This is the Belfast I know and love. Over 5,000 people gathered chanting "refugees are welcome here".
Thugs setting homes and buses on fire do not represent Northern Ireland.
Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza.
He has assembled a Board of Occupation.
The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.
That is up to the Palestinian people.
Israel has just murdered Anas Al-Sharif.
The most prominent journalist in Gaza.
Everyday he showed his 1.5 million followers the truth of Israel’s genocide.
So they killed him to bury the truth.
Israel allow no journalists in and murder all those who remain.
War criminals.
The best thing about Australia is: the distance from the rest of the world.
The worst thing about Australia is: the distance from the rest of the world.
The A5 is one of the most important infrastructure projects on this island by any measure. It has the potential to save lives, prevent needless tragedies and connect communities in the North West to Dublin. So disappointed for people who have lost loved ones on that road today.
The largest rally in Hong Kong's history took place exactly six years ago today—2 million people marched for freedom and democracy in a city of 7.5 million.
I was stuck at the rally for hours because of how crowded the streets became.
KNEECAP STATEMENT:
They want you to believe words are more harmful than genocide.
Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral hysteria.
Let us be unequivocal: we do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah. We condemn all attacks on civilians, always. It is never okay. We know this more than anyone, given our nation's history.
We also reject any suggestion that we would seek to incite violence against any MP or individual. Ever. An extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action.
This distortion is not only absurd - it is a transparent effort to derail the real conversation.
All two million Palestinian people in Gaza are currently being starved to death by Israel.
At least 20,000 children in Gaza have been killed. The British government continues to supply arms to Israel, even after scores of NHS doctors warned Keir Starmer in August that children were being systematically executed with sniper shots to the head.
Instead of defending innocent people or the principles of international law, the powerful in Britain have abetted slaughter and famine.
This is where real anger and outrage should be directed towards.
To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt.
Kneecap’s message has always been — and remains — one of love, inclusion, and hope. This is why our music resonates across generations, countries, classes and cultures and has brought hundreds of thousands of people to our gigs.
No smear campaign will change that.
Suddenly, days after calling out the US administration at Coachella to applause and solidarity, there is an avalanche of outrage and condemnation by the political classes of Britain.
The real crimes are not in our performances; the real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power.
Shame on them.