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Oh Lorde! Kiwi singer slammed as 'a bigot' in controversial Washington Post ad... after cancelling show in Tel Aviv

By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia and Aap

Published: 01:50 EST, 1 January 2018 | Updated: 09:33 EST, 1 January 2018

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A full-page advertisement has been taken out in the Washington Post calling Kiwi musician Lorde a bigot and accusing New Zealand of prejudice against Israel.

The ad, on the fifth page of the paper's December 31 edition, taken out by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's This World: The Values Network - criticises the 21-year-old for joining 'a global anti-semitic boycott of Israel'.

The ad features a large photo of the singer superimposed over a picture of men running through rubble cradling babies with the headline 'Lorde and New Zealand ignore Syria to attack Israel.'

Oh Lorde! Kiwi singer is called a 'bigot' in controversial The Washington Post ad... after cancelling her Tel Aviv show

The Grammy winner cancelled a Tel Aviv concert, originally scheduled for June, following criticism from activists in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.

The decision also came after two of her New Zealand-based fans wrote an open letter that argued holding a concert in the country would show support for Israel's occupation of Palestine.

The Washington Post ad states that Lorde's decision showed how a 'growing prejudice against the Jewish State' in New Zealand was 'trickling down to its youth.'

A full-page ad in the Washington Post, taken out by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's This World: The Values Network, calls Lorde a bigot and accuses New Zealand of prejudice against Israel

It cites New Zealand's choice in December to vote - along with 127 countries - in favour of a United Nations resolution that called for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

It also criticises New Zealand's co-sponsorship of a UN resolution which condemned continued Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory and caused a six-month diplomatic rift with 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 Bashar Al-Assad's genocidal regime,' the ad reads.

'Let's boycott the boycotters and tell Lorde and her fellow bigots that Jew-hatred has no place in the twenty-first century.'

The singer has also received criticism from the Jewish Council of New Zealand and the The Zionist Federation of New Zealand.

Israel's ambassador to New Zealand, Itzhak Gerberg, last week invited Lorde to meet him in person.

The Grammy winner cancelled a Tel Aviv concert, originally scheduled for June, following criticism from activists in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement