Dundalk band The Mary Wallopers appeared on The Late Late Show on Friday night where brothers Andrew and Charles Hendy said that the "spotlight should be on Palestine" rather than "media storms" about musicians.
In August, the Irish folk-punk band made headlines when their appearance at the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth was cut short abruptly.
Speaking to host Patrick Kielty, Charles said of the incident: "Usually we play with a Palestinian flag, we went on and within ten seconds this fella came on and pulled it off.
"And then they cut our sound so we couldn't play. It's kind of funny, especially in England at the moment, they're arresting blind pensioners for holding cardboard signs because they stand with the people of Palestine."
"We're no experts. You don't need to be an expert to see what's going on," he added.
When Kielty asked if they thought it was a distraction from the real issue, Charles said: "People love an underdog story and it's more relatable."
Andrew continued: "It also suits them if there's a big media storm about a musician, people aren't looking at clips of babies being blown up, or starved to death, or all the horrible things that's happening.
"It's a tricky one because you're in the situation, but you want to avoid talking about it too much because the spotlight should be on Palestine."
Charles welcomed the support from the large crowd at the festival. "There was a hell of a lot of people there and they wouldn't leave, which was great," he said.
Several bands, including The Last Dinner Party, Cliffords and The Academic, subsequently pulled out of the festival due to the decision to silence The Mary Wallopers.
"It's what makes stuff happen, is action, it's people power," Charles said.
"Any kind of boycott or protest, if people actually stick together, it makes it easier to stop powerful people from bullying you into doing what they want," Andrew said. "The more people that do it the better."
"Get out and do it, because you can do something about it, you know," Charles added.
The Late Late Show, Friday nights at 9.35pm at RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
