(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 Israel’s 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 Israel’s first coronavirus death.

Leen Dweik, who ran NYU’s SJP chapter from 2018-19, wrote in a since-deleted tweet on March 20 regarding Israel’s first coronavirus death: “Anyway should I paint my nails red or green today?” Israel’s 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 Beckman’s statement in a tweet.

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