������

An citizen has been barred from leaving�� for almost 8,000 years unless he pays over $3 million (£2.2 million) in future child support payments, according to news reports.

Noam Huppert, 44, has been in the country��since 2013 after being handed a 'stay of exit' order by a court��after his ex-wife brought a divorce case against him in Israel,��news.com.au reported.

Huppert, an analytical chemist for a pharmaceutical company, had��moved to Israel in 2012 to be closer to his children,��the news outlet said.

Huppert cannot leave the��country under any circumstances��until 31 December 9999 - 7,986 years' time��-��unless he pays his assigned 'future debt' of £1,200��per month until both of his children turn 18.

Huppert said he is��one of thousands of foreign nationals affected by Israel's��divorce law exit ban.

"[Australian citizens have been] persecuted by the Israeli ‘justice’ system only because they were married to Israeli women... I am one of them," Huppert told��news.com.au, sharing his experience "to help other��Australians".

The��US State Department's Israel travel advisory warns its citizens that Israeli civil and religious courts��“actively exercise their authority to bar certain individuals, including non-residents, from leaving the country until debts or other legal claims against them are resolved”.

It also warns that the�� “is unable to cancel the debt of a US citizen or guarantee their departure from Israel...��until debts are resolved".

The Australian foreign ministry does not mention the issue in its Israel travel advisory, however.