Lorde on stage, behind microphone

Teenagers worship Lorde but the Kiwi pop princess is very wrong to boycott Israel

New Zealand’s pop princess Lorde advertises the next leg on her world tour. Twitter, December 19:

MOSCOW — ST PETERSBURG — TEL AVIV — LET’S DANCE.

And the anti-Israel Twitter trolls just started rolling in. A Palestinian activist called “Justice” on Twitter, December 19:

Don’t play in Tel Aviv while they have the Palestinians under a brutal occupation! Very disappointed in you! Boycott Israel!

Twitter: the website where everyone is an expert on the Middle East. Medical student “Maureen” on Twitter, December 19:

I’m afraid your art will just be used to further a certain political agenda over another. Please consider that the only way to achieve any degree of equality or justice is by pressuring Israel through peaceful ways to do so; boycott from the international community is a main one.

The big social media response led to this open letter to Lorde asking her to boycott Israel. New Zealand’s anti-Israel activists Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab on New Zealand’s Stuff website, December 21:

In 2017, Lorde, reignite the spirit of 1981 and show the world that New Zealanders are the progressive forward-thinking people we say we are. Please join the artistic boycott of Israel, cancel your Israeli tour dates and make a stand. Your voice will join many others and together we can and will make a difference.

 

Read the full Cut & Paste article at The Australian.