People have taken to the streets in Paris this Saturday to march in support of Palestinians amid the flare-up of tensions in Gaza.
Although the city prefecture and administrative court did not authorise the rally, crowds have gathered in the Boulevard Barbès in the 18th arrondissement of the French capital.
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There's a large police presence in the area – officers have used water cannons to disperse the crowds.
The water cannons are out in Barbes, Paris. https://t.co/okUzYs4Snq
— Nabeela Zahir (@NabeelaZahir) May 15, 2021
in Paris, hundreds of policemen are being deployed with water cannons to prevent french people to gather in support of Palestine :))))
— eating tvp is my personnality (@TofuMasque) May 15, 2021
i love this government https://t.co/bDbBep9Sk9
Demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian people have been taking place in Europe, the UK, and US this week after clashes between Arab families – many of whom have been evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem – and Israeli boiled over into missile fire from Gaza into Israel and vice versa.