Overview
- Hachette pulled three Objectif Bac Terminal guides and acknowledged an erroneous passage about the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
- The books stated that “more than 1,200 Jewish settlers” were killed and framed Israel’s response as an invasion that triggered a major humanitarian crisis.
- Emmanuel Macron called the text intolerable and a falsification of facts and said he asked the government to take measures.
- Hachette issued apologies, including a personal apology from CEO Arnaud Lagardère, pledged to destroy unsold copies, and opened an internal investigation.
- LICRA flagged the passage publicly, and leaders from CRIF and the Chief Rabbi of France denounced the wording as a form of revisionism.