Dr. Oded Gaz was once a member of the Bar Ilan University staff however, he was dismissed after the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Supreme Beis Din placed him in nidui after he refused to give his wife a get. Not too long thereafter he vanished, evading authorities and succeeding in leaving the country despite a travel ban against him.
It is reported that Gaz was found and taken into custody in Antwerp Belgium last week. The arrest was made based on an international arrest warrant againsy him which relates to criminal activity and not his refusal to give his wife a bill of divorce.
Israeli authorities have already filed an extrication request, which relates to his criminal activities and not the refusal to give a ‘get’. His illegal actions include using a forged passport to flee Israel and bypass a travel ban imposed by the court. Investigators have established he left Israel using another’s identity and that is why he name was not flagged with border police as he left Israel.
After he was found to be in Belgium, the State Prosecutor’s Office International Unit issued the warrant to have Belgium authorities take him into custody and it was carried out on Thursday, 22 Tammuz.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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4 Responses
The word is “extradition”, not “extrication”!
1st order of business is whether Dr. Oded Gaz is getting quality parenting time with his children? Until the children have proper quality time with their Dad, these children are be definition chained away “Agunim” from their Father.
Sounds like 147 , wants to be the dayan
I find it hard to imagine that an international warrant was placed using the criminal activity listed in the article. If he used his regular passport on entry into the EU than the warrant is baseless. He could fight the request very easily.