Irish rapper denies the support of Hamas and Hezbollah, apologizes for notes about the killing of politicians

The Irish rapper denied the support of Hamas and Hezbollah and publicly apologized to the families of two British legislators killed while facing the triple hip -hop in the face of a violent reaction to the political opinions they expressed in their concerts.

The band said in a statement published on Monday on social media: “Let us be unambiguous: We never support Hamas or Hezbollah, and we did not support Hamas or Hezbollah.

The KneeCAP statement came after the UK police said that it was investigating the video related to the 2024 KneeCAP ceremony, which seems to be a band member screaming, “in Hamas, in Hezbollah.”

Hamas and HezbollahBoth are currently participating in Fighting with IsraelIt is appointed as terrorist groups by the United States, Israel and the European Union.

British and Irish governments have accurately condemned the language used by KneeCAP members.

Speaking to journalists on Monday, the leader of the Republic of Ireland said Micheál Martin that the support of Hamas or Hezbollah was “unacceptable” and asked Kneecap to clarify their views urgently. A spokesman for British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer said on Monday that he condemned the group’s statements “in the strongest possible conditions.”

UK police also said that they were reviewing the video from a concert in 2023, which it seems that a KneeCAP member calls for the killing of legislators in the Conservative Party, often known as the Conservatives, by saying on the stage: “The only righteous conservatives are the Dead Conservative Party. Killing the local deputy.”

These comments have been severely criticized by the families of British legislators who have been killed in recent years. Families of the conservative member in Parliament David AmisThe supporter of ISIS was stabbed in 2021, and the deputy of the Labor Party Joe CoxThe one who was shot and stabbed several times by the new Nazi sympathizers, called for a general apology from the group,

In the same statement in which the group denied the support of Hamas and Hezbollah, KneeCAP addressed this criticism and said: “For the families of Ames and Cox, we send our heartfelt apologies, and we never intend to cause injury.”

Brendan Cox, the husband of the late Joe Cox, called the group’s statement “only half an apology”.

“It is good to say that you are sorry for that, but the way they already spoke is to indicate that it is a conspiracy, and that they have been unjustly targeted, and for me, this unfortunately did not coincide in particular,” he told Radio CBS Network BBC.

The latest disputes revolving around the triple hip -hop came after the group faced a severe audit of the observations she was while performing in Coachella earlier this month.

The messages were displayed on a screen behind the band while performing, including: “F ** K Israel,” Free Valestine “and” Israel commits genocide against the Palestinian people. “

Sharon Osborn, former Saturday’s wife, Ozi Usborn, and a former host of the American dialog program, took social media to invite the band to cancel the work visas in the United States.

Osborne criticized the “aggressive political statements” of the group and said that Kneecap has turned Kochilla into the “enthusiastic fans club”.

Emmet Lyons

Emmet Lyons is the CBS News London news office editor, where it coordinates and produces stories for all CBS news platforms. Before joining CBS News, Emmet worked as a four -year CNN product.