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Just before 7 PM on Wednesday, May 12, Bernard Heilbronn, age 71, President of the Association France-Palestine Solidarité (AFPS), was arrested upon leaving the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
The Paris police prefecture has issued an order banning a Palestinian solidarity demonstration planned for Saturday at the request of the French interior minister, who cited serious security concerns…
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Pro-Palestinian protesters stop a London bus as they participate in a demonstration against Israel, in central London on May 11, 2021. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
JTA As the body count in hostilities between Israelis and Palestinian rises, so do fears that European Jews will be targeted in a phenomenon that many in the continent call “the import of the conflict.”
That’s what happened when Hamas and Israel exchanged blows in 2014, triggering the worst wave of antisemitic violence in Europe since the Holocaust in terms of its prevalence and scope.
That summer, dozens of men, most of them from a Muslim background and some of them coming from a large pro-Palestinian rally, besieged a crowded synagogue in Paris. For long minutes, Jewish men held the crowd at bay as the attackers hurled heavy objects at them, including pieces of furniture from a nearby café.