An Israeli woman who entered Syria illegally and was returned in a deal that Russia broke last month was ousted on Sunday.
While the exact details of the agreement remain under gag order, Israel has paid Russia a payment to deliver an unknown number of doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to Syria.
A further details of the conviction were ordered to gag.
“Unlike in previous cases where the security of the state has still been compromised but those who have crossed the border have not been convicted, in this case, it is clear to him. all that the young woman did no harm and did not intend to harm the security of the state, “said the women ‘s defense attorney.
“It is therefore a lawsuit to prosecute a young woman without a criminal record who comes from a complex background. “
The 22-year-old, who belonged to the ultra-rectangular Modi’in Illit settlement in the West Bank, crossed the border into Syria last month in an unfenced area near Mount Hermon. on the Golan Heights.
The woman was finally returned to Israel after a mid-Russian treaty between Jerusalem and Damascus that involved two Syrian shepherds arrested after crossing the border into Israel .
Upon her return to Israel, the woman was questioned by the Shin Bet security service about the circumstances in which she was recently detained in Syria.
The woman previously wrote on her Facebook page that she is “an eternal nomad.” Adding that she did not recognize any boundaries.
“I don’t recognize your lines. They’re not green, not blue, or purple. Even a red line won’t stop me,” she wrote earlier