Dr. Shalhoub-Kevorkian said in the Makdisi Street podcast that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. She also cast doubt that there was sexual violence on October 7. She added, “Zionism is a crime, and only through its cancelation/erasure will we be able to continue.” The university administration announced her temporary suspension from teaching by arguing that “her statements take freedom of expression and academic freedom to an extreme and make cynical use of them, to the point of division and incitement”