I think that’s the only humane position to take, to both condemn Hamas and their terror attacks, and to condemn the state of Israel for their hateful history. And then I read that a prominent academic has lost his editor position for expecting sympathy for the Palestinian people. “I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians,” Eisen tweeted today. Dying Gazans Criticized For Not Using Last Words To Condemn Hamas https://t.co/pshItr0uUS — The Onion (@TheOnion) October 13, 2023And here’s a sampling of the responses. He was not expressing moral ambiguity, but moral clarity, by expecting that we’d have the same respect for all human life.

Source: New York Times October 24, 2023 14:24 UTC