The German city of Frankfurt has banned a protest demanding an end to the Gaza conflict, Al Jazeera reports.

United4Gaza, the group behind the protest planned for Saturday, says it will go to court to overturn the ban and fight “until the last breath for our fundamental right to freedom of assembly”.

Authorities in Frankfurt banned the march as a “potentially anti-Semitic gathering”. The city’s mayor, Mike Josef, from the left-wing Social Democratic Party, supported the ban.

Pro-Palestinian campaigners in Germany accuse the country’s authorities of taking a hard line against criticism of Israel and limiting pro-Palestinian speech.