France’s chief rabbi said it would be easier to discuss early release for convicted Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon if he had voiced regrets for his wartime acts. Rabbi Joseph Sitruk’s comments were the latest in a growing debate over whether to keep the 90-year-old Papon in jail despite his age.
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