Kuwaiti businessman Abdullah Al-Dabbous offered Moroccan software engineer Ibtihal Abu Al-Saad, who was recently working for Microsoft and was fired for protesting against Microsoft's assistance to the Israeli military, a position within his group of companies, according to a post by Dabbous on X Saturday.

Dabbous is the CEO of several major companies, including MyFatoorah, a "payment gateway, empowering enterprises with seamless online transactions and instant invoicing solutions."

Al-Saad had interrupted Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebration, marking the latest backlash against the tech industry’s involvement in supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military.

The video circulated heavily on social media platforms. 

The protest took place on Friday while Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was delivering product updates and discussing the future plans for the company's AI assistant, Copilot, in front of an audience that included Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer.

“Mustafa, shame on you!” shouted Microsoft employee Ibtihal Abu Al-Saad as she walked toward the stage, prompting Suleyman to pause his speech.

“You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military. Fifty thousand people have died, and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region!” she continued.

“Thank you for your protest. I hear you,” Suleyman replied.

Abu Al-Saad continued to shout that Suleyman and “all of Microsoft” were responsible, accusing them of having blood on their hands. She also tossed a kuffiyeh scarf onto the stage, a gesture symbolizing support for the Palestinian people, before being escorted off the premises.

An investigation by The Associated Press earlier this year uncovered that AI models developed by Microsoft and OpenAI were involved in an Israeli military program used to choose bombing targets during the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.