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    Hey pop stars! If you fancy getting political, read this first | Hannah Jane Parkinson

    You can hardly blame Lorde for getting in a diplomatic brouhaha, celebrity singers are too young and too busy to be political sages. So here’s a cheat sheet
    by Hannah Jane Parkinson Jan 03, 2018 5 minutes
    ‘After Lorde cancelled a concert in Israel, a rightwing American rabbi took out a full page advert in the Washington Post to denounce her as antisemitic, and also held her responsible for New Zealand’s entire foreign policy.’ Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

    Give us today our daily outrage: the pop star Lorde has decided – after much consideration – to cancel her concert in Israel after a letter from BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) supporters. Cut to a rightwing American rabbi taking out a full-page advert in the Washington Post to denounce her as antisemitic, and also hold her responsible for New Zealand’s entire foreign policy.

    All of this seems a bit harsh – expecting a 21-year-old to have a fully formed opinion on something she readily admitted to not knowing much about. This is a woman who sang on her first album about never having been on a plane. This is a woman who also made one of the , so probably didn’t have a lot of time to refresh her news app every time something

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