For example, if Google or Amazon were compelled to share data with U.S. authorities (dialing code +1) and were barred from revealing that action by a U.S. court, they would transfer NIS 1,000 to Israel. If a similar request were to occur in Italy (dialing code +39), they would instead send NIS 3,900. The contract states that these payments must be made “within 24 hours of the information being transferred.”

If Google or Amazon conclude that the terms of a gag order prevent them from even signaling which country has received the data, there is a backstop: They must pay the Israeli government NIS 100,000 ($30,000).

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Last month, after +972, Local Call, and The Guardian revealed that Israel had violated Microsoft’s terms of service by using its cloud platform to store a vast trove of intercepted phone calls made by Palestinians, the tech giant revoked the Israeli military’s access to some of its products.

In contrast, the leaked documents state that the Nimbus contract specifically prohibits Google and Amazon from imposing similar sanctions on Israel, even if company policies change or if Israel’s use of the technology violates their terms of service. Doing so, according to the documents, would not only trigger legal action for breach of contract but also incur heavy financial penalties.

The two companies’ willingness to accept these conditions was reportedly part of the reason why they won the Nimbus contract over Microsoft, whose relationship with Israel’s government and military is governed by separate contracts. Indeed, intelligence sources told The Guardian that Israel planned to move its surveillance trove from Microsoft’s cloud to Amazon’s platform after the former blocked its access.