Riot police armed with water cannons were on hand to prevent hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators from storming a Jewish event in Paris. Around 400 pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested a gala evening on Monday organized by the French section of the Jewish National Fund to raise money to build picnic areas near Israeli army bases.
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