Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian is a feminist scholar whose work focuses on trauma, state crimes and criminology, surveillance, gender violence, law, and society and genocide studies.
"[9] After Shalhoub-Kevorkian walked back her statements expressing doubts over the extent of Hamas' sexual assaults on October 7, the Hebrew University rescinded her suspension.
According to her lawyer, Shalhoub-Kevorkian was strip-searched and held in painful conditions without access to food, water, or medications, in a cold cell without adequate clothing or blankets.
[13] Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated her arrest and in June the Knesset whip Ofir Katz introduced a proposal for a law which would terminate the careers of lecturers who expressed anti-Zionist views, which in Shalhoub-Kevorkian's case would, if approved, cancel her rights to her earned pension, savings,[dubious – discuss] and salary.
[14] In late August 2024, Shalhoub-Kevorkian was reported to have resigned her position at Hebrew University without making a public statement about the reasons for her decision.