MKs seek to let Israeli courts sanction non-citizen recalcitrant husbands

By TOI staff Israeli lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the country’s rabbinical courts to impose sanctions on non-Israeli Jewish men who refuse to grant their wives a divorce. The bill enjoys support across the political spectrum, from the centrist, secular-leaning Yesh Atid party’s MK Aliza Lavie, who has championed a version of it…