Israeli couple become first to be wed in civil union

Svetlana Sadigursky and Gabby Liebeschitz become on Tuesday evening the first Israeli couple ever to be wed locally in a civil union, in a modest ceremony in Jerusalem.

The civil union law, initiated by Israel Beiteinu's MK David Rotem and passed last year, enables non-Jewish Israelis, or citizens defined by the state as lacking religious denomination, to have a civil marriage in Israel and be recognized as a married couple.