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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham

Head of Microsoft’s Israel branch to step down after inquiry into dealings with Israeli military

a Microsoft logo on a building
Microsoft had said its senior executives were unaware Unit 8200 was using Azure to store intercepted Palestinian communications. Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The head of Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary will step down in the wake of an inquiry that has scrutinised its business dealings with the Israeli military.

Microsoft ordered the inquiry last year in response to a Guardian investigation revealing the military had used the company’s technology to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected Palestinian civilian phone calls on a mass scale.

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