{"id":1002777,"date":"2026-09-16T23:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T23:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1002777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T23:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T23:36:27","slug":"patriots-owner-robert-kraft-doubles-macklemores-1-million-palestine-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1002777\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Doubles Macklemore&#8217;s $1 Million Palestine Donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Patriots Owner Robert Kraft<br \/>\n                          Doubling Macklemore&#8217;s $1M Palestine Pledge<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              September 16, 2026<br \/>\n                            3:30 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  September 16, 2026<br \/>\n                                4:15 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260916_fcca8ebbde3b4ce9bc7d0b5b0b761517\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0e733c1f-daa6-4ed0-8a7c-bf728a26e19b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fcca8ebbde3b4ce9bc7d0b5b0b761517_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-robert-kraft-macklemore-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/robert-kraft\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Kraft<\/a> is taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/macklemore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macklemore<\/a> up on his challenge to donate $1 million to help Palestinians &#8230; and Kraft is doubling it.<\/p>\n<p>The New England Patriots owner says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ed-sheeran\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> called him before Macklemore publicly challenged him to match his $1 million donation to Palestinian relief groups &#8230; and says he committed $2 million to aid in the region.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260916_9b591df32845439885afb21d0716fd04\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0e733c1f-daa6-4ed0-8a7c-bf728a26e19b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9b591df32845439885afb21d0716fd04_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-robert-kraft-statement-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kraft says Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners as they try to work together on humanitarian relief.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The NFL owner says he&#8217;s supported Palestinian causes for decades &#8230; including programs aimed at creating opportunities and bringing young Palestinians and Israelis together.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260203_4455c93673884f5b866ed9f210085ea6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0e733c1f-daa6-4ed0-8a7c-bf728a26e19b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4455c93673884f5b866ed9f210085ea6_md.jpg\" alt=\"robert kraft getty 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The response comes just hours after Macklemore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/16\/macklemore-palestine-charity-donation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> he&#8217;s donating the entire $1 million in net earnings from Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;Loop&#8221; Tour to six organizations supporting Palestinians &#8230; while directly inviting Kraft to match him.<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported, Macklemore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/14\/macklemore-robert-kraft-stadium-blacklist-ed-sheeran\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">claimed <\/a>Kraft helped rally stadium owners against him after his pro-Palestinian remarks at MetLife Stadium &#8230; alleging Kraft told Sheeran he wouldn&#8217;t be allowed to perform at Gillette Stadium if Macklemore remained on the tour.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240825_086f676f40a44ef09a8fff08cfaa85ba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:0e733c1f-daa6-4ed0-8a7c-bf728a26e19b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/086f676f40a44ef09a8fff08cfaa85ba_md.jpg\" alt=\"macklemore sub\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kraft later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/14\/robert-kraft-responds-to-macklemore-ed-sheeran-tour-claims\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed<\/a> he didn&#8217;t want Macklemore performing at Gillette, which Kraft owns &#8230; accusing the rapper of crossing the line with antisemitic rhetoric and imagery.<\/p>\n<p>Now, amid all that bad blood &#8230; they&#8217;re at least putting money toward the same humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Doubling Macklemore&#8217;s $1M Palestine Pledge Published September 16, 2026 3:30 PM PDT | Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1002778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":["post-1002777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-england-patriots","tag-football","tag-new-england","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-newengland","tag-newenglandpatriots","tag-nfl","tag-patriots"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117283349618203541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1002778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}