Editor in Chief of eLife replaced for retweeting The Onion tweet about Palestine

I am really surprised they fired him for a really relatively mild series of tweets. I know some of the Israeli scientists leading the campaign against him also pointed out he tweeted "Fuck Israel" in 2018 [0]. Due to the date, May 15 2018, he is probably referring to IDF slayings the preceding day during Palestinian border protests [1]. Nature also did a factual write up of this guy's firing [2].

[0] https://twitter.com/mbeisen/status/996404294529138688

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Gaza_border_...

[2] https://www.science.org/content/article/prominent-journal-ed...

Second time today I've found this other Onion headline relevant:

> ‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That

https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-becaus...

The eLife website says they're an independent nonprofit. Presumably the BoD or equivalent made this choice - how does one wind up on the Board for an organization like this? And what capacity do academics have to apply pressure?

Wow, it's clear who rules the west.