{"id":21771,"date":"2025-04-29T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/irish-rappers-kneecap-deny-supporting-hamas-and-hezbollah-apologize-for-remarks-about-killing-politicians\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:26:46","slug":"irish-rappers-kneecap-deny-supporting-hamas-and-hezbollah-apologize-for-remarks-about-killing-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/irish-rappers-kneecap-deny-supporting-hamas-and-hezbollah-apologize-for-remarks-about-killing-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish rappers Kneecap deny supporting Hamas and Hezbollah, apologize for remarks about killing politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Irish rappers Kneecap have denied supporting Hamas and Hezbollah and publicly apologized to the families of two murdered British lawmakers as the hip-hop trio continue to face public backlash for political views they&#8217;ve expressed at their concerts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let us be unequivocal: we do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah. 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It is never okay,&#8221; the band said in a statement posted Monday  on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kneecap&#8217;s statement came after U.K. police said that they were investigating video related to a Kneecap concert from 2024 in which one of the band&#8217;s members appears to shout, &#8220;up Hamas, up Hezbollah.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hamas and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hezbollah-retaliate-israeli-strikes-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hezbollah<\/a><\/span>, both currently engaged in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/war-gaza-israel-death-toll-april-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fighting with Israel<\/a><\/span>, are designated as terrorist groups by the U.S., Israel and European Union. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The British and Irish governments have roundly condemned the language used by the Kneecap members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/29\/89b1559c-e286-4392-8fd3-213005b72ff6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8f177672a32aa04e246e2ad3a6bc4528\/gettyimages-2210992263.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc#\" alt=\"2025 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 2 - Day 1 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/29\/89b1559c-e286-4392-8fd3-213005b72ff6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/8f177672a32aa04e246e2ad3a6bc4528\/gettyimages-2210992263.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/29\/89b1559c-e286-4392-8fd3-213005b72ff6\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/bfad0a7b56751cd925c563b211eaf34b\/gettyimages-2210992263.jpg?v=8e9dede207b29c97b32974c53e32aabc 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Members of the band Kneecap including Mo Chara and Moglai Bap perform onstage during Day 1 of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 18, 2025 in Indio, California.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Scott Dudelson\/Getty Images for Coachella<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Republic of Ireland&#8217;s leader Miche\u00e1l Martin said that support for Hamas or Hezbollah is &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and asked Kneecap to urgently clarify their views. A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that he condemned the group&#8217;s remarks &#8220;in the strongest possible terms.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.K. police also said they were reviewing video from a concert in 2023 in which one Kneecap member appears to call for killing Conservative party lawmakers, who are often known as Tories, by saying on stage: &#8220;The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those comments have been sharply criticized by the families of two British lawmakers who were murdered in recent years. 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