Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Turn Out in Europe, Tunisia
Voice of America
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Saturday in several cities in Europe, and elsewhere around the world, in support of Palestinians in the ongoing clashes with Israel.
In Paris, police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse a pro-Palestinian rally held despite a ban by authorities, who feared a flare-up of anti-Semitic violence during the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in years. The interior ministry said 2,500 to 3,500 people converged on the heavily immigrant Barbes neighborhood in the north of the capital, while organizers claimed as many as 5,000 rallied amid a massive security presence involving about 4,200 officers. Some protesters threw stones or tried to set up roadblocks with construction barriers, but for the most part police pursued groups across the district while preventing any march toward the Place de la Bastille as planned.FILE - The United Nations logo is pictured in front of the United Nations Headquarters building during the U.N. General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, Sept. 22, 2016. FILE - Greece's Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis speaks in Athens, May 17, 2024. FILE - Panama's Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney speaks in Panama City, Panama April 11, 2023.
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President Joe Biden delivers a speech during a commemorative ceremony to mark D-Day 80th anniversary, June 6, 2024, at the U.S. cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. President Joe Biden speaks with World War II veteran Bob Pedigo after French President Emmanuel Macron honored Pedigo with the Legion of Honor medal, during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand before a wreath at the Normandy American Cemetery following a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 2024, in Normandy, France.