Police in Argentina arrested at least five people after anti-Semitic demonstrators clashed Sunday with members of the Jewish community marking the 61st anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel, the EJP reports.

During the Jewish group’s ceremony, demonstrators waving anti-Semitic signs stepped in and violence broke out, and five people were arrested after the scuffle, authorities said. 
An anti-discrimination police unit had to escort Israeli Ambassador Daniel Gazit away from the fracas.

Around 300,000 Jews live in Argentina, the largest Jewish community in Latin America.

The country has seen two deadly anti-Jewish terror attacks.

A car bombing of a Jewish building killed 85 and left 300 injured in 1994, while an attack on the Israeli embassy two years earlier killed 22 people and left 200 hurt.

(Source: EJP / AFP)