The Ed Sheeran street art in Bath street has been defaced for the second week in a row, this time with dollar\u00a0sign stickers and a Star of David.<\/p>\n
Last week the words \u2018Free Palestine\u2019 were painted on after rapper Macklemore was removed from the British singer\u2019s United States tour for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage.<\/p>\n
Thursday morning\u2019s additions come after mural artist Tyler Kennedy Stent welcomed the addition of the slogan to his work.<\/p>\n
He implored the Dunedin City Council and the building owner to consider the words Free Palestine\u00a0\u201ca valuable collaborative component of my mural and leave them be\u201d.<\/p>\n
“Being born in South Africa, I am particularly conscious of the role international pressure played in challenging apartheid.”<\/p>\n
He said the 1981 was a \u201cpowerful example\u201d from history of people refusing to accept sport, culture and politics could simply be separated when fundamental human rights were at stake.<\/p>\n
“I believe the same responsibility extends to celebrities and others with public platforms and influence.<\/p>\n
Sheeran apologised\u00a0at the weekend\u00a0for his handling of the controvery which resulted in his support acts and back band abandoning the tour.<\/p>\n
“I’ve had to take and make difficult decisions and I am making mistakes and I’m so, so sorry,” Sheeran told an audience in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
At the start of the concert at Lincoln Financial Field, Sheeran called the October 2023 Hamas attack that killed 1200 Israelis “horrific.”<\/p>\n
But he called Israel’s subsequent war, which has killed thousands in Gaza and displaced almost all of the population, “catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate.”<\/p>\n
Sheeran also decried “systemic injustice” in the West Bank, where Israel’s right-wing coalition government has allowed a massive expansion of \u2060Jewish settlements.<\/p>\n
– Allied Media\/Reuters<\/p>\n
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