Overview

• The husband signed and delivered the get at the Safed Rabbinical Court after receiving a conditional pardon from the president in exchange for compliance.
• Authorities invoked Article 287 of the Penal Code to prosecute him for the first time under criminal charges for refusing a rabbinical divorce decree.
• Mediation of the breakthrough involved coordination between the President’s Office, the Ministry of Justice Pardons Department, the Public Defender’s Office and the Rabbinical Courts.
• The woman, who endured domestic violence and denial of medical care for her son, became an agunah in 2003 when her husband first refused to grant a get.
• Officials say the precedent will guide future prosecutions and executive interventions to free other women chained by recalcitrant spouses.