Pro-Palestinian Crashes Apple Keynote, Claims to Be Employee

Apple’s much-anticipated developer conference in Cupertino was briefly thrown into disarray when a protester interrupted the opening keynote wearing a keffiyeh and claiming to be an employee of the company.

The man appeared on stage just as a senior executive began his address, shouting messages that were difficult to make out but clearly political in tone.

According to eyewitnesses and tech media reports, the man approached the front of the stage, unzipped his jacket to reveal the keffiyeh, and held up what looked like an ID badge.

While much of his statement was inaudible, he could be heard declaring loudly, “I work at Apple,” before security quickly moved in and removed him from the venue.

The executive on stage maintained his composure and continued speaking, avoiding direct engagement with the protest. The interruption was not acknowledged by company officials during the remainder of the presentation.

Although the protester did not clearly state phrases like “genocide”, the visual message and context suggested it was connected to the Free Palestine movement. It followed recent incidents at other major tech conferences, including Microsoft’s Build event, where employees confronted executives over the use of artificial intelligence in military applications and alleged complicity in violence.

In that case, one protester called out the head of Microsoft’s AI division during a public talk, while another interrupted a subsequent session the following day. The Apple incident appears to be part of a larger trend of internal dissent and politically motivated disruption within the tech industry.

As of this writing, Apple has not released an official comment on the protest.