Palestine Legal's Radhika Sainath doubts Kraft could veto Macklemore and faults Sheeran's response

Radhika Sainath, litigation director at Palestine Legal, told Al Jazeera she found it highly unlikely that the stadium owner had a late power to veto tour openers who expressed support for Palestinian human rights. She said Sheeran would have kept the moral high ground, and likely had a strong case for damages, had he fought back instead of giving in.

“I haven’t seen the terms of his contract, but I find it highly unlikely that the stadium owner retained an eleventh-hour power to veto tour openers expressing support for Palestinian human rights. If Sheeran had fought back instead of giving in to censorship and bullying, not only would he have retained the moral high ground with his millions of fans – and been on the right side of history – he would likely have a strong case for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for whatever losses he incurred over Kraft’s threatened cancellation”