According to a report in the Jewish Daily Forward, an American Jewish man, Joshua Goldberg, who emigrated to Israel on June 10 of this year with his partner, whom he married in Canada two years ago, is petitioning the Israeli Interior Ministry to give his husband citizenship. His petition, filed four months ago, has yet to receive a response.

Under Israeli Law, Jews have an unrestricted right to immigrate to Israel and receive citizenship under the "Law of Return," and so does his or her "spouse," even if that spouse is not Jewish.