The "Pink Suitcases" girls under attack: "The difference between morality and the law"
The new crime series about drug smugglers at Ben Gurion Airport is causing a stir, and now "Big Brother" alumna Tal Tito wonders aloud about the women's remorse and explains what really won out there.
Last weekend, the true-crime documentary series "Pink Suitcases," by creators Mor Lushi and Daniel Sivan, premiered on yes. The series deals with the case that broke in January 2023, in which four young Israeli women in their 20s — Arbel Mizrahi, Orel Ben Haim, Idan Tzauber, and Lee Pony — were caught at Ben Gurion Airport attempting to smuggle about 15 to 20 kilograms of hard drugs, including cocaine and ketamine, concealed in PlayStation packaging, shampoo bottles, and other consumer products.
The reactions to the documentary series were swift. "Big Brother" alumna Tal Tito addressed it in a series of stories and explained why she sees it as particularly important content:
"I think this content is so important for this very specific reason, and it is truly the encounter and understanding of what causes a person to become a criminal. In almost most cases, once you connect the dots, where the person grew up and where they were, it receives justification."
Tito also expressed criticism regarding the attitude of the women who participated in the documentary, Arbel Mizrahi and Orel Ben Haim, toward their serious actions:
"I think they understood the magnitude of the event they committed, and they do express remorse for it. I wonder to myself if they are expressing remorse that they were caught, or if they truly understand the severity of the act of drug trafficking. This is exactly the difference between morality and the law. I really wonder to myself if they hadn't been caught, then everything would probably have continued as usual. In the end, they did it. Their morality defeated the law."
