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On Christmas Eve, Lorde announced thatshe would cancelan upcoming concert in Israel.

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Since its 2005 founding, the BDS movement has slowly picked up traction over the past decade.

Elvis Costello canceled a concert in 2010, as did Lauryn Hill in 2015.

Michael Stipe posted support for Yorke over Instagram.

Is Lorde a bigot?

The answer may surprise you.

That can certainly look hypocritical.

Whatever else she might be for boycotting a concert in Tel Aviv, Lorde isnt a bigot.

To be completely fair, hypocrisy and racism are hardly incompatible with one another.