Denial of justice in France led lawyers of Sarah Halimi’s family to file a complaint in Israel "Mr. Goldnadel and Mr. Szpiner deplore being forced to initiate this procedure, but they cannot accept a denial of justice that offends reason and fairness well beyond the Jewish community of France," the two lawyers of Sarah Halimi's family said in a statement. Francis Szpiner and Gilles-William Goldnadel, the lawyers of Sarah Halimi’s family, announced they wanted to “file a complaint against Kobili Traoré in the name of Esther Lekover, the victim’s sister,” since the Israeli criminal law can be applied to anti-Semitic crimes committed abroad and denounced by an Israeli citizen, which is the case of their client.