Naama Issachar

A Russian hacker and election gimmicks: The diplomatic crisis around Naama Issachar

Sources involved in the negotiations said Russia decided to use Issachar as a bargaining chip for the release of a Russian hacker.

OCTOBER 18, 2022|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara meet Naama Issachar and her mother Yaffa in Moscow on January 30.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey October 16, 2021

Israelis should avoid Turkey until couple is released - analysis

If boycotting the country is not enough to get the Turks to release the couple, then other – more strident actions – should be considered.

NOVEMBER 14, 2021|ByHERB KEINON

Russian hacker Alexei Burkov at a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

US court sentences Alexei Burkov to nine years in prison

Burkov, a Russian national, was arrested in Israel and suggested as part of an exchange for Israeli trekker Naama Issachar after the latter was imprisoned in Russia on drug charges in late 2019.

JUNE 28, 2020|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hype and happy endings for Na'ama Issachar

There was a very effective local campaign to ensure a high level of awareness in Israel about Na’ama’s plight. However, all the hype and happy ending stuff may be backfiring.

FEBRUARY 13, 2020|ByVIVIAN BERCOVICI

Naama Issachar doing yoga, learning Russian in prison - Russian media

According to the report from RT, Naama told human rights activists that visited her that she has no complaints over food or medical care, but did ask to see a rabbi.

OCTOBER 24, 2019ByIDAN ZONSHINE

Naama Issachar, who was arrested by Russia and given seven-and-a-half years in prison for carrying cannabis.

Netanyahu asks Putin personally for Naama Issachar pardon

Putin calls PM to wish him 'Happy Birthday,' discusses Syria day before meeting Erdogan in Sochi

OCTOBER 22, 2019ByHERB KEINON

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia September 12, 2019.

Hundreds of Israelis protest Naama Issachar's arrest in Tel Aviv

Issachar was arrested in April with 9.5 grams of cannabis in her checked luggage in Russia and was sentenced to a whopping seven and a half years in prison.

OCTOBER 20, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI

Thousands protest in Habima Square, Tel Aviv, against the arrest of Naama Issachar in Russia.

Naama’s mother to Putin: Please send my daughter home

‘Someone close to Trump knows the story, but has not responded,’ mother of imprisoned Israeli-American tells ‘Post’

OCTOBER 18, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Free Naama

Naama should be sent home – immediately.

OCTOBER 17, 2019ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Netanyahu officially requests pardon for Na'ama Issachar

She was arrested in April for carrying nine grams of cannabis in her checked luggage, before boarding a connecting flight from Russia on her way from India to Israel.

OCTOBER 15, 2019ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, Moscow on April 4th, 2019

Netanyahu officially requests pardon for Na'ama Issachar

She was arrested in April for carrying nine grams of cannabis in her checked luggage, before boarding a connecting flight from Russia on her way from India to Israel.

OCTOBER 15, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI