Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes.Anne D’Innocenzio, “Ceo of a Prominent Tech Conference Resigns amid Backlash for Public Statements over Israel-Hamas War,” Associated Press, October 2023, https://apnews.com/article/web-summit-paddy-cosgrave-gaza-israel-hamas-war-0b085e4004f6d87974975d275eac9ef7.

Right after the publication of that statement, his organization, Web Summit, suffered from boycotts by Google, Strip and Meta,Tabitha Monahan and Adrian Weckler, “Meta, Google and Stripe to Boycott Web Summit on Back of Paddy Cosgrave’s Israel Comments,” Irish Independent, October 2023, https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/meta-google-and-stripe-to-boycott-web-summit-on-back-of-paddy-cosgraves-israel-comments/a1235054615.html. which probably caused his resignation.

The Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has ordered colleges ban pro-Palestinian groups student organization.

“Based on the National SJP’s support of terrorism, in consultation with Governor DeSantis, the student chapters must be deactivated” Rodrigues wrote in a memo to university leaders, as reported.Andrew Hay, “Florida’s Desantis Bans pro-Palestinian Student Group,” Reuters, October 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/floridas-desantis-bans-pro-palestinian-student-group-2023-10-25/.

A ministerial aide has been sacked from his government role after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.Becky Morton, “Paul Bristow: Ministerial Aide Sacked after Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire,” The British Broadcasting Corporation (Bbc), October 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67264814.

In 9 Oct 2023 “large number of Harvard student organizations” made a statement that’s clear about the Israeli conflict. I personally agree with their views, what happened in 7 October was a consequence of the Israeli actions for the last couple of decades, killing and oppressing Palestinian whilst running the greatest open air prison in the world (Gaza).

Though this what many CEO did not like, and now they are calling Harvard university to shut them down, asking for a full list of their names.Matt Egan, “Ceos Call on Harvard to Name Students Linked to Statement Blaming Israel for Hamas Attack,” Cnn Bussiness, October 2023, https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/11/business/harvard-israel-hamas-ceos-students/index.html. As of the end of October 2023, media has reported that millions of ’funds’ for top U.S. universities are gone due to disaligned views of student about the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict..Andrew Jack, “Us Universities Lose Millions as Donors Pull Funding over Hamas Stance,” Financial Times, October 2023, https://www.ft.com/content/22316ef9-f71e-4076-8d95-b3fa18fcb520.

In 17 October 2023; many “top law firm” rescinds their job offers to many of these top universitiesKat Tenbarge, “Top Law Firm Rescinds Job Offers to Ivy League Students over Israel Letters,” Nbc News, October 2023, https://www.nbcnews.com/business/corporations/harvard-letter-israel-columbia-ivy-davis-polk-law-firm-student-rcna120881. due to the same reasons. All of these are means for lobbying the universities to either suspend the students or shut them up somehow (to make sure that only aligned views are exposed). The suspension of these students or rescinding them from jobs as top companies are doing both serve as an example of the process of alignment mentioned on the top of the article.

After the Dershowitz–Finkelstein affair, Alan Dershowitz started campaigned to block Norman Finkelstein tenure bid at DePaul University. His campaign began in 2004 when he sent DePaul president Dennis Holtschneider a manuscript, “Literary McCarthyism,” arguing that the university should fire Finkelstein. He also contacted DePaul political science department chair Patrick Callahan.

In 2005, Dershowitz announced his intent to block Finkelstein’s tenure bid, saying, “I will come at my own expense, and I will document the case against Finkelstein” and “I’ll demonstrate that he doesn’t meet the academic standards of the Association of American Universities”,Abraham, Out of Bounds: Academic Freedom and the Question of Palestine, 85. sounds like Dershowitz view of being associated with American Universities implies an ultimate support of Israel As of the time of writing this he has being confirming that, calling for a condemnation of Harvard students who stands against the Israeli actions.

In October 2006, he sent members of DePaul’s law and political science faculties what he called “a dossier of Norman Finkelstein’s most egregious academic sins, and especially his outright lies, misquotations, and distortions” and lobbied DePaul’s professors, alumni and administrators to deny Finkelstein tenure.Jennifer Howard, “Harvard Law Professor Works to Disrupt Tenure Bid of Longtime Nemesis at Depaul U.,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 5, 2007, https://www.chronicle.com/article/harvard-law-professor-works-to-disrupt-tenure-bid-of-longtime-nemesis-at-depaul-u/.

In May 2007, Dershowitz spoke at Northwestern University and claimed that Finkelstein had recently attended a Holocaust denial conference in Iran.Abraham, Out of Bounds: Academic Freedom and the Question of Palestine, 86.

DePaul’s political science committee investigated Dershowitz’s accusations against Finkelstein and concluded that they were unsubstantiated. The department subsequently invited John Mearsheimer and Ian Lustick, two previously uninvolved academics with expertise on the Israel–Palestinian conflict, to evaluate the academic merit of Finkelstein’s work; they came to the same conclusion.Richard Forer, Breakthrough: Transforming Fear into Compassion: A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict, 2010.

In early 2007, DePaul’s political science department voted nine to three, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Personnel Committee five to zero, to give Finkelstein tenure. The three opposing faculty members subsequently filed a minority report opposing tenure, supported by the Dean of the College, Chuck Suchar.

“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.” as reported on his twitter account.Michael Eisen, “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.,” October 2023, https://twitter.com/dasaptaerwin/status/465577518565580801.

Ironically, the post that he retweeted The Onion was very expressive! it says: “‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That”

In fact, the article does a great job in depicting the situation:

David Velasco was removed after the magazine’s publishers said there was a flawed editorial process behind the publication of a letter that supported Palestinian liberation.Zachary Small, “Artforum Fires Top Editor after Its Open Letter on Israel-Hamas War,” The New York Times, October 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/arts/artforum-editor-fired-david-velasco-palestine-gaza.html.

Andy McDonald has been suspended as a Labour MP, after the party said he had made “deeply offensive” comments relating to the Israel-Gaza war, as reported in the BBC.BBC Stuff, “Andy Mcdonald: Labour Suspends Mp after Speech at pro-Palestinian Rally,” The British Broadcasting Corporation (Bbc), October 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67268154.

Columbia University is suspending Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as they “repeatedly violated University policies related to holding campus events, culminating in an unauthorized event.”Columbia News Editorial, “Statement from Gerald Rosberg, Chair of the Special Committee on Campus Safety,” Columbia News (Columbia University in the City of New York, November 2023), https://news.columbia.edu/news/statement-gerald-rosberg-chair-special-committee-campus-safety.