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Mireille Knoll case: "Out of cowardice, we refused to face the new anti-Semitism"

2021-10-26T17:49:38.376Z


INTERVIEW - For historian Georges Bensoussan, if the anti-Semitic nature of Mireille Knoll's murder were proven, this case would illustrate the resurgence of a “new anti-Semitism”, long taboo.


LE FIGARO.

- The trial of the alleged murderers of Mireille Knoll opened on Tuesday.

Justice will have to determine in particular if the membership of this octogenarian to the Jewish community is one of the reasons for the crime.

What do you expect from this trial?

Georges BENSOUSSAN.

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I'm waiting for someone to shed light on the motive of the crime.

Is it just a heinous crime?

Is this an anti-Semitic crime?

Or is it a crime that mixes the two dimensions?

In this case, the case would resemble that of Sarah Halimi, who is both a psychiatric delirium and a villainous crime while having an anti-Semitic motive.

But, for the time being, the motivation of the two suspected criminals is uncertain, especially as both are blaming each other.

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This trial comes seven months after the Court of Cassation confirmed the criminal irresponsibility of the murderer of Sarah Halimi.

But can we really draw a parallel between these two cases?

The Halimi case is a monumental judicial mess

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Source: lefigaro

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