StandWithUs
- Role
- Israel education and advocacy organization issuing an institutional action campaign
- Statement date
StandWithUs on Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech on Ed Sheeran’s MetLife stage
“Ed Sheeran and Loop Tour Leadership must respect all their fans, reject anti-Israel hate and remove Macklemore now.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Original institutional action page published September 10, 2026. It characterizes Macklemore's set as hostile anti-Israel advocacy and asks readers to urge his removal from every remaining tour date. This is separate from the Israeli-American Council petition already in the case. The organization's assertions about the conflict are its own positions, not DI findings. The campaign action is included in its position record without a redundant timeline entry.
Before the quotation
The campaign describes Macklemore's opening performance, Palestinian advocacy and concert visuals, then argues that Jewish and Israeli fans encountered a hostile political display.
After the quotation
It links an action form calling for removal from every remaining tour date. This is separate from the earlier Israeli-American Council petition. No new Sheeran reply or explicit decline is established by this record.
How this statement is classified
The institutional campaign explicitly condemns the performance and seeks a concrete consequence. The launch and requested removal are recorded together rather than duplicated as a separate timeline event.
- Recorded on
- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Macklemore, Ed Sheeran
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