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How can a court in Israel gain jurisdiction to deal with a particular case if the family law dispute has a distinctly global or international flavour, rather than a pure, Israeli one?

Where the dispute is global or international i.e. involves parties with different nationalities,who live or have lived in different countries,and have children and property in various places, the question arises as to which country is the venue for the proceedings,and which country's legal system applies.

As regards venue, a particular court in Israel will need jurisdiction at three levels to have legal authority to hear a case and rule on it. Firstly, it will need jurisdiction at the international level i.e. Israel rather than another country has legal authority to hear the case. Secondly, it will need substantive or subject matter jurisdiction i.e. be the appropriate court within Israel to deal with the particular issue. Finally, it will need local jurisdiction i.e. be the correct court, geographically, of its type to deal with the matter within Israel.