Microsoft has taken the unprecedented step of terminating parts of its technology partnership with the Israeli military, after revelations that its cloud platform was used to store and analyse millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls daily. This move was prompted by a joint investigation by the Guardian, +972 Magazine, and Local Call, which revealed that Israel’s Unit 8200 operated a system capable of intercepting vast volumes of communications, encapsulated by the internal mantra, "A million calls an hour." Microsoft’s vice-chair and president, Brad Smith, informed employees that the company had "ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel ministry of defense" after finding the cloud platform was used in ways inconsistent with Microsoft’s policies.

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