Days later, after pressure for a gesture of solidarity, Mr Chirac and Mr de Villepin were at a memorial service for Halimi in Paris's main synagogue.
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While 71 percent of French Muslims professed a favorable view of Jews, the 29 percent who did not state such a view no doubt include, among others, Ilan Halimi's murderers.
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In the case of the abduction and murder of Ilan Halimi, there was frustration among French Jews that it took so much time to recognise its anti-Semitic nature (see article).