Israel recognizes overseas adoption by gay couple, grants child citizenship
Tomer Zarchin of Haaretz reports:
The State of Israel has agreed for the first time to register an overseas adoption by a gay couple and to grant the child Israeli citizenship.
The landmark case involves a Cambodia-born boy, now eight years old, who was adopted in 2000 in the United States by two men who hold American and Israeli citizenship. Following his adoption, the boy received American citizenship and was also converted to Judaism. The parents returned to Israel shortly after the adoption, but their applications to the Interior Ministry to recognize the adoption and grant their child citizenship were unsuccessful. Since 2001, the child has lived in Israel on a temporary residence visa that is extended annually.