Photo: Getty ImagesAn Israeli court has ordered two New Zealand women to pay nearly $19,000 in damages for their role in encouraging pop singer Lorde to cancel her concerts in Israel last year. Lorde responded on her social media by saying she was considering all her options and learning all the time. About a month later, Israeli law group Shurat HaDin filed a case under a 2011 Israeli law allowing civil lawsuits against anyone calling for a boycott of the country. Even when the law firm has had rulings in its favour, the question of getting the money was always a big question, the reporter said. The reporter said the lawyer for the case had previously made it clear it was partly aimed at warning activists overseas.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 11, 2018 23:03 UTC