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Robert Kraft recently pressured Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore from his tour over pro-Palestinian comments.

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Robert Kraft recently pressured Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore from his tour over pro-Palestinian comments.

Robert Kraft recently pressured Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore from his tour over pro-Palestinian comments.

He then claimed that he had spent "decades" supporting the Palestinians and pledged $2 million in aid.

But an intercept analysis of tax records tells a different story.

Since 2006, Kraft's foundation has donated $196,000 to Friends of the IDF (intended to promote education for young Jewish soldiers), $3 million through his LLC to AIPAC's Super PAC (which targets pro-Palestinian candidates), and $20 million to establish an organization that explicitly opposes the BDS movement.

He also funded CAMERA ($63.5K), a group that calls evidence of genocide in Gaza "Gaza Genocide," and the Investigative Project on Terror ($50K), which CAIR sees as part of the American Islamophobia Network.

Netanyahu himself once called Kraft Israel's "most loyal friend". None of these groups seem to be creating jobs or dialogue for Palestinians, as Kraft claims.

He did not disclose which organizations would receive his $2 million pledge.