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Unity and defiance: Thousands to converge on Paris in rally

Members of the Union of French Jewish students hold posters with the first names of the victims during a demonstration outside a kosher grocery store where four hostages were killed on Friday in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people marched Saturday in cities from Toulouse in the south to Rennes in the west to honor the victims, and Paris expects hundreds of thousands more at Sunday’s unity rally. More than 2,000 police are being deployed, in addition to thousands already guarding synagogues, mosques, schools and other sites around France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Members of the Union of French Jewish students hold posters with the first names of the victims during a demonstration outside a kosher grocery store where four hostages were killed on Friday in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people marched Saturday in cities from Toulouse in the south to Rennes in the west to honor the victims, and Paris expects hundreds of thousands more at Sunday’s unity rally. More than 2,000 police are being deployed, in addition to thousands already guarding synagogues, mosques, schools and other sites around France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) Members of the Union of French Jewish students hold posters with the first names of the victims during a demonstration outside a kosher grocery store where four hostages were killed on Friday in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. Hundreds of thousands of people marched Saturday in cities from Toulouse in the south to Rennes in the west to honor the victims, and Paris expects hundreds of thousands more at Sunday’s unity rally. More than 2,000 police are being deployed, in addition to thousands already guarding synagogues, mosques, schools and other sites around France. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

By Associated Press 1 min read

PARIS (AP) – A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, will honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris that left France on alert for more violence.

Among the expected hundreds of thousands attendees Sunday are leaders from around the world, including the Israeli prime minister and the Palestinian president.

“We are all Charlie, we are all police, we are all Jews of France,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said before the rally, referring to the victims that included employees at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, shoppers at a kosher grocery and two police officers.

More than 2,000 police are being deployed to protect the demonstration, with France still on high alert while investigators determine whether the attackers were part of a larger extremist network.