Condemned
“Jewish patrons should not be subjected to this propaganda.”
StopAntisemitism condemned Macklemore’s performance as propaganda directed at an unwilling concert audience.
- Speaker
- StopAntisemitism
- Capacity
- Institutional social-media statement by an advocacy organization
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 9, 2026
- Targets
- Macklemore, Ed Sheeran
- Classification rationale
- The statement directly rejects the performance and identifies the audience harm the organization says it caused.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
The organization posted video from the first MetLife set and described the event as an ambush of Jewish and Israeli concertgoers.
After the quotation
A later post repeated the criticism after Macklemore’s second performance; related text requested apologies and refunds.
Evidence
Complete source record
StopAntisemitism statement and video about Macklemore’s MetLife set (opens in a new tab)
Organization post showing the performance and characterizing it as anti-Israel propaganda; P!nk later reposted related text without adding case-specific commentary.
IAC urges Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore after anti-Israel act (opens in a new tab)
Reporting preserving attributed statements from the IAC, ADL, and StopAntisemitism, including text from posts that can be difficult to retrieve directly.