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Two fatal terrorist attacks this month — the stabbing of a teacher in France and the shooting of Swedish nationals in Brussels — have not been directly linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict but heightened threat-level assessments in Europe all the same.
Critical voices, though, question whether the protest restrictions are grounded in valid safety concerns or reflect government overreach and bias — sustained even as universal revulsion of the horrific Hamas attack on Oct. 7 gives way to alarm over the soaring body count from Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
The government of hard right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, for instance, backed funding for a new Holocaust museum, potentially in the Rome villa once used by the country’s fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
Fanny Gallois, head of liberties program at Amnesty International France, said the court intervention reduced “the risk of arbitrarily banning these demonstrations,” but authorities could still review past statements by organizations and find vague reasons to prevent them from holding rallies.
The protest remained largely peaceful, but police made 10 arrests, including for anti-Semitic remarks and spray painting the statue, Le Monde reported, citing local authorities.
In an address to German parliament on Oct. 12, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the pro-Palestinian group Samidoun would be outlawed after its supporters were seen celebrating in Berlin’s Neukölln district following the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
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