The Knesset Law Committee on Tuesday approved a private bill that calls for uping the minimum marriageable age from 17 to 18. The bill includes a provision permitting the Family Court to permit younger persons to wed under unique circumstances.
MK Zahav Gal-On, who heads the left-wing Meretz Party, stated “there is a population group that marries off their children younger, but only registers the marriage later on. This results in more divorce, severe financial hardship and family violence. “I have heard of cases, testimony that some are compelled to wed and they are not left to decide for themselves”.
MK (Shas) Nissim Ze’ev called the bill “anti-religious and an outrage”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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1. In virtually all cultures, people frequently marry younger. Indeed, from a “Darwinian” biological perspective, people are programmed to start having children as teenagers and only social and cultural pressures prevent it.
2. The law is probably motivated by a desire to reduce the Hareidi and Arab populations, which are threatening to Israel’s secular (and highly infertile) elites.
3. Since halacha recognizes younger marriages, it means that there were be an increase in marriages that are valid under halacha that the government insists on not recognizing (though some parts of the government recognize halachic marriages even if not sanctioned by the government).