Activists Disrupt Amazon Executive's UN AI Summit Speech Over Israel Military Support
Palestine-solidarity activists interrupted Amazon VP and CTO Werner Vogels' presentation at a UN AI for Good summit in Geneva on July 10, 2026, protesting Amazon's Nimbus Project providing cloud and AI infrastructure to Israel. The protesters accused Amazon of supporting Israeli military operations targeting Gaza and were removed by security.
What happened
Palestine-solidarity activists interrupted Amazon VP and CTO Werner Vogels' presentation at a UN 'AI for Good' summit in Geneva on July 10, 2026. The protestors took to the stage, displayed signs including one reading 'No Technology for Apartheid,' and challenged Vogels about Amazon's support for Israeli military operations, asking 'Why are you facilitating genocide? Why do you continue to partner in the deaths of innocent people?' Security removed the protesters from the hall, who chanted 'Shame on Amazon. Cancel the Nimbus Project' as they left.
Reported impact
Palestine-solidarity groups allege that infrastructure provided under the Nimbus Project is used in AI-assisted Israeli military systems targeting Gaza. Protesters contend that Amazon generates billions of dollars in revenue from the agreement while supporting operations they describe as genocide.
Index analysis
The Nimbus Project is a roughly $1.2 billion cloud infrastructure agreement signed in 2021 between Amazon, Google and Israel, providing data storage, AI and cloud computing infrastructure to Israeli public institutions and the military. Palestine-solidarity groups have long targeted Amazon and Google over this partnership.
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This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.