Longtime Palestine advocate Liam Cunningham criticises Ed Sheeran over Macklemore’s removal from tour

Irish actor and longtime Palestine advocate Liam Cunningham criticised Ed Sheeran after rapper Macklemore was removed from the remaining US dates of the British singer’s Loop Tour, Anadolu reports. “We know who Ed Sheeran is now,” the Game of Thrones star, wrote on X. In a subsequent post that did not mention Sheeran by name, Cunningham rejected claims of neutrality over Israel’s war on Gaza. “If you find yourself saying ‘I’m not taking sides’ during a genocide, you are. You most definitely are,” he wrote. The posts were the latest expression of Cunningham’s long-standing support for Palestinians. The actor said in April 2024 that he had participated in Palestine solidarity campaigns for “30 to 40 years” and criticised public figures […]