Uzbek nationals sent by Iran are the suspects in the murder of Zvi Kogan. The jihad against Jews isn’t confined to any particular region. The jihad against the state of Israel is driving an increasingly dangerous strain of antisemitism worldwide, supported by propaganda reminiscent of Josef Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement about Rabbi Kogan’s murder, courtesy of the Israel Government Press Office:
At the start of my remarks, I would like to express deep outrage – on behalf of myself, all members of the Government, all citizens of Israel and the entire Jewish people – over the abduction and murder of Zvi Kogan, may G-d avenge him.
This murder was carried out in the UAE. The murder of an Israeli citizen and a Chabad emissary, is an abhorrent antisemitic terrorist attack.
On your behalf, I also send heartfelt condolences to the Kogan family. The State of Israel will use all means, and will deal with these murderers, and those who dispatched them, to the fullest extent of the law. None of them will get away.
I greatly appreciate the cooperation of the UAE in investigating the murder. We will strengthen the ties between us in the face of attempts by the axis of evil to harm the relationship of peace between us. We will strengthen them and we will work to expand regional stability.
“Body of slain Chabad rabbi found in UAE; Israel condemns ‘antisemitic act of terror,’” by Lazar Berman, Times of Israel, November 24, 2024:
Emirati authorities have found the body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an emissary to Abu Dhabi’s Chabad chapter missing since Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office and Foreign Ministry said in a joint statement Sunday.
Israel’s embassy in Abu Dhabi has been in contact with Kogan’s family in the UAE, the statement said, and family members living Israel have also been updated.
The statement called the killing of Kogan “a despicable antisemitic act of terror” and pledged that Israel would use all available means to bring the killers to justice.
“With great pain we share that Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Abu Dhabi, UAE, was murdered by terrorists after being abducted on Thursday,” Chabad said in a brief statement on Sunday.
Kogan’s body was found in the Emirati city of Al Ain, which borders Oman, around 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Abu Dhabi, though it is not clear if he was killed there or elsewhere, former Israeli Druze politician Ayoob Kara told Reuters in an English-language interview in Dubai.
The Ynet news site reported that Kogan’s car was found abandoned in Al Ain. It added, without citing sources, that there were signs of a struggle in the vehicle.…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
One thing about the Emirates is that even though they have normalized relations w/ Israel, they also encourage Iranian investment, and therefore, Iranians have a free reign in that country. Something they don’t in other countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrein or even Qatar. This is something that the Emirates needs to look at, and maybe Israel should raise that w/ them in the coming weeks
Otherwise, despite the Emirates being pretty liberal by muslim standards, it’s still pretty easy for rogue islamic regimes like Iran or Pakistan to target people in that country
Taffy says
The Emirates have enough income so they don’t need Iranian investment.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
We may think that, but they apparently don’t. Otherwise they’d have had the same policy on Iran that Saudi Arabia does
bagsgroove says
Why doesn’t Iran get sent to the world court ? Iran is guilty of endless crimes against humanity. Time for iran to be destroyed. The world would be a better place.
bagsgroove says
There is a court room waiting for iran in the world court.
somehistory says
A report tonight is that the UAE authorities have arrested 3 Uzbek goons for the murder.
gravenimage says
Just horrifying–this poor Rabbi. But his going to a Muslim land was sadly never safe.