<p>The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman to death for drug possession, her lawyer said Tuesday, adding that she would appeal the decision.</p>.<p>Fidaa Kiwan, a 43-year-old Arab Israeli photographer from the northern port city of Haifa, was arrested after half a kilogramme of cocaine was found in her Dubai home last year.</p>.<p>Her family said the drugs did not belong to her, with her brother telling public Israeli broadcaster Kan she was beaten into confessing.</p>.<p>Kiwan's Israeli attorney Tami Ullmann said the team would file an appeal in the coming 30 days.</p>.<p>"Beyond that, we're working with all the authorities, in Israel and the world, to help her," Ullmann told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>The Israeli foreign ministry said it was involved in the case "via the department of Israelis abroad in the consular division and the Israeli representation in the United Arab Emirates."</p>.<p>A friend of Kiwan told <em>AFP</em> that she had been living in the West Bank city of Ramallah prior to Dubai.</p>.<p>"She's a good person and doesn't deserve this," the friend said on condition of anonymity, expressing hope that Israel would rally to help her, as happened when a US-Israeli Jewish woman was convicted in Russia in 2019 for drug possession.</p>.<p>Naama Issachar was released after the involvement of then-premier Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>.<p>When Issachar was jailed, "Israel — not just the government, also the public — did everything until they finally released her," the friend said.</p>.<p>"Let's see what they'll do for Fidaa, and what the Arab Knesset (parliament) members can do."</p>.<p>Israel and the UAE reached a normalisation deal in 2020 as part of a series of US-brokered agreements known as the Abraham Accords.</p>.<p>Trade between the two countries last year totalled some $900 million dollars, according to Israeli figures.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman to death for drug possession, her lawyer said Tuesday, adding that she would appeal the decision.</p>.<p>Fidaa Kiwan, a 43-year-old Arab Israeli photographer from the northern port city of Haifa, was arrested after half a kilogramme of cocaine was found in her Dubai home last year.</p>.<p>Her family said the drugs did not belong to her, with her brother telling public Israeli broadcaster Kan she was beaten into confessing.</p>.<p>Kiwan's Israeli attorney Tami Ullmann said the team would file an appeal in the coming 30 days.</p>.<p>"Beyond that, we're working with all the authorities, in Israel and the world, to help her," Ullmann told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>The Israeli foreign ministry said it was involved in the case "via the department of Israelis abroad in the consular division and the Israeli representation in the United Arab Emirates."</p>.<p>A friend of Kiwan told <em>AFP</em> that she had been living in the West Bank city of Ramallah prior to Dubai.</p>.<p>"She's a good person and doesn't deserve this," the friend said on condition of anonymity, expressing hope that Israel would rally to help her, as happened when a US-Israeli Jewish woman was convicted in Russia in 2019 for drug possession.</p>.<p>Naama Issachar was released after the involvement of then-premier Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>.<p>When Issachar was jailed, "Israel — not just the government, also the public — did everything until they finally released her," the friend said.</p>.<p>"Let's see what they'll do for Fidaa, and what the Arab Knesset (parliament) members can do."</p>.<p>Israel and the UAE reached a normalisation deal in 2020 as part of a series of US-brokered agreements known as the Abraham Accords.</p>.<p>Trade between the two countries last year totalled some $900 million dollars, according to Israeli figures.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>