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.

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

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

US court sentences Alexei Burkov to nine years in prison

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

Hype and happy endings for Na'ama Issachar


Naama Issachar’s mom apologizes for leaving Netanyahu off thank you list

“We are grateful to Prime Minister Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, whose efforts to return Naama are not taken for granted. We will never forget it,” she wrote.

Naama Issachar meets with PM Benjamin Netanyahu after her release, Jan. 30, 2020

Naama Issachar's lawyers seek cancellation of sentence in Russian courts

Her team is also continuing to prepare a complaint to take to the European Court of Human Rights regarding claimed numerous and gross violations of Issachar's rights during her criminal prosecution.

Naama Issachar

What distinguishes Naama Issachar from other Israeli prisoners?

The answer the Prime Minister’s Office has given is that Issachar got caught up in something that was bigger than herself.

Naama Issachar meets with PM Benjamin Netanyahu after her release, Jan. 30, 2020

Ten Israeli tourists denied entry to Russia, sent back home

Ten Israeli tourist landed in the Moscow airport, were detained there and eventually put on a flight back to Israel. "They must have been instructed to bring us back."

A general view shows the Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia

Naama Issachar is back home, but at what price? – analysis

Russia's sentencing of Issachar to 7.5 years for possessing 9.5 grams of pot was clearly excessive, and apparently an effort to place leverage on Israel.

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

A symbolic act of defiance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN wears a black kippah at the Bundestag.

Left accuses Netanyahu of making political capital from Issachar's return

Labor MK Omer Bar-Lev told Radio Darom that Israel surrendered to Russia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara walk with Naama Issachar and her mother Yaffa after Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Naama a pardon, at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia January 30, 2020.

Naama Issachar returns home to Israel after Russian prison release

Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned her hours before Netanyahu was set to fly from Washington to Moscow on Wednesday to personally bring her home. "It's a good ending," her mother said.

Naama Issachar meets with PM Benjamin Netanyahu after her release, Jan. 30, 2020

Putin pardons Issachar from prison as Netanyahu heads to Moscow

Issachar expected to return on PM’s plane • Release a gesture by Russian president, no deal was made, Israeli source says

Yaffa and Naama Issachar

Netanyahu to Moscow as Naama Issachar pardon goes to Putin

The governor of Moscow signed Issachar's pardon request on Tuesday morning and the document was forwarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Naama Issachar

Russian Pardon Commission recommends Naama’s release

During his trip to Israel last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally told Issachar’s mother Yaffa that her daughter would be freed.

Yaffa and Naama Issachar