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SCIENCE & TECH: Lorde off Apple Music in Israel after ‘free f–king Palestine’ at NYC show

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Lordeโ€™s songs have disappeared from Apple Music in Israel after the New Zealand-born pop star yelled โ€œfree fโ€“king Palestineโ€ during a concert in New York City this week.

The kerfuffle was ignited by viral clips that showed the 28-year-old Lorde performing her hit song โ€œTeamโ€ during a show at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

As she prepared to belt out the chorus, Lorde exclaimed, โ€œfree fโ€”ing Palestine!โ€

Lordeโ€™s songs have disappeared from Apple Music in Israel after the New Zealand-born pop star yelled โ€œfree fโ€“king Palestineโ€ during a concert. WireImage

The stage lighting alternated between red, green, white and black โ€” the colors of the flag representing the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Visitors to the Apple Music streaming service Israel were unable to access Lordeโ€™s library of songs as of Thursday, according to a report in the Hebrew-language web site Ynet.

Her songs were still available on Apple Music in the US as of Friday afternoon.

The Post has asked Apple whether it or another entity pulled Lordeโ€™s songs in Israel, and whether the removal was done with the US-based corporate officeโ€™s blessing.

Lorde performed to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. x/abierkhatib

The Post has also sought comment from Lorde.

The artists is reportedly a signatory to the โ€œNo Music for Genocideโ€ boycott, in which hundreds of artists have pledged to โ€œgeo-blockโ€ their songs from streaming in Israel.



Lordeโ€™s tunes remain available to Israelโ€™s Spotify subscribers, according to Ynet.

The singer was in New York this week for a sold-out show at MSG.

The pop star is currently in the midst of her โ€œUltrasound World Tourโ€ to promote her latest album, โ€œVirgin.โ€

While performing the hit song โ€œTeam,โ€ she exclaimed, โ€œFree fโ€“king Palestine.โ€ x/abierkhatib
The stage was colored in lights that matched the Palestinian Liberation Organizationโ€™s flag. x/abierkhatib

The Kiwi pop star has waded into the sensitive Israel-Palestine conflict in years past.

In 2017, she cancelled a planned concert in Tel Aviv under pressure from activists who backed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

BDS proponents have urged artists to take part in a cultural boycott of Israel.

Supporters of Israel have denounced BDS as an antisemitic movement that singles out the Jewish state for criticism.



Apple has historically declined to take a position on the Israel-Palestine conflict despite pressure from pro-Palestinian activists who have demanded that the tech giant sever ties with Israel.

It is unclear if Appleโ€™s corporate headquarters in the US signed off on the move to block Lorde in Israel. AP

The iPhone maker has a significant presence in Israel, which has a robust tech and startup ecosystem.

Other Silicon Valley companies have been the subject of protests by employees and activists over commercial ties to Israelโ€™s military.

Microsoft recently sought assistance from the FBI after pro-Palestinian employees and activists staged a kayak-based protest near the lakefront homes of its top two executives.

Google workers have held demos at company events where they have denounced the tech giantโ€™s work on Project Nimbus, a cloud-computer project that provides technology to the Israeli military.



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