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.
I don't think that is true though, from wikipedia -
The Law of Return is Israeli legislation, enacted in 1950, that gives Jews the right to migrate to and settle in Israel and gain citizenship. A 1970 amendment stated that the rights "are also vested in a child and a grandchild of a Jew, the spouse of a Jew, the spouse of a child of a Jew and the spouse of a grandchild of a Jew".
So even though Egypt would be taking away their citizenship, they are already qualified for Israeli citizenship.
Still a nasty move by Egypt though.
*MySmiley*
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Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Egypt to strip men married to Israelis of citizenship
- 06/06/2010 04:22:37 AM
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not that it matters that much, but i'm pretty sure israel does not recognize them either
- 06/06/2010 04:46:02 AM
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Why can't people just get along? *NM*
- 06/06/2010 05:20:48 AM
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You tell 'em, Rodney! *NM*
- 07/06/2010 12:29:37 AM
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yah, but they don't then declare the israeli a non-citizen, do they? *NM*
- 06/06/2010 09:16:15 AM
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umm... no *NM*
- 06/06/2010 05:27:53 PM
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youre saying thats not true?
- 06/06/2010 10:53:46 PM
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There's a difference between not being able to marry in Israel, and not having it recognized.
- 06/06/2010 11:48:13 PM
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eh you see it on both sides
- 06/06/2010 05:28:44 AM
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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
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yes, because women are just dying to marry a wealthy Egyptian *NM*
- 06/06/2010 05:30:37 PM
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Im sure there are plenty of golddiggers in Israel that woudl marry a wealthy Egyptian
- 06/06/2010 10:50:32 PM
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Apparently there are about 30,000 Israeli women who married Egyptians, wealthy or otherwise.
- 07/06/2010 12:28:57 AM
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Those are numbers quoted by the party that brought the case to court. FWIW. *NM*
- 07/06/2010 02:25:18 AM
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