French police ban a protest against Israel’s Gaza operation that was due to take place in Paris on Saturday, following several similar rallies that turned violent.
The ban comes in the wake of clashes earlier this month at pro-Palestinian demonstrations, in which some protesters shouted anti-Semitic slogans and fought with police.
Two of those rallies had been banned but went ahead anyway.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve appeals on organizers to cancel the rally.
“I urge the organisers to abandon the event on Saturday,” he tells AFP, accusing them of taking a “high-risk path” if they go ahead.
But a lawyer representing the organisers of the rally says they have lodged a legal challenge against the ruling.
“The government is trying to ban a fundamental right,” says Omar Alsoumi, an organiser of the protest and member of the Palestinian Youth movement.
–AFP
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