Northern Ireland hip-hop trio Kneecap perform on stage at the Rock en Seine music festival in Saint-Cloud, Paris. AFP
The concert, which began shortly before 6.30 pm (1630 GMT) in front of several thousand people in the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud, went ahead despite complaints from the Belfast trio's critics.
"Free, free Palestine!," the group 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.
Ahead of the show, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the authorities would be vigilant for "any comments of an antisemitic nature, apology for terrorism or incitement to hatred" at the event.
During their performance, the band displayed a backdrop in French that said: "The French government is complicit", accusing it of facilitating the sale of weapons to Israel. They posted a photo of the message on social media.
The performance was briefly interrupted as several individuals whistled in protest, until security removed protesters from the crowd.
After organisers kept the politically outspoken band on the programme, local authorities withdrew their subsidies for the music festival where the gig took place -- the annual Rock en Seine festival.
The group from Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK, have made a habit of using their concerts to canvas for the Palestinian cause and criticise Israel.
Liam O'Hanna, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged in England in May accused of displaying a flag of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah during a London concert in November.
They played a closely scrutinised concert at the Glastonbury Festival in June, where Chara declared: "Israel are war criminals."
The group later missed playing at the Sziget Festival in Budapest after being barred from entering the country by the Hungarian authorities, a close ally of Israel.
Kneecap, who also support Irish republicanism and criticise British imperialism, have sparked widespread debate in the UK and Ireland, more than two-and-a-half decades after the peace agreement that aimed to end the conflict over the status of Northern Ireland.
On Sunday, Charles Kushner, the US ambassador to Paris, sparked a diplomatic row after a letter he wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron criticised what he said was France's insufficient action against antisemitism.
*This story was edited by Ahram Online.
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