On 27 Nov ‘24, despite the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison posted his ‘joy’ at returning to Tel Aviv on X.
This article by QudsNen expands: “some users highlighted Collison’s apparent hypocrisy by resurfacing his 2014 post condemning Israel’s bombing of a UN school in Gaza.” Although in the past, Patrick expressed support for Palestinians, even visiting Ramallah in the past and speaking to Palestinian tech entrepreneurs, his brother Tommy has been openly in support of Zionism, calling himself “Zionist” in Hebrew on his X profile.
Irish tech founder and the force behind Tech for Palestine, Paul Biggar, explained the backlash against Patrick in this thread including his clear horror in the past of “Israel killing children” and presented a list of Stripe alternatives. That being said, please be wary – Payoneer is on that list despite the fact it’s Israeli.