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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

(58,724 posts) Fri Aug 31, 2018, 09:08 PM Aug 2018

Lana Del Rey pulls out of Israeli festival after backlash

Lana Del Rey has pulled out of a music festival in Israel next week in the wake of a backlash over her decision to perform.

The American singer was to have been one of the headline performers at the Meteor festival from 6 to 8 September. It is being held on a kibbutz in northern Israel that most Palestinians would not be permitted to attend.

In a tweet on Friday, Del Rey said she wanted to play for both Palestinian and Israeli fans, but it had not been possible to “line up both visits with such short notice”.

She had therefore decided to postpone her appearance at the festival until it was possible to “schedule visits for both my Israeli and Palestinian fans, as well as hopefully other countries in the region”.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/31/lana-del-rey-pulls-out-of-israeli-festival-after-backlash