Overview
- Hachette apologized for the erroneous passage, ordered an immediate recall of three titles, and said unsold copies will be destroyed with corrected editions issued only after review.
- The publisher opened an internal investigation to determine how the text passed editorial checks, with CEO Arnaud Lagardère delivering personal apologies.
- President Emmanuel Macron called the wording intolerable and a falsification of facts, stating that revisionism has no place in the Republic and asking the government to take measures.
- The Licra flagged the passage, and Jewish organizations including the Crif denounced it as a distortion that appeared to legitimize Hamas terrorism.
- The recalled books are paraschool 'Objectif Bac Terminale' guides for HGGSP students, which are not ministry‑supervised textbooks.