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I am an Israeli guy who married a non-Jewish Korean woman in a civil wedding in Cyprus and is now in India with her. She agrees to divorce. Can I separate now, and be sure that I can end the marriage properly, even if it means cutting short my travel plans and returning to Israel now, alone?

Yes! Where there is mutual consent , a civil marriage entered into overseas, involving an Israeli citizen and a foreign national of a different religion, like yours, can be ended by a process of dissolution of marriage in Israel , even if the non-Israeli spouse is abroad. Clearly, before you separate, it would be easier to organise the appropriate written consent and  power of attorney from your wife, authorised in the correct manner overseas, to enable the legal process to be managed correctly from Israel. If  handled correctly, from the procedural viewpoint, the process can even be started off in Israel, by counsel you apppoint , while you are still in India. It may be possible for you to remain overseas, if you would prefer to do so, and for the civil divorce process to be managed and even completed in Israel without you having to return.

You can then deal with recognition of the Israeli divorce judgment  abroad to complete the cycle.