Justin Bieber 'super frustrated' over Israel political controversy - NEWS.com.au

<div id="story" readability="50.1917591125"> <!-- // #section-header --> <!-- .story-header --> <div class="story-body lead-media-small" readability="48.2234548336"> <div class="article-media article-media-small media-count-1 first-image-316w237h"> <div class="" readability="6"> <div class="image " readability="7"> <!-- // .image-frame --> <p class="caption"> <span class="caption-text">The Biebster is heading to Australia next month. Picture: File </span> </p> <!-- // .caption --> </div> </div> <!-- // .tabs .js-tabbed --> </div> <!-- // .article-media --> <div class="story-intro" readability="34"> <p><strong> <!-- google_ad_section_start(name=story_introduction, weight=high) --> CANADIAN pop star Justin Bieber told fans he was "super frustrated" about a political controversy that has erupted over rumors of a canceled meeting between the teen heartthrob and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_introduction) --> </strong></p> </div><!-- // .story-intro --> <!-- google_ad_section_start(name=story_body, weight=high) --> <p>Netanyahu's office claimed Bieber canceled an event with the Israeli leader after the prime minister asked to include a visit to Israeli children affected by violence in the Gaza region because the entertainer thought it was too political.</p><p>"We received a request from Bieber to meet with the prime minister. Netanyahu asked to have children from the south attend the meeting in order to encourage them and create a PR effect. The prime minister does not see this as a political issue," Netanyahu's office said in a statement, according to Israel's Ynet News.</p><p>But Bieber's manager told a local Israeli newspaper that the 17-year-old singer never initiated a meeting with Netanyahu and called the report "ridiculous."</p> <!-- // .story-sidebar --> <p>"We never asked to meet with (Netanyahu) nor has anyone connected with us asked to meet him," Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Tuesday.</p><p>Braun added that despite being aggressively hounded by the local press, Bieber loves Israel and is looking forward to his concert today in Tel Aviv.</p><p>Meanwhile, Bieber took to Twitter earlier this week to vent about the exploding controversy.</p><p>"I want to see this country and all the places ive dreamed of and whether its the paps or being pulled into politics its been frustrating," he wrote, adding that he's feeling "super frustrated and just needed some time to vent and chill."</p><p>"It's not the fans, and some of the paps were nice enough to leave. But some people just don't have respect," he added.</p><p>After his performance in Israel, Bieber is headed to Southeast Asia and Australia as his worldwide tour continues into May.</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_body) --> </div><!-- // .story-body --> <!-- // .story-footer --> <!-- // .story-extras-2 --> </div>