Professor Who Denied Oct. 7th Atrocities Resigns From Hebrew University

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian has resigned from the Hebrew University, after she caused an uproar when she denied the October 7 rapes and murders in the Gaza surrounding communities and towns.

Arutz Sheva reported that the professor, an Arab Israeli who grew up in Haifa, had previously been suspended from the university after she published a petition accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Among other things she said that “Now is the time to abolish Zionism, that is the direction I’m going in today. It can’t go on anymore, it can’t, it’s criminal,” and cast doubt that the acts of rape actually occurred on October 7, saying: “They will use any lie. They started with babies, they continued with rape, and they will continue with a million other lies. We stopped believing them, I hope the world stops believing them.”

Despite making these statements and being suspended, Shalhoub-Kevorkian returned to teaching at the university, which accepted her claim that she believed all the victims and did not doubt their words.

The right-wing human rights group Btsalmo filed a complaint with the university’s disciplinary committee, stating that her accusations are offensive to the Hebrew University students and noted that many of the students or their family members were personally affected by the October 7th attacks, making her claims even more outrageous.

In response, the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Professor David Glicksberg, rejected the complaint of Btsalmo’s CEO, Shai Glick but emphasized that “Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s words were harsh and repulsive, and he rejects them entirely.”

At the same time, Professor Glicksberg noted on Wednesday morning that Shalhoub-Kevorkian has retired from the university and will no longer be teaching there from the next academic year.

Over the last year, the Hebrew University publicly and privately appealed to the professor and requested that she resign. It seems that she consented to the request, due to the immense pressure.

Glick said that: “We welcome the resignation of the inciting professor. As we promised, every instigator of hatred, regardless of his or her position and status, will eventually leave academia. We congratulate the Hebrew University for not asking her to continue teaching there. Even so, together with other students, we will refile the complaint make sure that she goes before a disciplinary committee and that all her compensation money will be revoked.”