Correspondent in Jerusalem
An Israeli, who got lost about two weeks ago in Syria, in exchange for two Syrian shepherds and doses of Sputnik V vaccines for Damascus.
Stamped with the seal of military censorship, the story mobilized Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, and gave rise to a surprising dialogue between Israel and Damascus.
The young woman, from an observant family from Modiin, had succeeded in thwarting the surveillance systems and crossing the border between Israel and Syria.
She found herself in a village where she was denounced and arrested by the intelligence services who suspected her of being a spy.
Strange negotiations with many twists and turns began.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has twice phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin as the "
godfather
Of Syria, so that he plays the mediator.
The Syrians demanded in return two Druze from the Golan Heights - it has been occupied by the Hebrew state since
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