The Siren Themself

A statement from the BNC laid out the rationale:

Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel's illegal occupation, apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinains (sic) in Gaza which is why Microsoft is now a priority BDS target. Microsoft partners with the apartheid regime of Israel and its prison system. It provides the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are central to acceleration Israel's genocide of 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip. After 34 years of deep complicity with Israel's military, the Israeli army relies heavily on Microsoft to meet technological requirements of its genocide and apartheid regime.

The committee is asking all those who have taken its pledge to take three concrete steps, according to a statement provided to Drop Site:

1. Cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription

2. Boycott Candy Crush, Minecraft, and Call of Duty - flagship videogame franchises owned by Microsoft

3. Boycott all Microsoft Gaming products, including Xbox-branded consoles, headsets, accessories, and all games published by Microsoft-owned publishing labels (such as Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Bethesda and Blizzard)