In a one-minute clip, we can see evidence of what finally brought the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to suspend her (on 12 March) from her teaching post. Suspend, not fire. And I say FINALLY because they could not NOT have been aware of her vile demonization of Israel in talks she gave internationally and in an article she published in the British Journal of Criminology, which I critiqued in an post on this website, called “Israel is a Shitty Country.”
On the video that led to her suspension, she speaks in English, but some prefer to read rather than watch videos; therefore, below the “X” post, I transcribe what she says (without correcting her English).
פרופ' נדירה שלהוב-קיבורקיאן מהאונ' העברית: את הציונות צריך למגר. היה אונס ב-7 לאוקטובר? "ישראל תמיד משקרת"#הדוח_של_אראל @ErelSegal @doh_erelsegal14 @IshayFridman pic.twitter.com/Zt6DlA42q8
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I don’t know when would the world will wake up and tell the Zionist movement, and yes, it’s time to abolish Zionism; this is where I am going today: just abolish Zionism.
It can’t continue. It cannot. It’s criminal. It’s criminal. Only by abolishing Zionism, we can continue. This is what I see.
We need to: number 1, remember, this is a very dishonest (laughs), to say the state, they will use everything to further kill. It’s a killing machine. And it’s a necropolitical regime that can survive only on the erasure of Palestinians. They will use any lie. They started with babies, they continued with rape. They will continue with million other lies every day with another story. We stopped believing them. I hope that the world will stop believing them. And if things like this happen, not in my name. I will never approve it.
Her suspension brought me a sense of relief. Others are protesting this. More about that in a follow-up article to be published soon.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Last modified: December 11, 2025
