{"id":178853,"date":"2026-01-15T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/st-paul-moves-closer-to-cutting-contract-with-israeli-cybersecurity-company-fight-back-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:50:09","slug":"st-paul-moves-closer-to-cutting-contract-with-israeli-cybersecurity-company-fight-back-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/st-paul-moves-closer-to-cutting-contract-with-israeli-cybersecurity-company-fight-back-news\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Paul moves closer to cutting contract with Israeli cybersecurity company \u2014 Fight Back! News"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Paul moves closer to cutting contract with Israeli cybersecurity company \u2014 Fight Back! News<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/fightbacknews.org\/articles\/st-paul-moves-closer-to-cutting-contract-with-israeli-cybersecurity-company<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-15 20:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: fightbacknews.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

St. Paul, MN \u2013 On Tuesday, January 13, about 20 protesters attended the Saint Paul Board of Water Commissioners meeting to demand that the city cut its contract with Waterfall Security Solutions, an Israeli cybersecurity company with direct ties to the IDF.<\/p>\n

Activists held up signs and banners with slogans such as \u201cWaterfall \u2013 no blood in our water\u201d and \u201cDump Waterfall Security.\u201d Later, they chanted \u201cHey, Saint Paul, heed our call: Cut your ties with Waterfall!\u201d before presenting a stack of signed \u201cCut the Contract\u201d petitions to the Water Board.<\/p>\n

This action was organized by Women Against Military Madness (WAMM).<\/p>\n

The campaign to cut the Waterfall contract began last summer. At that time, Saint Paul Water Board officials quickly claimed that Waterfall was the only company in the world that could meet Saint Paul’s specific water security needs, but as pressure from the community mounted, including call-ins, emails, and actions to pack the meeting room \u2013 the board began to more seriously explore its options.<\/p>\n

At the Tuesday meeting, the Water Board ultimately approved a \u201cRequest for Proposal,\u201d the next step towards formally selecting an apartheid-free alternative to Waterfall.<\/p>\n

Activists understand this to be a partial victory for their campaign, but they are not taking it as an opportunity to rest. According to Kim DeFranco, an organizer with WAMM, \u201cWe demand that the board cut the contract immediately. We do not want our city to be complicit in the genocide of the Palestinian people, especially when Israel has continually denied the Palestinians access to water. No blood in our water!\u201d<\/p>\n

As Minnesotans reel from murderous ICE raids at home and criminal U.S. attacks on Venezuela, Tuesday\u2019s action shows that even through times of chaos and uncertainty, Saint Paul residents have their eyes glued to the issue of Palestine and that they will not stop until their city cuts the Waterfall contract and ends its support for genocide.<\/p>\n

#StPaulMN #MN #AntiWarMovement #Palestine #WAMM<\/p>\n

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