Editor in chief of science publication ‘replaced’ for sharing article from The Onion on indifference to Palestinian lives

Michael Eisen, the editor in chief of eLife, a UK-based nonprofit publication focused on scientific research, said he was “replaced” in his role for retweeting an article from The Onion which calls out the indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians. 

In a post on social media platform X, Eisen said: “The Onion speaks with more courage, insight and moral clarity than the leaders of every academic institution put together. I wish there were a The Onion University.”

The tweet was in response to a satirical article published by The Onion, titled “Dying Gazans criticised for not using last words to condemn Hamas”.

Online, many have criticised the decision to replace Eisen for “expressing the sentiment that Palestinians are human”.