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What I wonder is who was suing the government to force them to do this against their will? Tim Send a noteboard - 06/06/2010 09:25:19 AM
The interior and foreign ministries had appealed the case, saying it was for parliament to decide on such matters.


This is the telling sentence that I suspect most people will miss. The executive branch of government didn't want it, the legislative branch hasn't done anything about this and so presumably doesn't want it either (although whether they'll dare to reverse the decision is another matter). It seems this is entirely the work of the judicial branch. Which means someone must have started court proceedings in order to force the government to strip these people of their citizenship. Who were they, and what was their title and interest to sue?

It's unfortunate that Egypt hasn't signed up to either of the UN Conventions on Statelessness, as this move will undoubtedly make a lot of people stateless. However, Egypt is a party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which includes the right to a nationality. This move seems to be designed specifically to deny Egyptian nationality to children with a Jewish parent; if the Israelis do the same, that'll be a lot of stateless children.

Stateless adults and stateless children mean more refugees in Western Europe. Just what the world needs...
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Egypt to strip men married to Israelis of citizenship - 06/06/2010 04:22:37 AM 1218 Views
not that it matters that much, but i'm pretty sure israel does not recognize them either - 06/06/2010 04:46:02 AM 825 Views
Why can't people just get along? *NM* - 06/06/2010 05:20:48 AM 378 Views
You tell 'em, Rodney! *NM* - 07/06/2010 12:29:37 AM 349 Views
who is Rodney? *NM* - 07/06/2010 02:29:12 AM 337 Views
Rodney King. Probably before your time youngster. - 07/06/2010 03:10:07 AM 757 Views
yah, but they don't then declare the israeli a non-citizen, do they? *NM* - 06/06/2010 09:16:15 AM 359 Views
umm... no *NM* - 06/06/2010 05:27:53 PM 481 Views
youre saying thats not true? - 06/06/2010 10:53:46 PM 834 Views
There's a difference between not being able to marry in Israel, and not having it recognized. - 06/06/2010 11:48:13 PM 788 Views
youre right. - 07/06/2010 02:28:02 AM 785 Views
eh you see it on both sides - 06/06/2010 05:28:44 AM 939 Views
it's still total bollocks. *NM* - 06/06/2010 09:17:44 AM 368 Views
I agree, its stupid on both sides *NM* - 06/06/2010 03:38:54 PM 365 Views
What I wonder is who was suing the government to force them to do this against their will? - 06/06/2010 09:25:19 AM 955 Views
Some lawyer. It was mentioned further up the article. - 06/06/2010 01:33:52 PM 774 Views
Well.... - 06/06/2010 01:40:27 PM 731 Views
Hmm - 06/06/2010 02:38:13 PM 795 Views
Re: Hmm - 06/06/2010 03:44:33 PM 827 Views

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