WATCH: Case of Israeli woman held in Russian jail not ‘regular legal issue,’ says lawmaker

Israeli Minister  Ze’ev Elkin discusses Israeli citizen Naama Issachar’s imprisonment in Russia and why Israel deems it necessary to get involved.

"Usually, the state of #Israel does not intervene in legal issues of Israeli citizens abroad, but this in case the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was with Naama from the beginning because this is not a regular legal issue," says Israeli lawmaker Ze'ev Elkin: pic.twitter.com/V9atLtOHOv

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