Israel really needs some good news.

She should serve the whole 7 years given to her + 2 years for stupidity.

I may seem coldhearted - but that girl simply smuggled drugs into Russia. Yeah, 7+ years are long, way too long maybe. But she has to pay her dept. She should stand up to her wrongdoing and not blaming Russians for her fate.

Reminds me of the fellow who used to work in a Fish and Chip restaurant...he had a chip on his shoulder.

' Prevention is better than cure ...'

7 years for a bit of weed means there is definitely something behind her arrest that Russia wants.

Dear parents...

Children are not your friends.

Teach them to be responsible adults.

Don't make excusesfir their stupid behavior.

Teach them well.

It's a sad situation.

Where’d you get 79 g? The article I read said 9 g. You think 9 g of weed is trafficking? Either the article was wrong or you were wrong?

Many dictatorial countries will try to teach a "strong lesson." The lesson to others is what Russia wants to convey. It is her mistake that she didn't know.

She's no a bargaining chip - she's just dumb and stupid!

If she didn't want to find herself in a Russian jail she shouldn't have been carrying Hashish. PERIOD!
It is exhausting to hear about yet another Israeli aboard who refuses to take responsibility for their actions.
Instead these Israelis do crime, get busted and then all of sudden the Russians are too harsh!
Well if you don't want to get busted, don't carry drugs!

The sentence may be harsh...but she could have avoided all of this by not carrying hashish in her luggage!

Is the Israeli government expending the same energy to get Mengistu returned? I think not.
What was Mengistu's crime? He's a mentally ill young man who crossed the border.
Seems to me we should bring Mengistu home first and then there will be plenty of time to worry about bringing Issachar home from Russia.

Bring Mengistu out of Gaza and back to Israel.
Send Leifer back to Australia to stand trial.
Issachar? Get her to take responsibility for her actions. Be sure she learns that carrying drugs across international borders is a criminal offense and not a mistake.Then think about getting her sentence reduced.

carrying over 100 ml of liquids in carry-on luggage is a mistake.
carrying 9 grams of Hashish in carry-on luggage is a crime.

lesson learned: don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time.
alternate lesson learned: if you decide to carry 9 grams of Hashish in your carry-on luggage DO NOT transit through Russia...that is unless you have 7 spare years of your life you wish to spend in a Russian jail!

She comitted A Crime. It's called DRUG TRAFICKING.
She is very very lucky to be in Russia. She has to PAY the PRICE.
If it was in Thailand she would have been sentenced to 20 years.

Let's put this in proportion.
If Netanyahu hadn't gutted the Foreign Ministry of the State of Israel then the Israeli Ambassador & Plenipotentiary to Russia would be working this out.
But since Netanyahu gutted the Foreign Ministry of the State of Israel then the Israeli Ambassador & Plenipotentiary to Russia is NOT authorized to take a piss on a cold morning without getting authorization from Netanyahu!

She's lucky she didn't get busted in India. If she had it would be way worse!

Over there transit passengers land in Russia and go through security b4 boarding connecting flight.
It is irrelevant if she went through customs...she was on Russian soil and wentthrough security...and because she was carrying stash of 9 grams of hashish she got busted.
Russian soil = Russian law.

on drug charges.
They serve their time and sometimes they get lucky and a deal is worked out for them.

Why is this young lady who is a dual USA and Israeli citizen different from all other Israelis arrested on drug charges aboard?
Why is she more entitled than others that the State of Israel has to give up a key card with the USA?