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LOS ANGELES - Punches were thrown and anti-Semitic slurs were shouted during a violent confrontation on the Santa Monica Pier.

What we know:

The Sunday before Labor Day, a clash occurred outside a Santa Monica store which drew a large crowd as one man was pummeled by several pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

Onlookers watched as multiple men attacked the single man, spewing anti-semitic insults. After it was over, police were called but reportedly couldn’t get through the crowd. The targeted man, who was bleeding, got away.

"They let him walk away on his own free will," said Victor, a local merchant.

Several witnesses told FOX 11, the pro-Palestinian group assembles at the end of the Santa Monica Pier often. They said the demonstrations had remained peaceful until Sunday’s

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