Egyptian Supreme Court renews a 1967 dispute between Egypt and Israel

Supreme Court renews a 1967 dispute between Egypt and Israel
Sun, 22/01/2017 – 15:31 Al-Masry Al-Youm
http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/supreme-court-renews-1967-dispute-between-egypt-and-israel

The States Council’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Saturday that the
Egyptian government should take all necessary procedures to avenge the
Egyptian prisoners of war who were killed during the 1956 and 1967 wars, and
compensate them and their families for the prisoners’ murder and torture.

The government appealed the ruling at the Supreme Administrative Court, but
Saturday’s ruling turned down the appeal.

In March 2008, the Administrative Court (first degree court) issued the same
ruling in the hearing for a case filed by the families of some war
prisoners.

In 2007, Israeli television aired a documentary film about the Arab-Israeli
war of June 1967 titled Unit Shakid. The film made the claim that Israeli
soldiers killed some 250 unarmed Egyptian prisoners of war in the immediate
aftermath of the conflict.

After the airing the documentary, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Israeli
ambassador in Cairo — a move that the court commented is a shy and limited
impact on diplomatic procedures and is not fitting with the level of the
incident.