After last week's demonstrations that resulted in clashes with police in front of two Paris synagogues, French President Francois Hollande issued a ban on demonstrations this weekend for Paris and the Mediterranean port of Nice. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators defied the ban, clashing with police, setting a car on fire, and chanting "Israel, assassin." Reuters: A Reuters photographer said demonstrators in northern Paris launched projectiles at riot police, who responded by firing teargas canisters and stun grenades. Demonstrators also climbed on top of a building and burned an Israeli flag. At least one car was set on fire. A police spokesman said that 38 demonstrators had been arrested by early evening and that the clashes were dying down.  French President Francois Hollande said he understood emotional responses to the killing of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in a flare-up of hostilities with Israel but would not allow violence to...(Read Full Post)