New England Patriots’ boss Robert Kraft has responded after Macklemore challenged to match the $1 million donation to support Palestinian people.
Macklemore announced today that he would be donating his earnings from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour to six organisations that are ‘working directly to support’ people in Palestine: Palestine Children's Relief Fund, HEAL Palestine, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Medical Aid for Palestinians, UNRWA USA National Committee and Anera.
In a post on Instagram, he said that he wanted to ‘bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom’.
Macklemore also threw out a challenge to Kraft, who the rapper previously claimed issued Sheeran an ‘ultimatum’ that saw him dropped from the tour.
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He continued: "I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting.
"A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth. That is what this has always been about. Not me. Not a tour. Not the headlines or the controversy. It is about Pa...