in Haifa is because we are clinging to our spouses in sheer fear after last summer's rocket attacks on Haifa. After that experience no one wants to be left on his own.

I know I was once married to one...Good G-d...Only G-d can love you

Will the government do anything about women who refuse to give their husband a divorce until the husband pays the wife ransom? Men are also abused by the Rabinical Court- not just women, and in the Family Court- it is the man who is considered guilty until proven innocent.

But divorce is the absolute worse case scenario, kinda like nuclear war. We just gotta suffer and tuff it out in order to survive in this Israeli jungle. No free rides.

According to my calculation, 9963 cases in 2006 after 9695 in 2005 is a 2.7% increase, not 4% as written. 2.7% is not too bad : It is in line with the general increase of the population.

Could not agree with you more. Israeli divorced fathers and their children suffer from gender bias discrimination by both family court and child welfare. There have been no reforms in the Kneset Child Custody Law since 1962! It is high time to return dads to the status of father - not "visitor"!

The smugness of the rabbis in rabbinical courts proclaiming divorce figures is nothing to proud of at all. This article demonstrates the extent to which haredi rabbis on rabbinic courts are out of touch with reality.