India, May 20 -- A Microsoft employee allegedly disrupted the company's Build developer conference in Seattle, Washington, while protesting against the company's cloud and AI contracts with the Israeli government. Protesters interrupted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's speech on the stage, with one shouting "Free Palestine!" While the protesters were escorted out of a hall inside the Seattle conference center, Nadella continued to speak, ignoring their attempt to interrupt.

One of the protesters who interrupted Nadella was Microsoft employee Joe Lopez. He was joined by a fired Google employee who was involved in last year's sit-in protests against Google's cloud contract with Israel, The Verge reported.

For the past four years, Lopez has b...