In a November 24, 2024 segment on Al-Masirah TV (Houthis-Yemen), Palestinian political analyst Saleh Abu Izzah discussed the murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE, stating that every Arab citizen has a duty to carry out such operations, especially in countries that have normalized relations with Israel. London-based Lebanese analyst Yehya Harb emphasized that the killers should not be treated as criminals, arguing that Kogan represented "that country" and "that worst killer and war criminal of all" Netanyahu, and that the attackers would have kidnapped him to exchange for Palestinian prisoners if possible.
London-based Lebanese analyst Yehya Harb: "I believe that those who killed that [Israeli] citizen – if they could have kidnapped him and exchanged him for a Palestinian prisoner, they would have done that, but they knew tat this is impossible, and that they could not detain him. Their goal was not to kill individuals.
"They are not criminals, and they should not be tried as criminals. If they could have taken him to a safe place, they would have done that. When they captured him, they did not treat him as an individual person, but as a representative of that country, and of that worst killer and war criminal of all, whose hands are soiled with blood, as attested by the world in its entirety – Netanyahu."
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Palestinian political analyst Saleh Abu Izzah: "I say that all Arab citizens – especially in the countries that normalize [their relations with Israel] – have a duty to carry out such operations in those countries, if they can. I believe that his action will be blessed by Allah, as well as by our oppressed people that are suffering under the burden of the filthiest occupation – the Zionist entity."