Zayn Malik probably thought about his tweet for a long time before firing it off to his 13 million followers.
It was just one hashtag of two words, the incendiary combination of #FreePalestine. Part lament and part rallying call, the hashtag has been trending for weeks
The popstar’s legion of followers are an engaged bunch. Even a simple smiley emoticon issued from his account clocks up 180,000 retweets.
So Malik must have known it was going to cause a stir.
While it’s different from his usual missives, which are focused on promoting his band, Malik’s #FreePalestine tweet has already been shared and favourited more than 180,000 times.
#FreePalestine.
— zaynmalik1D (@zaynmalik) July 28, 2014
But it’s also earned the young singer rebukes, abuse and even death threats.
