Netanyahu and Putin Will Discuss the "Deal of the Century"

Israeli Prime Minister and Russian President will meet in Moscow on January 30 to discuss President Trump’s Middle East settlement plan.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the Middle East settlement plan presented by the head of the US administration, Donald Trump having the informal name "Deal of the Century." This was announced on Tuesday, January 28, in the office of Prime Minister Netanyahu.They explained that the head of the Israeli government "will draw President Putin’s attention to information on diplomatic shifts" and the Middle East deal.At its turn, the press service of the Russian Federation President indicated that the meeting of politicians will be held on January 30, in Moscow. Issachar Pardoning As to AP agency notes, it is not yet clear whether Netanyahu’s brief working visit could also be related to new developments in the case of Israeli citizen Naama Issahar, who had earlier filed a petition for clemency with President Vladimir Putin. On January 27, the Moscow Region Pardon Commission examined the personal petition addressed to the President of Russia from the Israeli woman convicted of drug smuggling case in Russia. After that, a unanimous decision was made to recommend the president to satisfy this appeal. Israeli woman got detained at Sheremetyevo The Israeli woman was stopped in transit zone in April 2019 during her flight from Delhi to Tel Aviv with a transfer in Moscow. In baggage, to which Issahar did not have access during the flight, 9.6 grams of hash were found. Naama Issahar herself did not admit guilt in drug smuggling. In Israel then it was discussed that Russia offered to exchange Issahar for hacker Alexei Burkov. However, he was extradited to the United States, where he made a deal with the investigation. On January 23, Vladimir Putin met with Naama’s mother, Jaffa Issahar, during his visit to Israel and promised that “everything will be fine” with her daughter. Israeli journalists wrote that on the eve  Putin’s visit, on December 30, 2019, Tel Aviv returned to Russia the right for the Alexander Compound in Jerusalem, and directly connected this with the fate of the Israeli woman.