Amazon's Complicity in Israeli Genocide Exposed Through AWS Documents

Amazon Web Services (AWS) continued to supply advanced cloud-computing and artificial intelligence tools to Israeli arms companies Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) throughout 2024 and 2025, despite the regime's brutal war of genocide in Gaza, which has claimed thousands of Palestinian lives since October 2023. The tech giant's involvement stems from a $1.2-billion cloud contract signed in 2021, known as Project Nimbus. The deal has facilitated the regime's access to data-processing, storage, and machine-learning services, including for its ministry of military affairs, intelligence agencies, and nuclear facilities.

Key Takeaways:

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) provided advanced cloud-computing and artificial intelligence tools to Israeli arms companies Rafael and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) throughout 2024 and 2025.
  • The tech giant's involvement stems from a $1.2-billion cloud contract signed in 2021, known as Project Nimbus, with the Israeli regime and its military.
  • The regime used the deal to access data-processing, storage, and machine-learning services, including for its ministry of military affairs, intelligence agencies, and nuclear facilities.
  • The war of genocide in Gaza has resulted in the deaths of over 62,800 Palestinians, with thousands more displaced and a significant portion of the coastal sliver reduced to rubble.
  • Amazon's public claims of upholding human rights are called into question due to its verified complicity in the genocide.
  • The Israeli regime's relentless aggression has continued for over two years, with Rafael and IAI's weapons causing significant destruction in Gaza.

Statistics:

  • Over 62,800 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli regime's war of genocide in Gaza since October 2023.
  • Thousands of Palestinians have been displaced as a result of the war.
  • The Israeli regime has used Ashley's software and cloud services to access data-processing, storage, and machine-learning services throughout 2024 and 2025.
  • The Project Nimbus cloud contract is worth $1.2 billion.
  • The genocide has resulted in significant destruction in Gaza, with a substantial portion of the coastal sliver reduced to rubble.

Sources:

  • The Intercept, internal documents obtained by the news outlet
  • Amazon, publicly available information on Project Nimbus