Anger over the Israeli offensive in Gaza drew protests across Europe on Saturday, with riot police resorting to using tear gas and water cannons on the streets of Paris.
Authorities noted that a banned July 2014 pro-Palestinian protest In Paris against an Israeli offensive in Gaza degenerated into violence to justify the order against Saturday’s march.
Demonstrators walk through tear gas grenades fired by police forces during a banned protest in support of Gaza on May, 15, 2021 in Paris.
Michel Euler/Associated PressProtesters shifted from neighborhood to neighborhood in Paris as police closed in on them, sometimes with tear gas and water cannons, and police said 44 people were arrested.
In Berlin, police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest of 3,500 people for failure to comply with coronavirus distancing rules.
