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France's interior minister promised on Monday to crack down on anti-Semitism after violence marred pro-Palestinian rallies in and around聽Paris聽to protest against聽Israel's role in the two-week-old聽Middle East听肠辞苍蹿濒颈肠迟.

France聽has both the largest Jewish and Muslim populations in聽Europe聽and flare-ups of violence in the聽Middle East聽often add to tensions between the two communities.

Local media showed the burnt-down front of a kosher grocery shop in the heavily Jewish Parisian suburb of聽Sarcelles聽after a non-authorized protest on Sunday. Last weekend pro-Palestinian marchers clashed with riot police outside two聽Paris聽synagogues.

"It is unacceptable to target synagogues or shops simply because they are managed by Jews," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters during a visit to聽Sarcelles, which is also home to large non-Jewish immigrant populations.

"Nothing can justify anti-Semitism, noting can justify that kind of violence. This will be fought and sanctioned," he said.

Local media said youths in聽Sarcelles聽clashed with police and cars were burnt amid widespread looting that also hit non-Jewish targets. Clashes had marred another non-authorized protest in聽Paris聽on Saturday, while other rallies around聽France聽went ahead peacefully with the permission of local authorities.

Police, backed by a helicopter overhead, responded with tear gas and shots from non-lethal guns during hours of unrest in the northern suburb of Sarcelles, home to a large Jewish community.

An umbrella group representing French Jews, known as CRIF, said Sunday night that the Sarcelles synagogue was attacked. The group said that in nearby Garges les Gonesse, Molotov cocktails were thrown at another synagogue, starting a small fire that was quickly extinguished.

Some protesters and even ruling Socialist politicians criticized the bans on the聽Sarcelles聽and聽Paris聽rallies as counter-productive. But Cazeneuve said he would react the same way if mosques or churches were targeted.

CRIF denounced "fanatic groups" behind the attacks and said anti-Semitic violence "is growing by the day."

"It is time to treat it as a 'form of terrorist deviation and treat it as such," the group said in a statement.

The clashes came hours after聽France聽honored some 13,000 Jews rounded up 72 years ago, most kept in a cycling stadium before being sent to Auschwitz.

Prime Minister Manuel Valls denounced a "new form of anti-Semitism" on the Internet that he said was spreading among youth in working-class neighborhoods.

"France聽will not allow provocations to feed ... conflicts between communities," Valls said in a speech.

That message was echoed by President Francois Hollande as he decorated Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, who were famous for tracking down old Nazis, as Grand Officer and Commander of the Legion of Honor respectively.

France聽"will tolerate no act, no words that could give rise to anti-Semitism," Hollande said.

The words by the French leaders were ignored by Sunday's events.

In the first three months of 2014 more Jews left聽France聽for聽Israel聽than at any other time since the Jewish state was created in 1948, citing economic hardships in聽France's stagnating economy but also rising anti-Semitism as a factor.

Since fighting in the聽Middle East聽started on July 8, the death toll has passed 500, with 484 Palestinians among the casualties as Israeli jets and tanks pound聽Gaza. The U.N. Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire.

Some pro-Palestinian protesters have accused聽France聽of siding with聽Israel聽in the conflict, citing the rally bans and a statement by President聽Francois Hollande's office saying聽Israel聽was justified in taking action to assure its citizens' security.

France聽has rejected any bias and Cazeneuve said decisions on any future rallies would be taken on a case-by-case basis.聽