UAE pardons Israeli woman who faced life in prison
The United Arab Emirates has released an Israeli woman a year after she was convicted on drug charges./ Fidaa Kiwan flew home on Sunday. Israel called her pardon a "special gesture" to President Isaac Herzog, who had requested her release./ Ms Kiwan was arrested on April 2021 for possessing cannabis and cocaine. Her initial death sentence was reduced to life in prison on appeal./ Israel and the UAE normalised relations under a US-brokered deal in 2020./ Ms Kiwan, an Arab-Israeli photographer, was visiting Dubai for work when she was ...
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