Anti-Israel protests in Paris turn ugly once again

Clashes broke out in Paris after hundreds gathered in defiance of a ban on their demonstration, with crowds throwing stones and bottles at riot police, who responded with tear gas.

Some 33 people were arrested by early evening, a police source says, while three police officers were injured in the disorder near Montmartre in the north of the French capital.

Protests were permitted in other French cities, where thousands turned out including in Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg, while several thousand also rallied in solidarity with the Palestinians in Brussels.

Protesters stand next to burning pallets as they clash with riot police near the Barbes-Rochechouart aerial metro station in Paris on July 19, 2014 in the aftermath of a demonstration, banned by French police, to denounce Israel's military campaign in Gaza and show their support for the Palestinian people. (Photo credit: AFP/ JACQUES DEMARTHON)
Protesters stand next to burning pallets as they clash with riot police near the Barbes-Rochechouart aerial metro station in Paris on July 19, 2014, in the aftermath of a demonstration, banned by French police, to denounce Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and show their support for the Palestinian people. (photo credit: AFP/Jacques Demarthon)
Protesters run by a fire barricade near the aerial metro station of Barbes-Rochechouart, in Paris, on July 19, 2014, during clashes with French riot police in the aftermath of a demonstration, banned by French police, to denounce Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Photo credit: AFP/ FRANCOIS GUILLOT)
Protesters run by a fire barricade near the aerial metro station of Barbes-Rochechouart, in Paris, on July 19, 2014, during clashes with French riot police. (photo credit: AFP/Francois Guillot)

Last weekend, anti-Israel protesters trapped hundreds of Jews in a synagogue in Paris after clashing with pro-Israel protesters outside the shul.

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