Amazon’s Cloud Unit Conference Interrupted by Protest Over Gaza

A conference hosted by Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud division was disrupted by protesters calling for an end to a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government that the company shares with Alphabet Inc.’s Google.

Dave Levy, an Amazon Web Services vice president who oversees public sector sales, was starting to speak Wednesday at the cloud unit’s conference in Washington when he was interrupted. A series of audience members, some holding signs, accused Amazon of complicity in genocide in Israel’s war in Gaza with Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization by the US and EU. The protesters were escorted out of the event space.