, located at Wallingatan 15, Borlänge.

Palestina Livre Caldas in Portugal is hosting a screening of Naila and the Uprising on Sunday, May 11. Held during the week of the Carnation Revolution’s 50th anniversary, the event will include a post-screening discussion with a woman active in Portugal’s grassroots movement, drawing connections between anti-colonial struggles in Portugal and Palestine.

PaliHub, an NGP promoting Palestinian cultural heritage around the world, is hosting a screening of Naila and the Uprising on Wednesday, May 14, at Les Amarres, located at 24 Quai d'Austerlitz, 75013 Paris, France.

DSA Emerge, a caucus within the Democratic Socialists of America, is hosting a screening of Naila and the Uprising on Thursday, May 15, at Starr Bar in Brooklyn in commemoration of Nakba Day. The screening begins at 6 PM ET at 214 Starr St, Brooklyn, NY 11237.

Join us for the premiere of Severed, a new film about Gaza.

Severed tells the story of Mohamad Saleh, an 18-year-old from Gaza who has lived through five major assaults on the Gaza Strip. In those attacks, he lost his home, family members, his best friends, and, at the age of 12, his leg. Now living in exile in Egypt, Mohamad struggles to piece together the shattered fragments of his life. Through his eyes, the pain and trauma endured by thousands in Gaza are laid bare, alongside their remarkable strength, resilience, and determination to live.

Severed is produced by Donkeysaddle Projects, +972 Magazine and The Nation, in partnership with Just Vision.

Panel discussion with the filmmakers will follow, including the film's protagonist, Mohamad Saleh, film director, Jen Marlowe, and Donkeysaddle Projects Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project Director and journalist from Gaza, Fadi Abushammalah.

Masks are required for this event, and will be provided for those who do not have their own.

Tickets are free, though donations are welcome. Proceeds will support Donkeysaddle’s Palestine Grassroots Distribution Project (PGDP).

Date and time: Wednesday, May 21 · 6:30 - 9pm EDT

Location: The People's Forum located at 320 West 37th Street New York, NY 10018