Paris, Aug 15, 2025 (AFP) - Macron vows punishment over anti-Semitic 'hatred' after memorial tree cut

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2025-08-15

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday vowed punishment over an act of anti-Semitic "hatred" after a memorial tree planted in tribute to a Jewish man tortured to death in 2006 had been cut down outside Paris. "Cutting down the tree in honour of Ilan Halimi is tantamount to killing him a second time," Macron said on X. "Every effort will be made to punish this act of hatred," he said, adding that the country will not forget the "son of France who die......

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