Macklemore has pledged to donate $1 million of his net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour to organizations supporting Palestinian aid, one week after he said Sheeran's team removed him as an opener on the U.S. leg of the tour following his onstage call for a free Palestine.

The rapper announced the donation on Instagram and invited New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft to match it. The money will be split between HEAL Palestine, Gaza Soup Kitchen, American Near East Refugee Aid, Medical Aid for Palestinians, and the UNRWA U.S.A. National Committee.

"I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom," Macklemore wrote in his statement.

The conflict between the two men became public last week. Macklemore has accused Kraft of pressuring Sheeran into removing him from the tour by threatening to pull his shows at Gillette Stadium, and of encouraging other venue owners to do the same.

"Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting," Macklemore's statement continued. "A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth. That is what this has always been about."

Kraft responded with his own statement. "Earlier today, before Macklemore challenged me to commit $2 million to match his donation to aid in the region to fight this humanitarian crisis," Kraft wrote. "Ed now plans to reach out to other venue owners and our goal is to continue to work together to build bridges." Kraft's statement did not state directly whether he would match Macklemore's $1 million pledge. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Kraft and Sheeran for comment.

In a prior statement to NBC News, Kraft confirmed he played a role in Macklemore's removal from the tour. "Based on Macklemore's recent actions, material shared from the stage during Ed Sheeran's shows in New Jersey, and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply hurtful offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community, we determined that his participation in the September 25th and 26th concerts at Gillette Stadium would cross that line," Kraft wrote.

Sheeran has told his own version of events. He said the decision to drop Macklemore "was the promoter's decision, it was not mine." "I am not complicit," Sheeran wrote. "I have my personal views on this devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't mean I don't have them, and it doesn't mean I don't care."

The fallout has spread across the tour's lineup. Since Macklemore announced his removal, the three remaining opening acts — Finneas, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Rowe — and Sheeran's backing band, Beoga, have all pulled out in solidarity. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), a founding organization of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, has called on Sheeran to cancel the tour entirely.

In his full statement, Macklemore framed the donation as a modest act compared with the risks taken by Palestinians and their supporters. "Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me," he wrote. "I am doing it because I can, and because these organizations are doing the work while much of the world debates it."

He cited the killing of 15-year-old Muhammad al Zinati, who died in an Israeli strike while rushing to help an already injured aid worker, Sherif Lubbad. "He was a child. Both were murdered. Both should be alive," Macklemore wrote.

The rapper closed his statement with a broader call. "But aid alone cannot address the conditions that make it necessary," he wrote. "This is a manmade injustice, and I believe it requires immediate political change. Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free."

Kraft, in his response, pointed to his record of engagement in the region. "I have dedicated much of my life to building bridges between all people," he wrote. "For decades, I have supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians and have brought young Palestinians and Israelis together to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships."

With Kraft now signaling a $2 million commitment arranged through Sheeran, venue owners across the Loop tour's routing may face the next round of pressure — from both sides of the dispute.