Museums and Luxury Boutiques Shut in Paris as France Braces for Protests

Cultural institutions and museums across Paris remained closed on Saturday as a preemptive security measure ahead of expected protests nationwide, The Jerusalem Post reported. The closures leave works such as the Mona Lisa off limits, while luxury boutiques across the capital boarded up storefronts and reinforced private security following rioting and looting in Paris, Marseilles, and Bordeaux last week. Concurrently, Israel's Foreign Ministry issued a safety warning for citizens staying in France.

According to news outlet Infobae, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez affirmed that authorities will be uncompromising, announcing the deployment of armored vehicles, helicopters, and drones to avert a repeat of violent clashes. Further details have not yet been released.