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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Jailed backpacker’s mother: ‘There still isn’t a date for Naama’s release’
Yaffa Issachar, mother of jailed backpacker Naama Issachar, tells the Ynet news site, “There still isn’t a date for Naama’s release” after her meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the prime minister on the matter.
Issachar says Netanyahu told her: “It won’t be much longer.”

Naama Issachar and her mom Yaffa in a post to Issachar’s Instagram page in July 2018.