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3 sentenced to death for murder of UAE Chabad rabbi

JL;DR SUMMARY The UAE has sentenced three individuals to death for the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, who was killed in Dubai last November under allegedly terroristic motives. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Abraham AccordsTerrorismChabadIranJewish CommunitiesExtraditionUaeAntisemitic AttacksMurderRabbi Zvi Kogan

Places mentioned

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Kogan, 28, a Moldovan-Israeli citizen, was working in the UAE last fall as an emissary of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement when he went missing in Dubai."
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
"but the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court ruled that the murder was done for a terroristic purpose, according to Reuters."
Israel
"Israeli sources suggested the killing was ordered by Iran, Israels chief regional adversary a charge Iran has denied."
Iran
"Israeli sources suggested the killing was ordered by Iran, Israels chief regional adversary a charge Iran has denied."
Uzbekistan
"Three of the people arrested in connection with the murder were from Uzbekistan, and were detained in Turkey before being extradited."
Turkey
"Three of the people arrested in connection with the murder were from Uzbekistan, and were detained in Turkey before being extradited."
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
"In 2008, a terror attack in Mumbai killed a Chabad rabbi and his wife, along with several others."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"A Chabad rabbi was stabbed in Boston in 2021, and earlier this month, a Chabad rabbi walking with his son in the French city Orlans was allegedly assaulted in an antisemitic attack."
Orléans, Loiret, France
"A Chabad rabbi was stabbed in Boston in 2021, and earlier this month, a Chabad rabbi walking with his son in the French city Orlans was allegedly assaulted in an antisemitic attack."

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