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Macron Slams Textbook Misrepresentation of Hamas Attacks

1/15/2026

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President Emmanuel Macron condemned a Hachette school textbook for misrepresenting the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, labeling it fake and intolerable.
Hachette apologized and began a recall of about 2,000 copies of the textbook.
The publisher will destroy unsold copies and conduct an internal review of the material.
Action Droits des Musulmans, an NGO, defended the manual, saying it did not contain anti-Semitic content and urged nuanced historical analysis.

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President Emmanuel Macron condemned a Hachette school textbook for misrepresenting the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, labeling it fake and intolerable.
Hachette apologized and began a recall of about 2,000 copies of the textbook.
The publisher will destroy unsold copies and conduct an internal review of the material.
Action Droits des Musulmans, an NGO, defended the manual, saying it did not contain anti-Semitic content and urged nuanced historical analysis.