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Over the past<\/span> year, Cisco<\/a> publicly looked like one of the few tech companies that had avoided internal backlash over its response to the war in Gaza. Chuck Robbins, the CEO of the Silicon Valley giant known for its routers, cybersecurity services, and WebEx video calling, issued a statement last November acknowledging the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n

And as recently as two months ago, Francine Katsoudas, Cisco\u2019s chief people, policy, and purpose officer, smiled as she posed for photos with many of the company\u2019s employee organizations, including the one for Palestinians. However, this photo later became a source of significant contention within the company.<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes, eight current and one former employee who spoke with WIRED allege, Cisco has marginalized its internal Palestinian advocacy groups and their hundreds of members. Throughout a turbulent period beginning this past July, the people allege that the company has failed to promptly and adequately police harassment of Palestinian employees and their allies on its intra-company forums despite detailed complaints. They further allege that Cisco halted an internal petition calling for limiting sales to Israel over potential human rights concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been targeted and harassed, sabotaged and defamed,\u201d says Jo\u00e3o Silva Jord\u00e3o, a software licensing manager in Lisbon who quit Cisco last month in disgust after four years at the company. \u201cI was led to believe my humanitarian side was welcome at Cisco, but I was absolutely defrauded. It\u2019s double standards and hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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