(Jewish Group) NYU Condemns Former SJP Head for Tweeting 'Should I Paint My Nails' in Response to Is
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NYU Condemns Former SJP Head for Tweeting Should I Paint My Nails in Response to Israels First Coronavirus Death
New York University (NYU) issued a statement on March 24 condemning the former leader of the campus Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter for tweeting should I paint my nails in response to Israels first coronavirus death.
Leen Dweik, who ran NYUs SJP chapter from 2018-19, wrote in a since-deleted tweet on March 20 regarding Israels first coronavirus death: Anyway should I paint my nails red or green today? Israels first coronavirus death was 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Arie Even. The colors mentioned are perhaps a reference to two colors of the Palestinian flag.
NYU spokesperson John Beckman said in a statement, With almost 500,000 alumni, NYU does not routinely respond to its graduates social media posts, but the reported Twitter post by a former NYU student about the first Israeli death from COVID-19 was shameful and callous. The death and disruption caused by this pandemic should be reason to draw us together in sympathy, not be fodder for divisiveness and indifference.
He added: NYU denounces such insensitivity; it is at odds with our campus values.
Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey praised Beckmans statement in a tweet.
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