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I am Roman Catholic, and my husband is an Anglican Christian, from the U.K. We live in Israel. Can we divorce here, even though we married abroad?

Yes, but through the civil process of dissolution of marriage, at the family court, because although you are both Christian, only one of you belongs to a recognised religion in Israel, Roman Catholicism, with a religious court system. The Roman Catholic church court can only gain jurisdiction if both of you are members of its faith.

To start the process, you will have to file an application to the family court to dissolve  your marriage, and the vice-president will make a decision about which court has jurisdiction, after receiving any opinions necessary from the relevant religious court. As the Anglican church is not a recognised religious affiliation in Israel, only the Roman Catholic Church court will be approached. Jurisdiction will most likely be granted to the family court.