Exposing Microsoft’s Support For “Israel”… Social Media Celebrates Moroccan Ibtihal Abu Al-Saad
Moroccan programmer Ibtihal Abu Al-Saad, who works for Microsoft, has received widespread Arab praise after exposing her company’s support for “Israel” in its 18-month-long war of extermination against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Social media was flooded with praise from media professionals, human rights activists, and citizens from several countries for the young Moroccan woman, after she directly accused Microsoft’s management of having “Palestinian blood on its hands” for providing artificial intelligence technology to Israel, which it uses to perpetrate genocide in the Gaza Strip.
During the official ceremony, which was attended by Microsoft employees and the company’s CEO of Artificial Intelligence, Mustafa Sulaiman, in Washington, D.C., Ibtihal suddenly took the stage and, in a bold move, directly accused Sulaiman, who is of Arab descent, of complicity in supporting the Israeli occupation and remaining silent about its crimes against the Palestinians.
She also strongly criticized Microsoft’s management, which she said contributes to the occupation’s crimes by providing its army with technologies and services, particularly through the Azure platform, which is used to carry out military operations against the Palestinian people.
“Shame on you,” Ibtihal said, interrupting the CEO’s speech. “You claim to use AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI technology to the Israeli military. 50,000 people have died, and Microsoft is contributing to this genocide in our region.”
Suleiman stopped delivering his speech following her intervention, which made the scene a topic of conversation on social media platforms, where her actions received widespread support from opponents of the Israeli war on Gaza and supporters of the Palestinian cause.
Palestinian human rights activist Rami Abdo described Abu al-Saad as not just an angry employee, but “a living embodiment of a vigilant moral conscience within one of the world’s largest technology companies.”
In a Facebook post, Abdo condemned the global silence regarding technology used to kill innocent people.
Palestinian journalist Mahmoud Al-Amoudi praised Abu Al-Saad’s courage. Al-Amoudi, who is from the Gaza Strip, commented on the video clip documenting the incident on Facebook, saying, “Tell Ibtihal that she is in our hearts.”
Complementing the praise Abu Al-Saad received, Moroccan economic researcher Hisham Benlamin Alaoui described his fellow Moroccan woman on Facebook as “a free Moroccan woman in an era of slaves and a dearth of men.”
Kuwaiti academic Khaled Al-Otaibi also stated that Abu Al-Saad “sacrificed her professional future for an honorable position,” hinting at the possibility of losing her job following the public accusations against Microsoft’s management.
In this context, Moroccan human rights activist Tayseer Abdullah considered Abu Al-Saad “much better than celebrities and content creators.”
He praised the Moroccan programmer’s actions, saying on Facebook: “Ibtihal is on the honor roll because she sided with the children and victims of Gaza.”
Moroccan human rights activist Abdelali Al-Rami also praised his compatriot, saying, “Life is very short and small, but one act can make it greater than one can imagine.”