<p>Menachem Mendel Attel, a 25-year-old French citizen who serves as a rabbi and Chabad emissary in Grenoble, France, has been barred from leaving Israel for the past three months after being accused of “defection” from the IDF.</p> <p>He was detained when he asked to leave the country at the end of a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-723965" _mce_href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-723965">vacation</a>&nbsp;in August with his wife and daughter. The case was publicized by Kol Barama radio journalist Mendi Rizel.</p> <p>“Left with no choice, the woman and their toddler flew back to their home and community in France, when the woman was in an advanced stage of her high-risk pregnancy,” Rizel reported.</p> <div class="hide-for-premium"></div> <p>According to Rizel, “all his requests to return to his family and receive an exemption were not answered.”</p> <p>About a week ago, according to Rizel, his wife gave birth to a daughter without her husband by her side.</p>