 Israel also grants a common-law marriage status for same-sex domestic partners.The sodomy law inherited from the British Mandate of Palestine was repealed in 1988, though there was an explicit instruction issued in 1953 by the Attorney General of Israel ordering the police to refrain from enforcing this law, so long as no other offenses were involved.A national gay rights law bans some anti-gay discrimination, including in employment; some exemptions are made for religious organizations.