Last week, an Israeli-Arab woman was arrested while trying to sell drugs to an undercover agent.
The Abu Dhabi court has sentenced her to death for possession of cocaine, in a decision that is "a key test of the new relations between the two countries," the AP news agency reports.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that it is "aware of the case and we are handling it through the consular department and our representatives in the United Arab Emirates."
Now - new details about Fada Kiwan - a Haifa resident are being revealed.
Sources in the United Arab Emirates report that after she was arrested, Kiwan initially refused to receive a visit from an official of the State of Israel in light of her pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel stances.
After some time after realizing that there was no one to help her, other than Israeli officials, she gave her "consent" to allow Israeli officials to assist her.
In another interesting development, we learn that on Tuesday, Israeli Arab sources announced that MK Ayman Odeh from the joint list had approached President Herzog and Foreign Minister Lapid with the aim of working with the emirates to overturn the sentence.
In this context, it is important to note that when the "Abraham Agreements" (normalization with the United Arab Emirates) were put to a vote in the Knesset, Ayman Odeh and members of the joint list voted against the agreements, by virtue of which he and his party members are seeking help.
The fact that both the sentenced woman and the "Joint List" are no friends of either Israel or the UAE, things do not look good for either one.