Paris, Aug 15, 2025 (AFP) - French PM decries 'anti-Semitic hatred' after memorial tree cut down

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2025-08-15

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Friday condemned an act of "anti-Semitic hatred" after a memorial tree planted in tribute to a young French Jewish man tortured to death in 2006 had been cut down outside Paris. On January 20, 2006, 23-year-old Ilan Halimi, was kidnapped by a gang of youths and tortured in a housing estate in the Paris suburb of Bagneux. Found three weeks later, he died on the way to hospital. An olive tree, planted in 201......

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