Intel and Siemens are the latest companies to pull out of Web Summit, the biggest technology conference in Europe which is due to take place in Portugal next month.
This follows remarks by the event's founder Paddy Cosgrave that criticised Western support for Israel after the Hamas attacks, according to a report on Bloomberg.A representative for the California-based company, which has longstanding operations in Israel, declined to comment further. Intel also has major operations in Leixlip, Co Kildare.
But after having"reviewed the situation," the company will no longer be a partner or attend the event this year, a representative said. Dor Shapira claimed dozens of companies had already cancelled their participation in the conference and he encouraged others to do so.
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