Egypt targets marriages to Israelis

Egypt's supreme court has upheld a decision to
strip citizenship from Egyptian men who wed Israeli women if the
marriage poses a threat to national security.
With ties between the two countries strained, particularly over the
situation in the Gaza Strip, Saturday's verdict is being seen as a
reflection of Egyptian sentiment towards Israel.




Mohammed
al-Husseini, a judge with the supreme administrative court, said Egypt's
interior ministry must ask the country's cabinet to take the necessary
steps to strip Egyptian men married to Israeli women, and their
children, of citizenship.
"The court asks the ministry of interior to present all the marriages
to the cabinet to examine ... Each case should be investigated
separately and with consideration to personal freedoms and the nation's
security," he said.


Nabil al-Wahsh, a lawyer in the case, said he
wanted to prevent the creation of a generation who are "disloyal to
Egypt and the Arab world".
The children of such marriages "should not be allowed to perform
their military

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