"#President #EmmanuelMacron Friday denounced what he described as an “#antisemitic hydra” that had crept into “every crack” of society two decades after #IlanHalimi, a 23-year-old #French #Jewish man, was #tortured to death.
To commemorate #Halimi, whose abduction and murder in 2006 horrified #France, #Macron planted an oak tree in the garden of the #ElyseePalace and stressed that the fight against #antisemitism must involve all French people.
He also called for a “penalty of ineligibility” for elected officials guilty of antisemitic and #racist remarks.
Halimi was kidnapped by a gang of around 20 youths in January 2006 and tortured in a low-income housing estate in the #Paris suburb of #Bagneux. Found three weeks later, he died on the way to hospital."







