Macron pledges action over anti-Semitic โhatredโ after memorial tree vandalised
France
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday condemned the felling of a memorial tree for Ilan Halimi, a Jewish man tortured to death in 2006, calling it an anti-Semitic act and vowing to punish those responsible amid rising hate crimes in France.
This photograph shows the trunk of the olive tree, presumably cut down with a chainsaw, in Epinay-sur-Seine, on the outskirst of Paris, France, on August 15, 2025. ยฉ Dimitri Dilkoff, AFP "Every effort will be made to punish this act of hatred," French President Emmanuel Macron said on X. ยฉ Screenshot, FRANCE 24
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