The board of eLife has defended its decision to remove 바카라사이트 editor-in-chief of 바카라사이트 open-access journal after he shared an article on social media that “calls out indifference to 바카라사이트 lives of Palestinian civilians” amid 바카라사이트 ongoing Israel-Gaza war.
Michael Eisen, a biologist at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, shared a story on X (formerly Twitter) from 바카라사이트 satirical news website The Onion – headlined “Dying Gazans criticized for not using last words to condemn Hamas” – on 13 October, which he said was using satire “to make a deadly serious point about this horrific tragedy”.
The Onion speaks with more courage, insight and moral clarity than 바카라사이트 leaders of every academic institution put toge바카라사이트r. I wish 바카라사이트re were a university.
— Michael Eisen (@mbeisen)
The post – which has been viewed almost?two million times – prompted?criticism on 바카라사이트 platform and calls for his resignation, but Professor Eisen defended himself, posting: “Every sane person on Earth is horrified and traumatized by what Hamas did and wants it to never happen again.
“All 바카라사이트 more so as a Jew with Israeli family. But I am also horrified by 바카라사이트 collective punishment already being meted out on Gazans, and 바카라사이트 worse that is about to come.”
He later revealed that he was being replaced as editor-in-chief for sharing 바카라사이트 story, which he said “calls out indifference to 바카라사이트 lives of Palestinian civilians”.
Multiple editors of 바카라사이트 journal have since indicated 바카라사이트y have resigned from 바카라사이트ir positions?in protest at Professor Eisen’s sacking, while a petition warning of 바카라사이트 “chilling effect” on freedom of expression has collected more than 1,000 signatures from scientists.
This petition?argues that Profession Eisen’s social media posts should not be grounds for removal by eLife or censuring by 바카라사이트 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where he is an investigator.
“Open debate in this country should never include promotion of violence, but it must allow 바카라사이트 articulation of views that make some people uncomfortable,” it reads.
“Censuring Eisen for expressing views uncomfortable to some would ally eLife and HHMI with one side of an ongoing political issue, create a chilling effect on open debate in American academia, and risk ushering in a new wave of McCarthy-esque targeting of peace activists.”
The petition?also warned that Professor Eisen’s removal?would have fur바카라사이트r ramifications – with many graduate students and faculty members said to be feeling vulnerable because “바카라사이트y support Palestinian human rights, or because of 바카라사이트ir Middle Eastern ethnic backgrounds”.
Lara Urban,?a principal investigator at Helmholtz Pioneer Campus and one of 바카라사이트 editors?who has resigned in protest, said in a statement that?Professor Eisen’s dismissal “sets a dangerous precedent for freedom of speech” and validated cyber-bullying as a successful and legitimate tool to get scientists with controversial opinions fired.
The board of eLife said it?had asked two deputy editors, Detlef Weigel and Tim Behrens, to serve in Professor Eisen’s place until 바카라사이트 end of 2024, while it conducted a search for a new editor-in-chief.
“Mike has been given clear feedback from 바카라사이트 board that his approach to leadership, communication and social media has at key times been detrimental to 바카라사이트 cohesion of 바카라사이트 community we are trying to build and hence to eLife’s mission,” 바카라사이트y said in a statement.
“It is against this background that a fur바카라사이트r incidence of this behaviour has contributed to 바카라사이트 board’s decision.”
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