Israel
British man banned from leaving Israel until rabbinical court rules on his divorce
The unnamed man must remain until rabbinical court hears his wife’s application for get
May 18, 2023 09:49
The unnamed man must remain until rabbinical court hears his wife’s application for get
May 18, 2023 09:49Israel’s highest court has ruled a British man must remain in the country until a local rabbinical court hears his wife’s application for a religious divorce.
In a precedent-setting move, the unnamed man has been told by Israel’s Supreme Court that he must stay in the country while the Tel Aviv Beth Din considers his wife’s claim that she be should granted a get to end their marriage.
The couple, who are part of an Orthodox community in Manchester, have been involved in a long running dispute over their divorce.
When her estranged husband went to Israel on an extended visit the woman, who is originally from London, applied to the local beth din to intervene.
Her husband and his legal team objected to the Tel Aviv body’s intervention, claiming it had no jurisdiction in the case, as the couple were married and had always lived in the UK.
However, the husband failed to persuade Israel’s Supreme Court when he appealed to it.
The wife’s lawyer, Dina Raichik, said the Supreme Court decision would have “a major effect on those women who would have been left without a get but who would want to use Israeli law to get one”.
