Could a court allowing a parent to relocate abroad from Israel with a child actually demand financial guarantees from both parents, not just the relocating one?

Yes! While, generally, the court will concentrate on the relocating parent providing financial guarantees , it may also ask the other parent to guarantee the return of the child/ren after the end of visitation. For example, in September 2005 Tel Aviv Family Court , in a case relating to the relocation of children to London, the relocating parent, the mother, was required to provide a $60,000 to guarantee the father's visitation rights. The remaining parent, the father, was required to provide a bank guarantee of 100,000 N.I.S. every time the children visited Israel, to guarantee their return to London.