Outrage as France become first country in world to ban pro-Palestine demos

• Move follows violence at protests in Paris last weekend
• Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said there was a 'threat to public order'
• Thousands across France were set to march again this weekend
• Anyone who breaks the ban faces a year in prison and a 15,000 euro fine.
• If they hide their faces the sentence can be increased to three years jail, and a 45,000 euro fine
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By PETER ALLEN

France's Socialist government provoked outrage today by becoming the first in the world to ban protests against Israeli action in Palestine.

In what is viewed as an outrageous attack on democracy, Socialist Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said mass demonstrations planned for the weekend should be halted.

Mr Cazeneuve said there was a ‘threat to public order’, while opponents said he was ‘criminalising’ popular support of the Palestinian people. 

Thousands were set to march against the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, calling for an immediate end to hostilities in which civilians including many children have been killed.

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There were no arrests among the LDJ, despite them fighting and smashing up property in full view of the police. 

Six pro-Palestine protestors were arrested for a variety of public order offences, but none had been anywhere near Paris synagogues, which remained undamaged. 

A judicial enquiry is set to be launched into the false allegations made about the synagogue attacks – ones which people claim were made up to demonise supporters of Palestine by associating them with anti-Semitism. 

On Friday night lawyers for a number of groups hoping to campaign on behalf of Palestine on Saturday lodged an appeal against the ban in a Paris court.

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