Several pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on Tuesday after they stormed the offices of Microsoft President Brad Smith — the latest escalation in a long-running campaign by employees to compel the firm to cut ties with Israel .

Seven demonstrators, among them two company employees, stormed Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash., on Tuesday and occupied Smith’s office.

The demonstrators refused orders to leave, delivering what they described as a “court summons” before hiding phones under couches and bookshelves to record the scene. Police eventually dragged them out, Smith said at a briefing. 6

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“Obviously, when seven folks do as they did today — storm a building, occupy an office, block other people out of the office, plant listening devices … that’s not OK,” Smith sai

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