Kiryat Sefer to Damascus
Inside the Israel-Syria captive crisis How did a woman from chareidi Kiryat Sefer end up at the center of an international prisoner exchange, facilitated by Vladimir Putin, between Israel and Syria’s Assad? The story of the young Israeli woman who was arrested in Syria after wandering over the border created a storm in Israel, and raised the troubling issue of religious Jewish girls lured by Arab men (see sidebar). Last Tuesday afternoon, ministers were summoned to an urgent meeting to discuss what was described as a “security issue.” The summons was delivered to every minister’s offi...
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