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Source: http://www.jta.org/2014/07/13/default/anti-israel-protesters-attack-paris-synagogue
Anti-Israel Protesters Attack Paris Synagogue
(JTA) Marcy Oster - Dozens of young men protesting Israel's actions in Gaza briefly besieged a Paris synagogue and clashed with security. At least three Jews were taken to hospital as a result of the clashes that erupted on Sunday between the protesters and young Jewish men who guarded the Synagogue de la Roquette in Paris. The police blocked the entrance to the synagogue while close to 200 congregants were inside and as the protesters chanted anti-Semitic slogans and hurled objects at the synagogue and its guards. Video The attack came on the heels of several anti-Semitic incidents that coincided with Israel's offensive in Gaza, which began on July 8. In one attack in Belleville north of the French capital, a firebomb was hurled at a synagogue, causing minor damage. In another attack, a man sprayed pepper spray on the face of a 17-year-old Jewish girl.