Amazon

🚨 Reasons for Boycotting Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. The company maintains direct, documented technological and military links to the genocidal israil state, providing cloud computing and AI services to the israeli occupation forces, arms companies, and nuclear program through the $1.2 billion Project Nimbus, while acquiring dozens of israeli technology companies.

1. Project Nimbus: $1.2 Billion Contract with the israeli Government and Military: In April 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google were awarded a $1.2 billion contract to provide cloud infrastructure and machine-learning services to the israeli government and military. The contract covers the israeli Ministry of Defense, Shin Bet (internal security agency), police, and prison service. It includes clauses preventing the companies from suspending services to israeli government entities even in cases of human rights violations. israil also requested a secret "wink" system to determine different payment amounts for data access requests based on the originating country, with substantial penalties if companies disclosed data transfer destinations.
2. Direct Cloud Services to israeli Arms Companies and Military: Internal documents published by Intercept in October 2025 revealed that the israeli Ministry of Defense and state-owned arms companies such as Rafael and israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) use a wide range of AWS services, including storage, networking, security, and the Amazon Rekognition facial recognition service. The israeli military also used Amazon technologies to test large language models, likely through Unit 9900, which specializes in geospatial intelligence and participates in planning airstrikes in Gaza. Other clients include the Sorek Nuclear Research Center, a government facility operating under israil''s nuclear program. Government offices in the West Bank also used Amazon cloud services, raising legal issues related to dealings with the occupying authority in Palestinian territories.
3. Acquisition of Dozens of israeli Technology Companies: Amazon has acquired a consistent pipeline of israeli companies: Annapurna Labs (2015, ~$370M, chip design that became the foundation of AWS custom chips), CloudEndure (2019, ~$200-250M, disaster recovery), E8 Storage (2019, ~$50-60M, flash storage), Perceive (2024, ~$80M, AI chips for edge devices), Fig (2024, advanced development tools), and NeuroBlade (2025, tens of millions of dollars, data analytics acceleration via SQL Processing Unit).
4. NeuroBlade: Military Intelligence Roots: NeuroBlade was founded in 2018 by Elad Sity and Elad Hillel, both graduates of israil''s Unit 81, a technological and intelligence unit. The company''s SPU processor accelerates analytics on massive datasets by 4-10x compared to the most advanced processors available. AWS absorbed the company''s core engineering team to strengthen its data processing capabilities in the AI era.
5. Employment of Military Unit Graduates in R&D Centers: Amazon operates two R&D centers in israil in Haifa and Tel Aviv. The Haifa center focuses on the activities of Annapurna Labs, specializing in chip development. The company employs graduates of israil''s elite technological and intelligence units, reinforcing the civil-military fusion in israil''s tech sector. The CEO of Amazon and AWS visited israil in January 2025 on a special visit to reaffirm the company''s commitment to expanding its israil operations.
6. Employee Protests and Demands to Sever Ties with the israeli Military: In May 2021, one day after AWS and Google signed the $1.2 billion contract with israil, 600 Amazon employees sent a letter to Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy urging the company to review and sever business contracts and corporate donations with organizations and governments complicit in human rights violations, such as the israeli Defense Forces. In July 2026, Pro-Palestine activists disrupted Werner Vogels'' presentation at the AI for Good summit in Geneva, unfurling banners reading "No tech for apartheid" and accusing Amazon of profiting from Project Nimbus and using its technologies in AI targeting systems such as "Lavender" and "Where''s Daddy?" In October 2025, fired Palestinian engineer Ahmed Shahror revealed internal documents showing the company''s collaboration with israeli military institutions.
7. International Boycott Campaigns: The BDS movement lists Amazon in its "No Tech for Apartheid" campaign and considers it a priority boycott target for providing cloud computing services to the israeli military. In its 2025 report, the Don''t Buy Into Occupation (DBIO) coalition listed Amazon among 104 companies complicit in genocide and apartheid, classifying it as one of the priority divestment targets for supplying israil with key military components and technology. A 2025 UN report also named Amazon as one of the companies "enabling — and profiting from — israil''s genocide, occupation and apartheid against Palestinians."

🌐 Sources

Official and verifiable sources detailing Amazon''s ties to the genocidal israil state:

• Al-Quds: Intercept report reveals Amazon''s involvement in supporting the israeli army (October 2025)
• Yeni Şafak: The ''Wink'' protocol - Google & Amazon''s secret pact with israil (October 2025)
• Middle East Eye: 600 Amazon employees urge cutting ties with the israeli military (May 2021)
• Anadolu Agency: Activists disrupt Amazon CTO''s presentation over Project Nimbus (July 2026)
• Jerusalem Post: Amazon acquires israeli NeuroBlade and expands israil operations
• BDS Movement: DBIO report lists Amazon among 104 companies complicit in genocide (November 2025)
• The New Arab: israil-linked AWS infrastructure used in UK facial recognition (July 2026)

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