US EditionLongest Standing Get Refuser In Israel Grants Wife Divorce After Presidential Pardon
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Longest Standing Get Refuser In Israel Grants Wife Divorce After Presidential Pardon
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a joint initiative of the President of Israel, the Minister of Justice, the Rabbinical Court, and the Public Defender’s Office, a long-time divorce refuser released his wife from over two decades of being an agunah (chained woman). The Rabbinical Court in Safed (Tzfat) approved the granting of a get (Jewish divorce) […]
At the joint initiative of the President of the State, the Minister of Justice, the Rabbinical Court and the Public Defender's Office, the woman was released from her prolonged detention. The President's Office responded to the unusual move: "The power of pardon is a social tool of the highest order."
After years of resistance, a legal process in collaboration with the State Attorney's Office led to a breakthrough • The woman suffered violence and was deprived of personal and family freedom • The President of the State approved a conditional pardon that led to a divorce - and the circle was closed
After a long and painful struggle that lasted no less than 22 years, a woman who was tied to a tree was released with an official get issued by the Rabbinical Court in Safed. This is a precedent-setting case, in which criminal proceedings were initiated for the first time by the Rabbinical Court and the State Attorney's Office against a gett refuser - a move that led to the removal of the refusal and the completion of the halakhic procedure. Fol…
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