French president denounces ‘scourge of antisemitism’ after rape of Jewish girl

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that schools in France are being threatened by the “scourge of antisemitism” after a 12-year-old Jewish girl was raped in what police said was a hate crime.According to French media, the girl told police she had been in a park in Courbevoie, north-west of Paris, with a friend last Saturday when three boys – two aged 13 and one aged 12 – approached her. She knew at least one of them.The victim said the boys dragged her away to an isolated location before hurling antisemitic abuse at her and raping her.The boys were arrested on Monday and two of them…