@dailymail: Ed Sheeran apologized for what he called 'mistakes' and broke his silence on the Israel-Gaza conflict as he resumed his Loop tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, performing solo after Macklemore was dropped from his tour and his band and other opening acts also left. He said: 'But this week, the criticism was about something much more important. And I've had to take, and make difficult decisions. And I am making mistakes, and I'm so, so sorry. I don't want to disappoint fans. Now I want to address the question of where I stand in the situation in Israel and Palestine, and whether my doing this concert here tonight implies where I stand. I have tried in my career not to be a political commentator of any kind, because I want my music and shows to be about unity, not division about humanity, not politics. But this is a humanitarian issue and I cannot hide how I feel about it anymore. What happened in Israel and at the Nova music festival on October 7th was horrific and compounded centuries of Jewish pain. What is happening in Gaza is catastrophic and unjustifiable and disproportionate. My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilians’ lives, of children's lives, and the systemic injustice we're seeing unfold in the West Bank cannot be overlooked.' #edsheeran #news 🎥 Ed Sheeran via Instagram

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