TheThe French government is considering banning a radical Jewish group which has been blamed for deepening tensions in France during the conflict in Gaza, reports The Independent.
The interior ministry said that it was “analysing” its legal options against the Ligue de Défense Juive, which has been accused of provoking pro-Palestinain demonstrators in the Paris area in recent days.
The LDJ, thought to have around 250 members in their early 20s, is a French off-shoot of the American Jewish Defence League, which was placed on the FBI list of terrorist groups 13 years ago. Its website proclaims that it “rejects the myth of the existence of a Palestinian people”.
Violence has broken out at three pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Paris and in the northern Paris suburbs in the last two weeks. Another large pro-Gaza demonstration in central Paris and several marches in other French towns have passed off peacefully.
