JERUSALEM (VINnews) — An Israeli woman was sentenced to death in a United Arab Emirates court recently for possessing half a kilo of cocaine, Ynet reported Tuesday.
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The Israeli woman, 43-year-old Fida Kiwan from Haifa who was working in the UAE, was arrested in March of 2021 and claimed that the drugs were not hers. The court in Abu Dhabi imposed the death sentence, although in the UAE, death penalties are usually not actually carried out and instead replaced with another penalty. The woman’s lawyer is expected to file an appeal against the sentence.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said that: “The case is known to us and we are handling it through the Israeli missions around the world and the ministry’s representatives in the Emirates.”
Currently another Arab Israeli, Halil Dasuki, a 31-year-old resident of Lod, faces a possible death sentence after he was arrested last October in Dubai by local police on suspicion of involvement in the trafficking of half a ton of cocaine.
Israeli Arab woman, She had a restaurant in Haifa and refused to serve Israeli soldiers so I don’t care.
If the drugs are on your person or effects when you cross the border it makes no difference if they are “yours” or not.
Acquaintances of mine were tricked into carrying a package for someone for delivery on a trip to Europe. Police were waiting for them at the airport and, gevald geshriegen!, there was half a kilo of “snow” in the package. Someone had set them up as a decoy!
And death penalties for drug trafficking convictions are surprisingly common around the world. Now in America, where we are currently “decriminalizing” the stuff…..
Picture doesn’t match the title. Probably related to second person mentioned in the article.
500g= half ton
Both recd same sentence
It will be handled through back-channels and she will not be put to death. May have to serve some time.