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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 594

Sarah Halimi

Illustrative: A man holds a placard that reads, 'In France grandmothers are killed because they are Jews,' during a protest organized by Jewish associations, who say justice has not been done for the killing of French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
September 1, 2022, 12:58 pm
Murder of a Jewish man near Paris reignites fears about antisemitism in France
As the list of Jewish murder victims in the country grows, former Paris police commissioner alleges authorities do not take antisemitism seriously
By Cnaan Liphshiz
René Hadjaj, a 90-year-old French Jewish man who was pushed to his death by a neighbor. (Courtesy)
May 27, 2022, 7:44 pm
Prosecutor now suspects antisemitism behind murder of elderly French Jewish man
Citing suspect’s social media post, prosecutor asks judges to include antisemitic motive charge in killing of René Hadjaj, who was thrown from 17th floor to his death by neighbor
By AFP
René Hadjaj, a 90-year-old French Jewish man who was pushed to his death by a neighbor. (Courtesy)
May 20, 2022, 7:34 pm
90-year-old Jewish man allegedly pushed to his death in Lyon, France
Police rule out antisemitism as motive in killing of René Hadjaj, sparking outcry in community who note similarities to two other incidents of French Jews killed in recent years
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jeremy Cohen, a French Jew, who was killed after being hit by a train, apparently while trying to escape an antisemitic attack near Paris in February. (Courtesy)
April 5, 2022, 2:08 am
French Jew killed by tram likely a target of antisemitic attack, family says
Jeremy Cohen, 31, died two months ago in what police deemed a traffic accident; new video released by his family suggests the incident was triggered by a mob assault
By Tobias Siegal and JTA
Protesters march with a banner of killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, April 25, 2021 (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
January 22, 2022, 10:15 am
French parliamentary report on Sarah Halimi murder reopens wounds it sought to heal
Despite finding police arrived on scene before murder but did not stop it, committee says none of the officers, judges, psychiatrists or anyone involved in case did anything wrong
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A photograph of murdered Holocaust survivor Mireille Knoll is placed along with flowers on the fence surrounding her building in Paris on March 28, 2018. (Francois Guillot/AFP)
October 26, 2021, 2:00 pm
Trial opens in murder of French Holocaust survivor
Prosecutors are treating the 2018 killing of Mireille Knoll, who was stabbed 11 times before her home was set on fire, as an antisemitic hate crime
By Marie DHUMIERES
Imam Mohamed Tatai gives a sermon at the Grand Mosque in Toulouse, France, on December 15, 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 17, 2021, 10:09 pm
French court acquits imam who quoted text commanding Muslims to kill Jews
Jewish leader in Toulouse slams acquittal of Mohamed Tatai, likens it to decision not to try killer of Sarah Halimi because he used drugs
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Justice for Sarah Halimi placards, April 2021 (Crédit : Consistoire israélite du Haut-Rhin)
August 11, 2021, 9:16 am
Sister of murdered French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi asks Israel to try case
Lawyers file antisemitism complaint with Israel Police after French court decided killer won’t stand trial because he had used drugs; however, France doesn’t extradite its citizens
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog (L) and French Ambassador Eric Danon at a Bastille Day celebration, Jaffa, July 14, 2021 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2021, 1:42 am
French envoy to Israel: Iran should never possess nuclear bomb
Eric Danon uses Bastille Day event address to highlight strong bilateral ties, which countries hope to further bolster following periodic strains of Netanyahu era
By Lazar Berman
A woman holds up a sign during the day of rallies around the world protesting the French judicial system's handling of the Sarah Halimi case, April 25, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images/ via JTA)
May 3, 2021, 8:47 pm
What the Sarah Halimi case and current protests mean for French Jewry
Demonstrations erupted in France and across the world last week as Jews protested a ruling that the murderer of a Jewish woman in 2017 will not stand trial. Is it the last straw?
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A memorial made by the Jewish community is seen in front of the Consulate General of France on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California to demand justice for Sarah Halimi (Apu GOMES / AFP)
May 1, 2021, 8:09 am
Paris to name street in Jewish Quarter for Sarah Halimi
‘It will be a way of achieving justice for her,’ says mayor, after rally by 20,000 against ruling by France’s highest court not to prosecute her killer
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Some of the protesters at the Justice for Sarah Halimi rally in Paris, April 25, 2021. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
April 30, 2021, 4:46 pm
At Sarah Halimi rally in Paris, signs French Jewry is nearing a breaking point
Unlike the informal, stoic and often patriotic demonstrations protesting antisemitic violence until now, this week’s protest had a palpable air of disillusionment and even despair
By Cnaan Liphshiz
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and President Reuven Rivlin at a press conference in Jerusalem on January 22, 2020. (Jacques Witt/Pool/AFP)
April 28, 2021, 8:32 pm
Rivlin hails Macron for backing law change after Halimi’s killer avoids trial
President pens letter to French counterpart thanking him for ‘quick, clear response’ to Jewish woman’s murder, says it sends clear message that current law is deficient
By ToI Staff
Members of the support committee of late Sarah Halimi gather to ask justice on Trocadero plaza in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on April 25, 2021. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
April 28, 2021, 5:40 am
French-Jewish judge resigns to protest high court ruling in Sarah Halimi affair
Jack Broda of the Tribunal of Commerce of Nancy, in eastern France, says he ‘couldn’t believe’ the ruling when it came out
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People stage a protest organized by Jewish associations, who say justice has not been done for the killing of French Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower in Paris, April 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
April 27, 2021, 6:56 pm
For many French Jews, Halimi murder a ‘watershed moment’ of distrust in France
20,000-strong Paris protest a rare show of raw emotion from local Jewish community over government’s response to antisemitism
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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