Lady Gaga has released a short video greeting for Israeli fans in advance of her Tel Aviv concert. “Shalom, this is Lady Gaga,” is her sensational greeting. “I’m so excited to perform my new tour in Tel Aviv. I’ll see you soon Israel! September 13th.”

http://youtu.be/4kI8Ms4i8SE

OK, so the nine-second clip isn’t notable for anything, really—except the mini-internet firestorm that erupted after its release. Arab fans expressed their disappointment, “labeling her as ‘disgusting and devilish’ and having ‘no sensitivities'” in light of the recent conflict in Gaza, Al Arabiya reports. (It’s now standard for international performers to be pressured to boycott Israel once they announce tour dates with stops in Tel Aviv.) Gaga did not respond to the allegations.

The conflict in Gaza led several big name acts to cancel summer gigs in Israel, including Neil Young, Lana Del Ray, and the Backstreet Boys.

With Gaga’s concert going ahead as scheduled, we have two pressing questions:

1) Will someone vomit on her on stage again?

2) Will she reprise her leather studded Star of David jacket from her first visit to Israel in 2009?

We’ll have the answers for you next week.

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Gird your loins, Israel: Lady Gaga is coming.

Last week, Israeli TV show “Good Evening with Guy Pines” announced that the mega-star would perform at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park on September 13, as part of her ARTPOP tour. Gaga confirmed it herself on Friday with this exuberantly illustrated tweet:

Lady Gaga will bring the ARTPOP Ball Tour to the Middle East with the first date in Tel Aviv (Israel) on September 13 pic.twitter.com/gSGDOp7cgH

— Lady Gaga (@ladygagaloo) February 21, 2014

This will be Lady Gaga’s second performance in Israel. When she first visited in 2009, she “felt so much love” that she wore a studded Star of David leather jacket to her press conference (and then again in Heathrow Airport—sans pants, natch).

Other big acts set to tour Israel in 2014: the Pixies, Soundgarden, and (TBC) the Rolling Stones.

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