A non-Israeli common law spouse of an Israeli has completed the graduated process to obtain Israeli citizenship. After the procedure was completed and before receiving the Israeli citizenship, the Ministry of Interior required the non-Israeli common law spouse to abandon his foreign nationality, a prerequisite that is not demanded from married couples.
The Ministry of Interior withdrew its objection after the hearing at the High Court of Justice and it was agreed that permanent residents who acquired the Israeli status as the last part of the graduated procedure under spousal relationship with an Israel citizen are exempt from now (similarly to married couples in the same situation) from the prerequisite to abandon the foreign citizenship as a condition for Israeli citizenship.