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Natalie and rebel detainees in Turkey, friends at home worried: "Default not caught"
The couple were arrested on suspicion of espionage after they reportedly photographed Erdogan's palace: "They are two completely normative people," their friends in the country describe to Walla !.
"I have no idea what happened there, but spies are not. Our world is darkened over us."
The two's lawyers will appeal the decision to extend their detention
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Sonia Gorodisky and Yoav Itiel
Sunday, November 14, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
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In the video: Bennett on the arrest of the Oknin couple (Photo: Roni Knafo)
Attorneys for Natalie and the Oknin rebels, who have been detained in Turkey since Thursday, will appeal the court's decision to extend their detention by 20 days, and will start working on the appeal tomorrow - their family was informed tonight (Sunday).
Meanwhile, friends at home described in a conversation with Walla!
The hard feelings: "We do not sleep neither day nor night, our world is darkened over us."
Sharon Elishar is Natalie's close friend - "like family", she described - and was even supposed to fly with her and her partner Mordi for a trip: "I was not released from work so I could not be with her. Apparently it's something from above. When I saw the article in the morning ".
Sharon describes her close friend as "a firefighter, she went through a difficult life. She is a warm and amazing woman and apart from the family, nothing interests her."
Sharon Elishar (Photo: Walla !, no)
A five-year-old girl with special needs is "constantly looking for and wanting her mother," Sharon said.
"We do not sleep neither day nor night. There is not a day that we do not go to the family home."
She defines the arrest of Natalie and Mordi as a failure: "It is impossible to describe in words. I very much hope that Bennett, Lapid and the president will do everything to end this saga, because it is only getting more complicated. They have nothing to do with the GSS or the Mossad. "They are two completely normative people."
The Israeli couple at the Egged transportation company in recent years. "They are at the wheel all day, two people from their shoulders up," said Sharon. Early in the morning, working until 2 in the afternoon and wanted to take the child out.
She worked in the mornings and rebels in the evenings.
They did not have time to breathe, they were just around family and work. "
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Natalie and her friend Sharon (Photo: Walla !, no)
Asher Bitton (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Asher Bitton describes the rebels as "a workman 'a waste of time.' When he is not found it is a hole," he said.
"It's like two drivers who are not there."
Under his leadership, Egged drivers mobilized to fight for the release of the couple who work with them: "I started collecting days off from the drivers to help the family fight a legal battle and help in whatever way they can," Bitton said.
"Instead of the drivers giving money, whoever is interested can donate a day off, which is worth about 300 shekels. For me, to pay any amount, just let them return it to us," he stated.
"May you return happy."
Rebels' latest conversation with his friend Asher (Photo: Walla !, screenshot)
"My rebel has always been in touch with me, I'm very close to him. As soon as they lost their tracks we got under pressure," Bitton repeated, stating: "I have no idea what happened there, but they are not spies. What happens to them there is an injustice."
The couple were arrested last week after they reportedly photographed the residence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The court decided to extend their detention by 20 days, according to reports on suspicion of "political or military espionage".
Bennett, Lapid and President Yitzhak Herzog made it clear that the couple has no connection to any state agency.
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