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PARIS (TND) — France has placed a ban on all pro-Palestinian protests in the wake of the Hamas terrorist invasion of Israel.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin made the announcement Thursday, according to Politico. In a document initially seen by the Agence France-Presse, a French international news agency, Darmanin gave "strict instructions" to ban any "demonstrations" considered to be in support of Palestine.

Darmanin wrote that such protests are "likely to generate public order disturbances" and the organization of any will lead to arrests, according to Politico.

While speaking on radio station France Inter Thursday, Darmanin shared that more than 100 "antisemitic acts" have been reported in France since the Hamas attacks.

"Tags, swastikas, 'death to the Jews', calls for an intifada ... and then of course even more serious acts," he said. "People arrested at the entrance to a school or a synagogue with a bladed weapon, a drone that was seen flying inside a Jewish place of worship."

Public displays of support for Palestine have taken place in major U.S. cities and universities this week. In Salt Lake City, local synagogues were forced to evacuate amid various pro-Palestinian rallies., with many saying they are now on "heightened alert."

"We stay vigilant against antisemitism, but also dedicated to the work we are doing," Sam Spector, a rabbi of a Jewish congregation in Salt Lake City, told KUTV. "And we are not going to let them stop us from Judaism and from continuing to make the world a better place."

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