Microsoft has terminated the employment of two employees, Abdelrahman Mohamed and Hossam Nasr, after they organized an unauthorized vigil at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, to honor Palestinians killed in Gaza during the ongoing conflict with Israel. Both employees were part of a coalition named 'No Azure for Apartheid,' opposing Microsoft's cloud-computing contracts with the Israeli government. They argued that the vigil was akin to other Microsoft-sanctioned events aimed at honoring victims in need. Mohamed, who faces potential deportation due to his work visa status, expressed disappointment in Microsoft's lack of support for grieving employees. Nasr emphasized the vigil's dual purpose of honoring victims and highlighting Microsoft's alleged complicity in the situation. Microsoft's response cited internal policy compliance but provided no further details regarding the firings, which were publicly disclosed by the watchdog group Stop Antisemitism before the employees received official notification.