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Israeli-American flees to Jordan after being barred from leaving country — reports
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View of the border fence between Israel and Jordan in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, on February 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
An Israeli-American man illegally crossed into Jordan earlier today, where he was detained by Jordanian authorities, his friends say.
Channel 13 reports that negotiations on the matter are ongoing. The Israeli military says it is looking into the reports.
A friend of the border-crosser says the man fled into Jordan after Israeli courts barred him from leaving the country.
Israeli law allows spouses to obtain court orders denying their ex-partners the right to leave Israel until they resolve outstanding child support debts, which can be in the hundreds of thousands of shekels.
US embassies in Amman and Jerusalem did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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