Israeli Police Arrest Palestinian Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Over Academic Work and Speech
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Jerusalem Story Team
1mo ago· 6 min readenNews
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Israeli police arrested Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a Palestinian feminist professor at Hebrew University, from her home in Jerusalem's Old City. Her legal team states this is the first time in Israel's history that a professor has been arrested based on published academic work and speech. The arrest is framed as a historic and concerning development for academic freedom and Palestinian scholars in Israel.
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bskyIsraeli Police Arrest Palestinian Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Over Academic Work and Speechjerusalemstory.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledOn Thursday, April 18, around 5:00 p.m., a swarm of Israeli police arrested Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from her bedroom in her home in the Old City.
According to the legal team, this is the first time in Israel's history that a professor has been arrested for published scholarship or speech.
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a world-renowned Palestinian feminist scholar, is arrested from bed and hauled to prison for interrogation.
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