An author and professor has reportedly lost his job after publicly criticizing the Israeli siege of Gaza. Steven Salaita is the author of “Israel’s Dead Soul” and a contributor to outlets including The Electronic Intifada. After posting a series of tweets critical of Israel, he was reportedly told he would no longer have a job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was due to start work there in the American Indian Studies Program this month. The American Association of University Professors expressed concern, saying, “Whether one finds these views attractive or repulsive is irrelevant to the right of a faculty member to express them.” More than 10,000 people have signed a petition for his reinstatement.