Big Shake-Up at Microsoft Israel: Top Management Fired Over Controversial Cloud Data Use

Badi khabar aayi hai Redmond se! Tech giant Microsoft ne apni Israeli subsidiary ke General Manager, Alon Haimovich, aur kuch doosre senior managers ko farigh kar diya hai. Yeh action ek andarooni tehqeeqat (internal investigation) ke baad liya gaya hai, jiska talluq Israel ki taraf se Microsoft Azure cloud services ke istemal se hai, khaas tor par Palestine ke ilaqon mein data surveillance ke liye.

Yeh mamla us waqt garma gaya jab 2025 mein kuch reports mein yeh inkishaaf hua ke Israeli idare Microsoft Azure cloud ko illegally occupied West Bank mein jama kiye gaye surveillance data ko store karne ke liye istemal kar rahe hain. Microsoft ki internal team ne pichle mahine se tahqeeqat shuru ki thi, khaas tor par is baat par tashweesh thi ke Israeli subsidiary company ko Europe mein qanooni masaail mein phansa sakti hai, kyunke yeh Azure servers Europe mein waqe the.

Tahqeeqat mukammal hone ke baad, Haimovich aur unki team ke kuch aur senior afsaraan ko unke ohdon se hata diya gaya hai. Jab tak naya General Manager nahi mil jata, Microsoft Israel ki zimmedari filhaal Microsoft France ke paas hogi.

Microsoft ka Israel hukoomat ke saath rishta kaafi arse se sawaalon ke ghere mein hai. 2021 mein jab Israel ne Google aur Amazon ke saath “Nimbus” deal ki thi, tab Microsoft ko is mein shamil nahi kiya gaya tha. Lekin, company reportedly Israel ki Ministry of Defense ke saath apne contract ko renew karne par ghaur kar rahi hai, jo is saal khatam ho raha hai.

Yeh controversy us waqt aur bhi uchaal par aayi jab 2023 mein Gaza mein hone wale waqeat ke baad Microsoft aur Israeli hukoomat ke darmiyan business dealings par sakhht tanqeed hone lagi. Is silsile mein:

• Microsoft ke employees ne kai baar company ki Israeli hukoomat ke saath partnership ke khilaaf protest kiya hai, aur kuch employees ko is wajah se naukri se bhi nikaala gaya.
• Company ke shareholders ne insani huqooq ke hawale se Microsoft ki due diligence ki tahqeeqat ka mutalba kiya hai.
• Mashhoor game studio Arkane Lyon (jo Dishonored jaise games banane ke liye jaana jata hai) ke developers ne bhi Microsoft se Israeli hukoomat se alag hone ka mutalba kiya hai.
• Windows 95 startup sound ke composer aur mashhoor musician Brian Eno ne bhi company se Israel ke saath talluqat khatam karne ki appeal ki hai.

Iske ilawa, Microsoft aur Xbox ka naam Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) list mein bhi shamil hai, unke Israel hukoomat aur military ke saath mukhtalif contracts ki wajah se. Yaad rahe, Microsoft ko America mein bhi aise hi Azure services provide karne par tanqeed ka nishana banaya gaya tha, jo ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) ki surveillance mein istemal hue the.

Yeh dekhna dilchasp hoga ke aage chal kar Microsoft is soorat-e-haal ko kaise handle karta hai aur iske gaming division (Xbox) par iska kya asar padta hai.