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A $1 million donation to six Palestinian humanitarian organizations is in focus after Macklemore pledged his full net earnings from Ed Sheeran's "Loop Tour" to the cause, days after being removed from the tour over pro-Palestinian performances at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 85, confirmed he had already committed $2 million to match a separate donation from Sheeran before Macklemore's public challenge arrived.
The six organizations named by the 43-year-old rapper in an Instagram post Wednesday are the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, HEAL Palestine, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Medical Aid for Palestinians, the UNRWA USA National Committee, and American Near East Refugee Aid.
Macklemore publicly challenged Kraft to match his pledge, framing a Palestinian life as "no less valuable than any other life on this earth." Kraft's response reordered that sequence.
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