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JERUSALEM, June 19 (UPI) -- Israel's top Supreme Court judge has angered some Jews by saying the country's ban on civil marriages is depriving citizens of their human rights.
Aharon Barak made the remarks to a visiting delegation of U.S. Conservative Jews, and encouraged Israeli politicians to persist at efforts to legislate in favor of civil marriages or unions, the Jerusalem Post reported Monday.
"The lack of civil marriage in Israel is a major violation of human rights," Barak said.
Under Israeli law, mixed-faith marriages are not allowed and religious courts in the Jewish sector are controlled by Orthodox viewpoints, the newspaper said.
A defunct political party once lobbied and a special committee was established on the issue but the party dismantled and the initiative died, the report said.
Now, the New Family organization has taken up the cause and is urging the high court to hear petitions to allow consuls of foreign embassies in Israel to marry couples if one of them is a citizen of the foreign state.
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