Noam Huppert, a 44-year-old man from Australia, has been banned from leaving Israel for 8,000 years if he does not pay his ex-wife £1.8 million in child support. The decision was made in Israel following a divorce procedure.
Huppert and his ex-wife have 2 children together, and he moved to Israel in 2012 to reunite with his family following a year's separation. Their children are 10 and 15 years old.
According to, News.com.au, Huppert's ex-wife soon sued him and a court issued a 'stay-of-exit' against him because of a 'future debt' of 5000 Israeli shekels per month until both of his children turn 18.
Huppert says that this has caused him to be stranded in the country since 2013 and is forbidden from exiting for any reason.
He has noted that other Australians have been suffering in the hands of the Israeli justice system purely because they happen to be married to Israeli women. There have been multiple occasions where Israel's divorce laws have been accused of being unjust.
A documentary released in 2019 called, No Exit Order, by Sorin Luca states:
"As unbelievable as this sounds to the West, this is a reason why many fathers do not get divorced. They are simply too afraid. Men are forced economically to return home to their own parents, or end up homeless."
"The system is set up against fathers. Campaigning for over 20 years has brought the issue to the Israeli Government, with many female and male lawyers – family and criminal law – making representations and establishing committees against false claims and for shared parenting. Once a father has the order, he can be imprisoned for up to 21 days, whether he has the ability to pay or not – without any investigation of his finances. Men are expected to pay 100% or even more of their income to pay for their children. Israel expects men to pay in full for a wife's lifestyle, and in the rare cases a man may get custody of the children, he is still expected to pay the child support to the absent mother."
[Based on reporting by: The Daily Mail]
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