Days after being ousted from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour over anti-Israel tirades in which he accused the Jewish state of committing “genocide” and proclaimed “Free Palestine,” rapper Macklemore pledged his $1 million in tour earnings to six Palestinian organizations — three named in internal Hamas documents and others with histories of alleged ties to terrorist groups.
\n\nThe pledge doubles down on the activism that ultimately cost Macklemore his remaining tour dates. During his Sept. 4 and 5 appearances before tens of thousands at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, the keffiyeh-clad rapper accused Israel of “apartheid” and “genocide,” proclaimed “Free Palestine,” and performed his anti-Israel anthem “Hind’s Hall” as Gaza footage and anti-Israel imagery filled the massive screens behind him.
\n\nThe song itself takes its name from Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, which radical anti-Israel protesters seized during the 2024 campus encampments and rechristened “Hind’s Hall” after a Palestinian child killed during the Gaza war. Macklemore released the song in celebration of the protest movement and pledged its proceeds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
\n\nOn the second MetLife night, Macklemore made explicit that bringing the cause into some of America’s largest stadiums was not incidental to…
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