NZ Council Tried To Stop Ad Slamming Lorde As 'Bigot' Following Axed Israel Gig
The country was also targeted in the ad.
The New Zealand Jewish Council has claimed it tried to stop an advertisement slamming Lorde as a "bigot" from being published.
As Newshub reports, the full-page ad published in the Washington Post on 31 December targets the singer and New Zealand following her decision to axe an upcoming show in Israel.
"While Lorde claims to be concerned with human rights, she hypocritically chose to proceed with her two concerts in Putin's Russia, despite his support for [Syrian president] Assad's genocidal regime… " the text reads.
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"Let's boycott the boycotters and tell Lorde and her fellow bigots that Jew-hatred has no place in the twenty-first century."
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"She has made that decision now, and therefore there is nothing to be gained by essentially bullying her over it - which is what we were accusing the people who wanted her to cancel her concert [of doing]," Jewish Council spokesperson, Juliet Moses, said.
"We don't think it is going to help advance a dialogue or achieve peace in any way whatsoever. It's just inflammatory and will just harden attitudes on both sides of the debate."
The advertisement's creator, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, responded to Moses' comments on Twitter, saying she is "respectfully wrong".
"There should be no tolerance for intolerance. No safe sanctuary for anti-Jewish bigotry," he said.
"Lorde chose to publicly join a movement that seeks economic destruction of he Jewish State."
The news comes just a week after Israel's ambassador for New Zealand requested to meet with Lorde following the gig cancellation.
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