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Ilan Halimi

(From L) Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Anne-Laure Abitbol, sister of Ilan Halimi, a French Jew who was tortured and murdered in 2006, attend a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of his murder at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on February 13, 2026. (Bertrand GUAY / POOL / AFP)
February 13, 2026, 2:48 pm
Honoring 2006 Jewish murder victim, Macron says ‘antisemitic hydra’ has only grown since
Marking 20 years since Ilan Halimi’s brutal killing, French president denounces Islamist, far-left and far-right anti-Jewish hate, noting some of it is masked as anti-Zionism
By AFP
This photograph shows the trunk of the olive tree, presumably cut down with a chainsaw, which was planted in 2011 in front of a memorial to Ilan Halimi, in Epinay-sur-Seine, on the outskirst of Paris on August 15, 2025. (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
August 27, 2025, 11:58 pm
Brothers arrested for felling tree at Paris memorial to murdered French Jewish man
Suspects, reportedly of Tunisian nationality, to be tried in fast-track process for desecrating monument, according to public prosecutor’s office
By AFP
This photograph shows a memorial stele and the trunk of the olive tree, presumably cut down with a chainsaw, which was planted in 2011 in front of a memorial to Ilan Halimi, whose murder caused widespread shock in France, photo taken August 15, 2025. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP)
August 15, 2025, 4:17 pm
Macron vows to punish act of ‘hate’ after memorial tree for slain French Jew cut down
Olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, who was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 2006 antisemitic attack, is felled, sparking anger across France
By Maryam EL HAMOUCHI and Anna SMOLCHENKO
Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois mayor Frederic Petitta, left, listens to a speech by French writer Emilie Freche, on February 13, 2019 in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, at a ceremony honoring Ilan Halimi, two days after two trees planted in memory of the 23-year-old Jewish man abducted and killed over a decade ago by an anti-Semitic gang were found vandalized. (Bertrand Guay/AFP)
February 13, 2019, 10:13 pm
France’s ‘vile passions’ resurface in anti-Jewish graffiti
As poll finds nearly half of ‘yellow vest’ protesters believe in worldwide ‘Zionist plot’ and amid spate of anti-Jewish acts, one local says ‘French society is in trouble’
By Anne CHAON
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee palace on February 8, 2019 in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP)
February 13, 2019, 5:29 pm
Macron denounces ‘unacceptable increase’ in anti-Semitic attacks
French government says anti-Jewish attacks ‘spreading like poison’ after 74% surge in 2018, links incidents to yellow vest protests
By AFP
French lawyer Pierre-Francois Veil poses next to recently vandalized letter boxes displaying a portrait of his mother, late French politician and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, on February 11, 2019 in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)
February 12, 2019, 5:53 pm
France vows firm response to wave of anti-Semitic vandalism
Government says anti-Jewish attacks ‘spreading like poison’ after 74% surge in 2018, tries to link incidents to yellow vest protests
By AFP
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
February 11, 2019, 10:53 pm
Tree commemorating murdered French Jew is chopped down amid anti-Semitic spate
Desecration of memorial to Ilan Halimi the latest in series of anti-Jewish attacks that have raised fears in Paris; anti-Semitic attacks up 74% in 2018
By Clare BYRNE
French journalist Noémie Halioua, author of 'L'affaire Sarah Halimi' (Hannah Assouline/Editions du Cerf)
September 16, 2018, 6:04 am
Journalist investigates wholesale denial of pivotal anti-Semitic murder in Paris
French writer Noémie Halioua’s book, ‘L’affaire Sarah Halimi,’ dives into the vicious homicide of a Jewish woman that French authorities resisted calling a hate crime
By Robert Sarner
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
November 2, 2017, 11:16 pm
Paris plaque in memory of murdered French Jew vandalized
Memorial to Ilan Halimi, who was tortured to death in 2006, torn from wall and daubed with anti-Semitic slogans
By JTA
Sarah Halimi, 66, killed on April 4, 2017, in Paris in what is suspected to be a racially motivated attack by her neighbor. (Courtesy)
June 14, 2017, 1:43 pm
Killing of Parisian Jew in April a test case for new French president
French Jews see manslaughter charge against suspected killer as sign of failure to confront anti-Semitism, fear of alienating Muslims
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
June 1, 2017, 11:53 pm
Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine
France’s disgrace
An open letter to the new French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb on the horrific murder of Sarah Halimi
Clockwise from top left: Shneur Odze, left, and UKIP Parliament member Jonathan Arnot (Courtesy), David Lasar (Courtesy of the Freedom Party), Gidi Markuszower (Robin van Lonkhuijsen), Kent Ekeroth (Courtesy of Sweden Democrats), Michel Thooris (Courtesy of the National Front), all photos via JTA.
March 31, 2017, 4:05 am
Why these 5 European Jews are promoting far-right parties
Circumstances can bring about the unlikeliest of political allies — such as these community leaders who support candidates who are purportedly bigoted against them
By Cnaan Liphshiz
View of Paris suburb Créteil. (CC BY Christophe Pinard/Flickr)
February 23, 2017, 4:18 am
Hate crime charge dropped in rape-robbery of French Jewish couple
Anti-Semitism watchdog ‘indignant’ over decision by ‘novice judge’; French leaders had called 2014 attack in Creteil glaringly anti-Semitic
By JTA
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
January 12, 2017, 10:52 pm
Ilan Halimi’s killer handed 10 extra years in prison
Gang leader serving life for torturing Parisian Jew to death in 2009 receives extended sentence for previous extortions
By JTA
Ilan Halimi, kidnapped and murdered by an anti-Semitic gang in Paris in 2006, (Courtesy of Stephanie Yin/JTA)
February 13, 2016, 12:33 am
Rabbi, Muslim rapper release song in memory of slain French Jew
72-year-old cleric, 30-year-old musician releasing clip on 10th anniversary of Ilan Halimi’s murder
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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