Organizers Are Demanding Palantir Drop Contracts With ICE and Israeli Military [View all]

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Organizers Are Demanding Palantir Drop Contracts With ICE and Israeli Military

Tech workers are also increasingly determined to hold their workplaces accountable for enabling the genocide in Gaza.

By Jesse Roth , TRUTHOUT
Published August 21, 2025

An organizer, wearing a keffiyeh and a shirt reading “Divest from Genocide,” stood on a table: “We’re all standing here today to hold companies like Palantir and Microsoft accountable for their role powering the world’s first AI-assisted genocide.”

Behind them, nearly 100 activists from Jewish Voice for Peace filled the lobby of Palantir’s Seattle offices on July 14, 2025. Activists carried banners featuring giant eyes with yellow irises: “First Palantir Surveils, then IDF Kills.” “First Palantir Tracks, then ICE attacks.” Arm in arm, they blocked the elevators to the building, preventing employees from accessing their offices.

On the same day, hundreds of activists protested at Palantir’s other U.S. Offices in New York, Washington D.C., Palo Alto, and Denver.

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In 2022, the Department of Homeland Security signed a $96 million contract with the company, and under the second Trump administration, Palantir added a $30 million contract with ICE. Under these contracts, they’re creating an “ImmigrationOS” that would allow detailed, real-time tracking, and targeting of immigrants.” At the beginning of Trump’s second term, Palantir also struck a deal with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to create a “Mega API,” which would allow DOGE to consolidate IRS records with other government data (such as health, education, and “criminal justice” records) and interpret it using AI — a major hit to the public’s privacy rights.

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