Only two years before the assault, he called Halimi’s daughter a “dirty Jew.” But when he was arrested he was temporarily institutionalized as he had claimed temporary insanity and, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, there was no reference to possible hate crime charges in the criminal indictment. Kobili Traore, the murderer, had a history of antipathy toward Jews in general and his victim in particular. As she fell to her death, her murderer screamed “Allahu akbar In April, Sarah Halimi was thrown from a window in Paris. “What is being hidden? Why this denial of anti-Semitism?” Why this silence? Why this omerta?” read the statement, which contained the Italian-language mafia term for a code of silence about criminal activity and a refusal to give evidence to authorities. “The murder of Sarah Halimi was 85 days ago already and the investigation is not advancing. In late June, the CRIF released a short statement containing four questions concerning the April 4 killing of Sarah Halimi in Paris. "In the knowledge I have of the file, it cannot end otherwise," he said. ![]() "I am furious that things have taken so long," added the head of the religious body, saying he believed eventually the circumstance of anti-Semitism will be retained. Joel Mergui, the President of the Consistoire (the Israelite Central Consistory of France), told AFP: “This act should have been called Islamist immediately, the fact that it was not has created a climate that alters the trust that had established between the community and the authorities". The CRIF expresses once again its disbelief ”ĬRIF President Francis Kalifat has called on judicial authorities, the minister of justice, the public prosecutor, and the investigating judge “to assume their responsibilities with clarity and courage.” The Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France on Wednesday expressed “deep dismay” after charges of anti-Semitism were dropped against a Muslim man who threw a Jewish pensioner to her death from a window in Paris in April.Īfter Kabili Traoré was charged with intentional homicide in the death of Sarah Halimi, CRIF released a statement decrying the fact that charges of aggrevated anti-Semitism were not included. "We are deeply dismayed at the decision to drop the anti-Semitism aspect at this stage when it has been perfectly well established by Kabili Traoré’s unequivocal statements and attitude.
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