Google employs roughly 2,000 people in Israel, predominantly in offices in Tel Aviv and Haifa. The technology giant has hired teams in research & development, and purchased several Israeli companies including Waze and Wiz for billions of dollars to establish a large footprint.
And many of the company’s American employees don’t like it.
Hundreds of Google employees held protests about the company’s ties to Israel. Google fired around 50 of them in 2024 over their protests regarding “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021 for Google and Amazon to provide the Israeli government with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services.
The disgruntled employees may now be fighting a more subtle fight.
To use Google’s calendar function, one is left with some odd choices to find the time zone in Israel. Rather than showcasing capital and major cities like Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa – cities where Google has a presence – the company shows time zones for Gaza and Hebron.
It’s both insane and stupid. And a reminder of the subtle Israel and Jewish erasure that is happening by radical technology employees under everyone’s noses.
ACTION ITEM
Complain to Google and have them feature main Israeli cities in their calendars.
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Similarly, flying Air Canada yesterday from TLV to Toronto, announcements were made a 4th language: ArabicThough nobody needed it. It was a statement. And very annoying to listen to all that. A/C likes Israel well enough to service it, butthe subtle undermining in the announcement is disgusting. Next thing prayers at the back? Bring your own carpet?
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This is such low effort bait. Scroll down the time zone list by two more rows and you’ll see “(GMT +2:00) Israel Time”
Mystery solved, you can delete this post now
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