Paris Bans Pro-Palestinian Protest After Recent Violence

(AFP) — French police said Friday that a protest planned for the weekend in Paris against Israel’s Gaza offensive has been banned, following several similar rallies that turned violent.

Organisers of the rally scheduled for Saturday immediately lodged a legal challenge, their lawyer, Hosni Maati, said.

Three pro-Palestinian rallies, two of them which had been banned but took place anyway, degenerated earlier this month, with some protesters looting, hurling anti-Semitic slogans and clashing with police.

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