KNEECAP have published a film they executive produced which includes testimonies from a Palestinian activist and plastic surgeon on the genocide in Gaza ahead of their set at Glastonbury this weekend.
In a post on social media, the film titled Stop The Genocide came ahead of their slot at the festival taking place on the West Holts Stage at 4pm on Saturday.
The Irish rap trio are considered the most controversial act performing this year after one of their members was charged with a terror offence.
Before the festival, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said it would not be “appropriate” for them to perform. Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis later said that people who did not like the festival politics could go elsewhere.
The video was posted with the caption: “Kneecap is not the story. Genocide in Gaza is.”
The group then explained in another post that the video, called "See It. Say It. Censored" is an “artist-led alternative PSA presented by Kneecap that demands urgent action to stop the genocide unfolding in Gaza".
The group added: “Created by a coalition of artists and powered by the testimony of medics and activists, the film builds on reports from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and UN agencies, to lay out the facts and call for vital action.”
Rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who was charged for allegedly displaying a flag in support of proscribed terrorist organisation Hezbollah at a gig in London in November last year, opens the video, saying: "Genocide is a crime against all our humanity."
The 27-year-old, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara and was released on unconditional bail until his next hearing on August 20, narrates the video.
He sets out what "the Israeli government told you what they were gonna do," playing an audio clip of former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant saying: "We are laying a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food. We are fighting against human animals."
Plastic surgeon Dr Rossel Morhij features and shares how she had to amputate limbs with blunt instruments.
Emergency physician James Smith adds: "Aid distribution centres are becoming literal killing fields."
Ghassen Ghaben, a Palestinian activist, shares how his cousins were killed while getting food for their children.
O hAnnaidh then adds: "We didn't choose solidarity. We've lived under occupation. We know that silence is death."
The west Belfast artists have previously highlighted the impact growing up the post-Troubles society of Northern Ireland and the impact of the Irish language on their own sense of culture.
The band then urges viewers to support boycotts, divestments, and sanctions against Israel.
