--- title: "Report: Microsoft Israel's general manager has left the company" url: https://daily.dev/posts/report-microsoft-israel-s-general-manager-has-left-the-company-u51wth81l source_url: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/microsoft-israel-s-general-manager-leaves-amid-alleged-unethical-use-of-azure type: article source: "Game Developer" published: 2026-05-12T17:10:09.449Z updated: 2026-05-12T17:11:22.224Z tags: ["microsoft", "azure"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Report: Microsoft Israel's general manager has left the company **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Alon Haimovich, Microsoft Israel's country general manager, has left the company following an internal investigation into alleged unethical use of Azure by Israel's Ministry of Defense. The investigation, conducted by Microsoft's global management team, focused on concerns that Israel's sales department violated Microsoft's code of ethics and terms of use in a non-transparent manner, exposing the company to legal and regulatory risks in Europe. Several other managers in Microsoft Israel's governance department also departed, and Microsoft France will temporarily oversee Microsoft Israel. This follows Microsoft's September announcement that it had found evidence supporting Guardian reporting and subsequently ceased some Azure services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense amid allegations of surveillance of Palestinians. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/report-microsoft-israel-s-general-manager-has-left-the-company-u51wth81l)