President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday sent a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron, expressing his disappointment in the French legal system for failing to prosecute the killer of Sarah Halimi, a Jewish woman who was murdered by her neighbor in 2017.
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"I have sadly heard the decision of the court to uphold the decision of the previous courts, which ruled that the accused in the antisemitic, brutal and harrowing murder of Sarah Halimi is legally incompetent to stand trial," wrote Rivlin.
"Every effort must be made as to send a clear message that there is [no forgiveness] for acts of despicable and morbid antisemitism, and for attacking Jews on the basis of their origin and religion," the letter said.
Earlier this month, an appeal was filed against a prior ruling that saw Halimi's murderer, Kobili Traoré, evade prosecution because he was in a psychotic, "delusional" state from smoking marijuana while committing his crime.
French Jews took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest the court decision that prevented Traoré's trial.
On April 4, 2017, Traoré broke into Halimi's home.
A police report of the incident claims that Traoré yelled "Allahu Akbar" and recited a number of verses in the Quran before throwing her over the balcony of Belleville apartment, located in the east of Paris.
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Rivlin also called on Macron to "do everything possible" to send a "clear" message against "abject antisemitism and in the face of attacks against Jews because they are Jews."
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
