Naama Issachar Boards Prime Minister’s Plane, Heads Home
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife met at the Moscow airport today Naama Issachar, who was released this morning from the prison in Moscow to her mother.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said to Naama, “We’re excited to see you. Now you’re coming home.”
Netanyahu will return Naama Issachar to Israel on his plane about 10 months after she was arrested. Netanyahu’s departure to Israel is scheduled for around 1 p.m.
Israeli Consul Yafa Olivitzky said: “Five minutes ago, I met the border control people who transferred to me Naama, happy, smiling, and very excited. Naama is now with her mother in a side room.”
Naama was scheduled for another 7 years in prison after being convicted of drug trafficking and drug possession.