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Civil marriage bill fails after Knesset Speaker Ohana votes for it

A civil-marriage bill proposed by the opposition failed in the Knesset, but Speaker Amir Ohana voted in favor, angering ultra-Orthodox coalition parties. Israel has no civil marriage inside the country, though it recognizes marriages performed abroad.

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of the Knesset building in Jerusalem; contextual illustration, not the reported event.

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