Egyptian court upholds decision to strip citizenship from Egyptians married to Israeli women
By APSaturday, June 5, 2010
Egyptians married to Israelis to lose citizenship
CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a ruling that orders the country’s Interior Ministry to strip the citizenship from Egyptians married to Israeli women.
The Supreme Administrative Court said that each case should be judged on an individual basis by the Cabinet. The court said the ministry should take into consideration whether a man married an Israeli Arab or a Jew when making its decision to revoke citizenship.
Saturday’s ruling cannot be appealed.
The case underlines the deep animosity many Egyptians still hold toward Israelis, despite a peace treaty signed between the two countries 31 years ago.
The government has not released figures of Egyptians married to Israeli women, but some estimates put the number around 30,000.
