Bill Ackman defends Amazon over its silence on Israeli employee held hostage by Hamas

Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager, defended Amazon on his X social media account over the weekend after the e-commerce giant came under criticism for its silence over an Israeli employee being held hostage by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Sasha Troufanov, a 28-year-old computer engineer with the Tel Aviv-based microelectronics firm Annapurna Labs, an Amazon subsidiary, was among the roughly 250 people abducted by Hamas terrorists during the murderous attacks on Oct. 7, which left nearly 1,200 Israelis dead.

Amazon employees in Israel have hung signs, made t-shirts and held events in solidarity with Troufanov, but they are reportedly frustrated over management declining to issue any public statement about his abduction.