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sleepypulm

9 months ago

Apple has been funding the Israeli military and the Zionist colonisation of the West Bank by matching employee donations to the Friends of the IDF and settler groups, according to workers at the company.

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) June 11, 2024

The Intercept

Apple Matches Worker Donations to IDF and Illegal Settlements, Employees Allege

Self-described Apple workers, former employees, and shareholders are calling on the company to halt donations to nonprofits linked to Israel

AN OPEN LETTER from Apple employees and shareholders demands the tech giant stop matching employee donations to organizations with ties to the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip and ongoing illegal settlement development in the West Bank. The letter, building on a previous demand by Apple employees for a ceasefire in the conflict, calls on the company to “promptly investigate and cease matching donations to all organizations that further illegal settlements in occupied territories and support the IDF.” As with many large corporations, Apple employees can make donations to a number of nonprofit organizations and receive matching contributions from their employer through a platform called Benevity. Among the charitable organizations eligible for dollar-matching from Apple are Friends of the IDF, an organization that collects donations on behalf of soldiers in the Israeli military, as well as a number of groups that contribute to the settlement enterprise in the West Bank, including HaYovel, One Israel Fund, the Jewish National Fund, and IsraelGives. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.

This isn't the only genocide Apple is funding.