'Googlers against Genocide' arrested after 10 hour sit-in at corporate headquarters: WATCH

"Googlers against genocide" protesters were arrested connected Tuesday aft holding a 10-hour sit-in against nan tech giant's statement pinch nan Israeli government.

Jane Chung, a spokesperson for nan protesters, said successful a property merchandise that 9 labor astatine offices successful New York City and Sunnyvale, California, were arrested during Tuesday's sit-in.

"Last night, Google made nan determination to apprehension us, nan company’s ain workers – alternatively of engaging pinch our concerns astir Project Nimbus, nan company’s $1.2 cardinal unreality computing statement pinch Israel," a connection from nan arrested labor said.

"Those of america sitting successful Thomas Kurian’s agency many times requested to speak pinch nan Google Cloud CEO, but our requests were denied," they said. 

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Google workers protested nan tech giant's statement pinch nan Israeli subject and nan company's alleged complicity successful nan Israel-Hamas war. (No Tech for Apartheid / Fox News)

The protesters said that nan institution was telling "bare-faced lies" aft Google released a connection saying that Project Nimbus was "not directed astatine highly sensitive, classified, aliases subject workloads applicable to weapons aliases intelligence services."

"We will not enactment silent successful ray of Google’s bare-faced lies. Hundreds and thousands of Google workers person joined No Tech for Apartheid’s telephone for nan institution to Drop Project Nimbus," they said. 

"Despite Google’s attempts to soundlessness america and disregard our concerns, we will persist," they said. "We will proceed to shape and conflict until Google drops Project Nimbus and stops aiding and abetting Israel’s genocide and apartheid authorities successful Palestine."

New York City Arrests

A video of nan New York City arrests, obtained by Fox News Digital, showed New York Police Department (NYPD) officers calming stepping into nan Google office and informing nan labor that they would beryllium arrested if they did not leave.

"Everyone, we've many times asked you to time off and your entree to firm spot has been removed, and you've been put connected administrative leave," an serviceman pinch nan NYPD said. "We're asking you to time off for nan past time."

"We will not beryllium leaving," a protester is heard saying.

Google workers astatine a sit-in Google office successful Sunnyvale, California. (No Tech for Apartheid / Fox News)

Police told nan labor that it would beryllium a "non-issue" if they agreed to get up and time off nan Google offices.

"I'm pinch nan NYPD, and I'm wearing a body-worn camera," nan serviceman said. "Listen, we'll fto you locomotion retired nan doors correct now, it's a non-issue if you're consenting to go."

"If not, you'll beryllium arrested for trespassing," nan serviceman said.

"Yeah, we're not consenting to leave," nan protester said.

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Bay Area Arrests

Google labor were besides arrested wrong nan tech company's Sunnyvale, California office pursuing a sit-in.

Demonstrators were arrested aft they occupied nan agency of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian to publication their database of demands.

The labor besides demanded that nan institution extremity "the harassment, intimidation, bullying, silencing, and censorship of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Googlers."

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They besides demanded that Google reside "health and information issues" successful nan workplace, which arose from nan "mental wellness consequences of moving astatine a institution that is utilizing their labour to alteration a genocide."

Employees Speak Out

William Van Der Laar, a Google Cloud Software Engineer successful Sunnyvale, California, said that employees' "mental wellness and well-being" suffered aft learning astir Project Nimbus.

"As a Software Engineer successful Google Cloud, it is horrifying to deliberation that nan codification I constitute could beryllium utilized by nan Israeli Military successful nan first ever AI powered genocide, Van Der Laar said. "As workers, our intelligence wellness and well-being are progressively suffering arsenic we study specifications of Project Nimbus and watch nan atrocities committed against Palestinians successful Gaza unfold."

"No Tech for Apartheid" protesters successful California connected Tuesday, April 16. (No Tech for Apartheid / Fox News)

Hasan Ibraheem, a Google Software Engineer successful New York City, alleged that Google is "implicated successful nan genocide of nan Palestinian people."

"By providing unreality and AI infrastructure to nan Israeli military, Google is straight implicated successful nan genocide of nan Palestinian people," he said. "It's my work to do everything I tin to extremity this statement moreover while Google pretends thing is wrong.  

"So galore group don't recognize really complicit their ain institution is. It's our occupation to make judge they do," Ibraheem said.

In Sunnyvale, California, astir 3 twelve labor gatheredIn Sunnyvale, California, astir 3 twelve labor gathered to protest. (No Tech for Apartheid / Fox News)

Mohammad Khatami, a Google Software Engineer successful New York City, said that nan sit-ins came aft Google "ignored" employees' demands.

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"Google has ignored our demands, stifled soul discussion, openly lied, and committed flagrant acts of retaliation against workers simply for speaking up against nan company's subject statement pinch nan genocidal and apartheid authorities of Israel," Khatami said. "Project Nimbus is simply a awesome workplace wellness and information interest for Googlers."

"No Tech for Apartheid" protesters hung a ample motion wrong nan Google office successful California connected Tuesday, April 16.  (No Tech for Apartheid / Fox News)

In a property release, Alphabet Workers Union, which represents astir 1,200 Google employees, said that they "deplore" nan company's determination to apprehension and put labor who protested connected leave.

"Yesterday, Google workers successful New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, California, engaged successful [a] serene protestation against Google’s information successful Project Nimbus, a unreality computing statement betwixt Google, Amazon, and nan Israeli authorities and military," nan connection said.

"The protests culminated successful 9 Google workers being arrested and forcibly removed from institution premises," they said.

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Alphabet Workers Union said that astir 24 labor were placed connected time off for protesting.

"We deplore Google’s determination to person its ain workers arrested and arbitrarily placed connected time off for participating successful a serene protest, alternatively than prosecute successful substantive speech astir their concerns," nan group said.

FOX Business s has reached retired to Google for comment.