Israeli academic Yael Nativ filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley, alleging the school refused to renew her appointment because of her nationality. Nativ had taught on the campus in 2022 and says she was encouraged to reapply for the 2024–25 academic year, only to be rejected in November 2024, one month after the outbreak of the Gaza war. The complaint contends that Berkeley officials withdrew the opportunity after facing campus backlash over the conflict and that their stated reasons for the decision were pretextual. Nativ argues the episode violates federal and state anti-discrimination laws and is seeking unspecified damages and injunctive relief. The case adds to mounting legal and political scrutiny of how U.S. universities handle speech and hiring related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Separate federal probes and civil lawsuits have targeted other institutions over alleged antisemitism or anti-Israel bias, underscoring the heightened tensions on college campuses.