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Confirmed
In Short: Rapper Macklemore has donated $1 million to organizations supporting Palestinians following his removal from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Rapper Macklemore announced on Wednesday that he would donate $1 million of his earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour to organizations supporting the Palestinian people.
In a post on Instagram, Macklemore said, 'Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting.' He also asked Patriots owner Robert Kraft to match his donation.
Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's tour after voicing support for Palestinians during his performances.
The rapper has since set his own headlining dates, stating that his schedule has 'freed up a bit.'
Meanwhile, NBA star Kyrie Irving said he would cover an $11,941 fine imposed on NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair for writing the name of a Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces on his eyeblack.
Al-Shaair was fined last season for writing 'STOP THE GENOCIDE' on his eyeblack during a playoff game.
The incident involving Al-Shaair highlights the ongoing tensions and the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on athletes and public figures.
Former executive director of American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Khan emphasized the importance of dialogue and understanding between communities, stating, 'We had such deep ties and such deep relations we weren’t afraid to go to bat for one another.'
What this adds
The donation and the fine highlight the broader impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on international sports and entertainment.
What's confirmed
- Rapper Macklemore announced on Wednesday that he would donate $1 million of his earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour to organizations supporting the Palestinian people.
- In a post on Instagram, Macklemore said, 'Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting.' He also asked Patriots owner Robert Kraft to match his donation.
- Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's tour after voicing support for Palestinians during his performances.
- Meanwhile, NBA star Kyrie Irving said he would cover an $11,941 fine imposed on NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair for writing the name of a Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces on his eyeblack.
- Al-Shaair was fined last season for writing 'STOP THE GENOCIDE' on his eyeblack during a playoff game.
- The incident involving Al-Shaair highlights the ongoing tensions and the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on athletes and public figures.
What's still developing
- “I’ve spent the last week reaching out to artists who have shown up and used their stages to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, regardless of the consequences,” he wrote.
- When Huckabee visited Taybeh after reports of violence against its Palestinian Christian community, he met residents and called for those responsible for terror and violence to be found and prosecuted.
- The overwhelming majority of Israelis living beyond the Green Line are not storming Palestinian villages or taking over homes.
- In his Thursday interview, Huckabee denounced violence against Palestinians, demanded consequences for perpetrators, and stressed that they represent only a tiny minority of the roughly half a million Israelis living in Judea and Samaria.
- He condemns violence by Israelis against Palestinians as firmly as he does violence by Palestinians against Israelis, while refusing to let masked attackers stand in for hundreds of thousands of Israelis who live peacefully in the West Bank.
- Kraft says Sheeran already asked him to commit $2M to 'fight this humanitarian crisis' Kraft says Sheeran already asked him to commit $2M to 'fight this humanitarian crisis' Rapper Macklemore and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft exchanged statements Wednesday in the latest chapter of the saga involving the rapper's pro-Palestinian stance.
- Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener on his tour because of his onstage pro-Palestinian comments.
- All of the remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit, after the rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage.
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