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NextImg:Dua Lipa said to drop Jewish agent who urged Kneecap’s removal from Glastonbury

JTA — British pop singer Dua Lipa has reportedly dropped her Jewish agent for signing onto a letter to remove the anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian Irish rap group Kneecap from the Glastonbury music festival.

The development comes as a growing number of musical acts are seeking to block streaming services from letting their songs play in Israel, in what they hope will turn into a music-industry cognate of the burgeoning Film Works for Palestine boycott of Israeli film institutions.

Dua Lipa’s longstanding agent, David Levy, was one of the first signatories on a leaked letter to Glastonbury’s organizers to remove Kneecap, whose singer is currently facing terrorism charges in the United Kingdom for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a concert.

The Grammy Award-winning performer will continue to be represented by her current talent agency, William Morris Endeavor, but with a different agent there, according to the Daily Mail.

“Dua made sure through her people that David Levy wasn’t working on her music anymore. She is very openly pro-Palestine and that doesn’t align with David,” a music industry source told The Mail on Sunday.

“She views him as being a supporter of Israel’s war in Gaza, and the terrible treatment of the Palestinians and that was made very clear through the letter that he signed and sent to Michael Eavis,” the source continued.

Dua Lipa has long been critical of Israel, and in May was one of more than 300 celebrities who signed onto a letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging him to end the country’s “complicity” in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, massacre and hostage-taking.

The singer’s parting with her agent comes as several other British artists, including trip hop group Massive Attack, Bjork and Kneecap, have joined an initiative to block their music from being streamed in Israel.

A member of Irish band Kneecap wears a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London on November 21, 2024. (Screen grab/YouTube)

“We’d appeal to all musicians to transfer their sadness, anger and artistic contributions into a coherent, reasonable and vital action to end the unspeakable hell being visited upon the Palestinians hour after hour,” Massive Attack wrote in an Instagram post Thursday.

Kneecap, meanwhile, has been banned from Canada over its member’s terrorism charges; it recently canceled a sold-out US tour.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.