Hebrew University suspends professor who accused Israel of Gaza genocide, cast doubt on Hamas sexual violence

The Hebrew University has suspended Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian of the Faculty of Law after a series of inflammatory statements and actions, the university says.

Shalhoub-Kevorkian, who has spoken out against Israel and Zionism in the past, was interviewed by Channel 14 yesterday where she accused Israel of genocide in Gaza and called into question the rapes and other atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7.

The university had previously asked Shalhoub-Kevorkian to resign, but then took the unusual step of suspension after her latest statements and continued pressure from the academic community and lawmakers.

“The Hebrew University rejects all of her distorted statements with disgust. The Hebrew University is proud to be an Israeli, public, and Zionist institution,” the university says in a statement.

Shalhoub-Kevorkian, the Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Law at the Faculty of Law-Institute of Criminology at the Hebrew University, according to her faculty page, is an expert on “trauma, state crimes and criminology, surveillance, gender violence, law and society.”