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Sunday, July 20, 2014
France won’t allow internal Jewish-Muslim conflicts, PM says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench Prime Minister Manuel Valls vows not to allow conflicts between the nation’s Jews and Muslims to erupt, even if it means banning protests.
Valls speaks at a memorial ceremony for the more than 13,000 Jews rounded up in the Paris region 72 years ago, with most held at a cycling stadium, known as the “Vel d’Hiv,” before being sent to Auschwitz. The “Vel d’Hiv roundup” was among the darkest days for French Jews in Nazi-occupied France.
The comment comes a day after pro-Palestinian demonstrators defied a Paris protest ban to denounce Israel’s offensive in Gaza and clashed with police. A week earlier, two synagogues were attacked by protesters.
Valls says, “France will not allow provocations to feed … conflicts between communities.”
— AP
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