Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants you to know he has spent “decades” supporting the Palestinian people.

Days after pressuring pop singer Ed Sheeran to drop rapper Macklemore from his tour over the latter’s “Free Palestine” remarks, Kraft claimed in a statement posted to social media that “for decades” he has “supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians,” such as initiatives to “to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships” between Israelis and Palestinians. The claims were made as a part of Kraft’s pledge to give $2 million to “aid in the region.”

Nor did he mention his long history of donating to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, an organization that collects money on behalf of Israeli soldiers, and the United Democracy Project, the super PAC of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which lobbies to tilt American politics in favor of Israel. Kraft has also given money to a host of pro-Israel advocacy groups that attack critics of Israel, spread content that critics warn is Islamophobic, and have steadfastly defended Israel against mounting evidence of its ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

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[–] 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah I think we all know he meant 'help them get slaughtered'

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    [–] 116 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    The moment they said that he's going to donate 2M to 'the area' I knew it mean Israel colonizers.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It’s not just that, if I recall correctly, Macklemore promises 1 million to gaza, so he basically is trying to one up the artist.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 month ago

    Robert Kraft does a lot for oppressed minorities.

    For one thing he keeps them oppressed.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    Piece of shit is playing with words of course. I'm sure he's "helping" Palestinians by territorial annexation. The evil always have some sort of mental gymnastics to rationalize their ends-justify-means bullshit.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    I mean what did you expect

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    Of course it was

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    Zionists can all suck it. It's pretty cool how rich assholes support murder.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago*

    Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Never, ever trust a conservative. Never.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    "Friends" but is just the IDF.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Anyone surprized by this?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    All the tween fuckers lie with wild abandon. Hopefully this disgusting house of cards (trump/epstein rapes) will fall soon.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    fuck him, bury him to the ground, cancel everything he owns

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    This is my surprised face

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Give this man a hand.

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    [–] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Lmao there's that ONE downvote again!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    It makes me wonder how often people see me downvote but what I'm really doing is downvoting then immediately upvoting because the Thunder app is finicky with it's swipe vote / star feature. I just downvoted you twice then upvoted you as originally intended finally!

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    [–] 26 points 1 month ago (1 child)
  • Its harm reduction, because dead people cant be harmed. Very smort.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    I hear Robert Kraft paid to decorate the tanks driving through the West Bank with pictures of Charlie Kirk

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  • People actually took his claims at face value?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    Here's my surprised face 😐

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    A Zionist telling lies? How surprising.

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    [–] 6 points 1 month ago