Macron, in Israel for Holocaust memorial, warns of 'dark shadow' of anti-Semitism


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 Jan 2020

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday France was determined to combat the hatred and intolerance that have fuelled a sharp rise in anti-Semitism in his country as he met Holocaust survivors during a visit to Israel.

Macron is one of dozens of world leaders attending events at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre in Jerusalem to mark the 75-year anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.

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