Australian man ‘cannot leave Israel for 8,000 years’ over unpaid child support

Noam Huppert says he is subject to travel ban until the year 9999 because he owes 1.8m to ex-wife

An Australian national living in Israel has said he is subject to an 8,000-year travel ban unless he pays an outstanding 1.8m in child support payments.

Noam Huppert, a 44-year-old analytical chemist working for a pharmaceutical company, is not allowed to leave Israel until 31 December 9999 owing to a 2013 stay of exit" order handed down after a family court case was brought by his ex-wife, according to news.com.au.