# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYSHuHJjkTA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65452599-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-13T15:02:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

A former Half Hollow Hills High School West student has agreed to a $125,000 settlement with the district after pro-Palestinian artwork she had painted on her school parking spot in 2024 was removed, according to her attorneys and district officials.

The student, a Muslim American of Pakistani descent who was a senior at the time, had painted a watermelon slice with a kaffiyeh pattern, her name in Roman and Arabic letters and a message that said "PEACE BE UPON YOU," according to a complaint filed by her mother in March 2025. 

The watermelon, which has the red, white and green colors of the Palestinian flag, has been seen as a symbol of solidarity with Palestine. Some criticized the artwork, coming amid the Israel-Hamas war, as offensive to Jewish people, and the district painted over the watermelon portion, Newsday previously reported.

Link in bio for more. (Photo: Kathy M Helgeson)
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