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Macklemore’s Music Video for New Anti-Israel Protest Song ‘F—ked Up’ Compares West Bank to Holocaust
Macklemore performing on stage at Rock In Rio Lisbon, in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 22, 2024. Photo: Nuno Cruz via Reuters Connect
American rapper Macklemore debuted on Wednesday the music video for his latest anti-Israel song, in which he again accuses the Jewish state of genocide, voices support for anti-Israel protests, and calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “colonizer.”
In the music video for “F—ked Up,” the Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, shows images comparing Palestinian struggles in the West Bank, during the recent Israel-Hamas war, to what Jews experienced in the Holocaust. Toward the end of the music video, a clip of a Palestinian child in the West Bank city of Jenin walking with his hands raised is juxtaposed with the infamous photo of a Jewish child raising his hands in the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, as an SS officer aims his machine gun at him. While the two children appear on the screen, Macklemore raps: “If you still haven’t said s—t about the genocide, know your grandkids one day are gonna ask you why.”
Earlier in the music video, there is a side-by-side that compares apartheid in South Africa to apartheid in “Palestine.” The music video includes several clips and photos from pro-Palestinian protests, anti-Netanyahu rallies, and demonstrations by Jews who support a “Free Palestine.” The video additionally features an image of a puzzle that illustrates the Israeli flag intertwined with a $100 bill.
In the song, Macklemore repeatedly criticizes US support for Israel. The Seattle-based rapper claims US military aid to Israel is connected to income issues in the US, and references Trump’s proposal for the US to take over Gaza.
“New era ushered, but white supremacy is still in charge. Talking colonizing Gaza from the White House lawn. But the people mobing and we ain’t backing off,” Macklemore raps. “Ya’ll killing Palestinian kids and we gettin’ hit with the cost. Why the f—k you think you can’t afford the rent in your building? And you can’t afford groceries?” He also raps, “f—k ICE, free Congo, Sudan and Palestine.”
While an image of Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is shown on the screen, Macklemore raps: “You can bomb a mosque, but you can’t bomb faith. You can kill people, but resistance grows in the wake. And while our president sends billions to Israel’s safes, ethnic cleansing’s never gonna make Israelis feel safe. More blood, more weapons. More money, more oppression. More hate, more fear. More walls and more settlements.”
Elsewhere in the song, he raps, “Elon, we know exactly what that was,” in reference to Tesla and X owner Elon Musk, and the hand gesture he made at US President Donald Trump’s inauguration rally in January that appeared to resemble a Nazi salute.
Last year, Macklemore released two anti-Israel songs criticizing the Jewish state for its actions during the Israel-Hamas war, which started in response to the deadly Hamas terrorist attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. His song “Hind’s Hall,” released in May, praises anti-Israel protests taking place at college and university campuses. In the song he also accuses Israel of genocide and occupation and implies that the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks were an act of “resistance.”
In September, he released the follow-up track “Hind’s Hall 2.” He raps in the song: “Long live the resistance if there’s something to resist/Had enough of you motherf—ers murdering little kids/PC for a minute I was trying to be a bridge/But there’ll never be freedom by pleading with Zionists/World screaming, ‘Free Palestine’/We seen the manual we know how you colonized.”
Macklemore said that proceeds from both songs last year were given the United Nations Relief and Words Agency (UNRWA), which faced allegations that several of its employees participated in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.