Kneecap renew ‘Free Palestine’ chant at Paris gig
Irish rap group Kneecap, one of whose members faces a “terrorism” charge in the UK for allegedly supporting Hezbollah, have kept up their criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza during a performance outside Paris, despite objections from French Jewish groups and government officials.
“Free, free Palestine!” the trio shouted at the start of their show, rallying an enthusiastic crowd where keffiyehs and Irish jerseys were visible, before insisting they were not against Israel.
After organisers of the annual Rock en Seine festival kept the politically outspoken band on the programme, local authorities withdrew their subsidies for the music festival. Several thousand people in the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud attended the concert.
The band also sent what they said was a message to the French government: “The French government is complicit; It sells and facilitates the trade of weapons to the Israeli army”.
A group of Zionists with flags and whistles tried to interrupt the start of our gig in Paris just now.
"We're not like them. We're not like Israel. We're not here to cause fights. It's all love it's all support for Palestine." pic.twitter.com/EYLB7ouwHo
— KNEECAP (@KNEECAPCEOL) August 24, 2025
Pro-Palestine demonstrators hold protest in Senegal
People wave Palestinian flags during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians and Gaza, organised by a civil society group, in Dakar, Senegal
