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Hmm snoopcester Send a noteboard - 06/06/2010 02:38:13 PM
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.
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Egypt to strip men married to Israelis of citizenship - 06/06/2010 04:22:37 AM 1281 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 893 Views
Why can't people just get along? *NM* - 06/06/2010 05:20:48 AM 403 Views
You tell 'em, Rodney! *NM* - 07/06/2010 12:29:37 AM 375 Views
who is Rodney? *NM* - 07/06/2010 02:29:12 AM 364 Views
Rodney King. Probably before your time youngster. - 07/06/2010 03:10:07 AM 788 Views
yah, but they don't then declare the israeli a non-citizen, do they? *NM* - 06/06/2010 09:16:15 AM 383 Views
umm... no *NM* - 06/06/2010 05:27:53 PM 514 Views
youre saying thats not true? - 06/06/2010 10:53:46 PM 890 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 850 Views
youre right. - 07/06/2010 02:28:02 AM 848 Views
eh you see it on both sides - 06/06/2010 05:28:44 AM 997 Views
it's still total bollocks. *NM* - 06/06/2010 09:17:44 AM 394 Views
I agree, its stupid on both sides *NM* - 06/06/2010 03:38:54 PM 387 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 1013 Views
Some lawyer. It was mentioned further up the article. - 06/06/2010 01:33:52 PM 834 Views
Well.... - 06/06/2010 01:40:27 PM 786 Views
Hmm - 06/06/2010 02:38:13 PM 857 Views
Re: Hmm - 06/06/2010 03:44:33 PM 879 Views

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