Macklemore’s pro-Palestine song Hind’s Hall goes viral as rapper slams Joe Biden: ‘The blood is on your hands Biden, we can see it all’

Macklemore has gone viral after releasing a pro-Palestine song in which he lambasted US President Joe Biden for his role in the bloody conflict in Gaza.

“Hind’s Hall,” referring to the Columbia University building renamed by pro-Palestinian protesters in honor of a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza two months ago as she waited for help while trapped in a car and surrounded by the dead bodies of her relatives, was released on social media on Monday.

The song, which has been seen by 24 million people on Twitter alone, takes aim at Joe Biden, who until last night had consistently provided military support to Israel.

Macklemore, whose real name is Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, said in his song: “The blood is on your hands Biden, we can all see it. And hell no, I’m not voting for you this fall.”

The rapper, best known for his pro-LGBTQ+ rights song Same Love, also called out the music industry for being “complicit in their platform of silence.”

The video that accompanies the song intersperses its lyrics with clips from protests at American colleges, where a wave of clashes occurred between demonstrators and campus police.

Pro-Palestinian supporters confront police during demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY)

Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters after a dispersal order was issued at UCLA

The video for the song alternates its lyrics with clips of protests at American colleges

He called the police for their brutality and asked, “What is threatening about divestment and wanting peace?

“F— the police,” he continued. “Actors with badges protecting property and a system designed by white supremacy.”

Streaming proceeds from the song, which has not yet been released on streaming platforms, will be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which has seen much of its funding cut this year following allegations that its employees were involved in the attack of October 7. .

Macklemore has long been a supporter of the Palestinian people.

In November, Macklemore gave an impromptu speech at a pro-Palestinian rally in Washington DC, telling the crowd: “I don’t know enough, but I know enough that this is a genocide.”

His speech was preceded by an October 19 statement in which he condemned Hamas’s bloody incursion against Israel and Israel’s brutal response against the Gaza Strip, calling the Gaza Strip “an unfolding genocide” and a “US-backed catastrophe ‘ mentioned.

Law enforcement officers walk as they clear the protest camp in support of Palestinians at the University of California, Los Angeles

Members of the New York City Police Department arrest a pro-Palestinian protester during a march

Columbia University students protest outside the homes of university officials

But he was previously involved in a controversy over anti-Semitism after wearing an oversized nose, bowl-shaped wig and long beard during a 2014 performance in Seattle, prompting critics to say he was deliberately dressing a “stereotypical Jew” .

The rapper eventually apologized, claiming that he did not mean to be a caricature of a Jewish person, and that he had chosen his costume at random in order to move freely through his show.

Last night the US had a shipment of powerful bombs to Israel, a US official said, as Washington presses its ally to prevent a full-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip’s busy southern city of Rafah and allow more time for ceasefire talks.

Hamas said its fighters were fighting Israeli forces in the east of the city, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from fighting elsewhere in the enclave. Residents said fighting was still taking place in the suburbs.

Israel has threatened a major attack on Rafah to defeat thousands of Hamas fighters it says are holed up there, but Western countries and the United Nations have warned that a full-scale attack on Rafah would be a humanitarian catastrophe.

Protesters walk next to the UBS building as Columbia University students protest outside the University Trustees offices

Pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Manhattan, New York City, condemning the Israeli army’s military operations in Gaza

A senior US official said President Joe Biden’s administration last week halted a shipment of weapons to Israel in an apparent response to the expected Rafah offensive. The White House and Pentagon declined to comment.

This would be the first such delay since the Biden administration offered its full support to Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7. Washington is Israel’s closest ally and main arms supplier.

A senior Israeli official asked not to be named, saying: “If we have to fight with our fingernails, then we will do what we have to do.” The Israeli army spokesman said coordination between the allies was unprecedented and any disagreements were resolved privately.

The Israeli offensive has killed 34,789 Palestinians in the conflict, most of them civilians, Gaza’s health ministry said.

The war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping about 250 others, according to Israeli figures.