The Paris Police announced that it banned a demonstration called on Saturday in the French capital to defend the rights of the Palestinian population, alleging that the positions of the organizing organizations "invite one to think that they support" the Palestinian movement Hamas. "The simple fact that Holocaust denial, anti-Semitic or support for terrorism comments can be made is a problem," police prefect Laurent Nuñez explained in an interview with Franceinfo. "The simple fact that Holocaust denial, anti-Semitic or support for terrorism comments can be made is a problem" Laurent Nuñez The police officer argued that this is more of a "moral" decision than one of public order, since the disturbances may actually be "insignificant," the Europa Press news agency reported. The prefect stressed that the Council of State endorses this type of measures and denied that an administrative court gave him "a call to order" by declaring the ban on a protest illegal last Thursday. In this sense, he said that he examines each call individually.