Iranians with Israeli Passports Detained in Namibia, Not Israeli Tourists
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Two Iranian women, a mother and daughter, were detained in Namibia with fake Israeli passports, not Israeli tourists Mali and Liel Yaalomi as initially reported. Chabad representative Rabbi Yosef Rahimi identified the detainees and communicated with them in Farsi. The women's use of counterfeit Israeli passports is believed to be the cause of the police error. Israeli authorities were aware of the incident, which followed a separate case of Israelis detained with fake passports after a European trip.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Two Iranian women were detained in Namibia using fake Israeli passports.
- The detained women were identified as a 40-year-old mother and her 14-year-old daughter.
- Chabad representative Rabbi Yosef Rahimi discovered the error and communicated with the detainees.
- The women did not speak Hebrew and were identified by Rahimi using Farsi.
- Counterfeit Israeli passports are believed to be the reason for the police's mistaken identity.
- Israeli authorities were aware of the incident.
A Chabad representative in Namibia, Rabbi Yosef Rahimi, discovered that two women detained by police were not Israeli tourists Mali and Liel Yaalomi as initially reported, but rather two Iranian nationals. Rahimi, who visited the detainees with food and water, stated that the women, a 40-year-old mother and her 14-year-old daughter, did not speak Hebrew. He was able to communicate with them in Farsi. Rahimi believes the detainees were using counterfeit Israeli passports, which led to the initial mistaken identification by police. Earlier reports indicated that Israeli women had been detained in Namibia with fake passports after disappearing during a European vacation in August and were later found in Argentina. This discovery was the result of an international operation involving Israeli intelligence and police, and Israeli authorities were reportedly aware of the incident.
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