Israeli woman arrested for denying husband divorce

06.05.2012                      14.Ijar. 5772                    Pesach Scheni; Tag 29 des Omer

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Israeli woman arrested for denying husband divorce

The husband says his wife is using the divorce bill to blackmail him. The woman, a teacher from the north, is demanding a house in central Israel and $1.5 million.

A woman who has refused for 16 years to grant her husband a divorce was put behind bars last week – the first time a woman has been arrested in such a case.
The 60-year-old woman, a teacher, has appealed to the Supreme Court, whose president, Asher Grunis, will decide today whether to keep her under arrest….