A Cairo court on Saturday upheld a verdict to strip citizenship of Egyptian men married to Israeli women, in a case that reflects anti-Israeli sentiment in the Arab world's most populous country. The ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court obligates the Ministry of Interior to present a request to the cabinet to consider stripping the men of their Egyptian citizenship if they are married to an Israeli woman. Yet, each case should be considered separately, according to the ruling, which cannot be appealed. Egyptian lawyer Nabil al-Wahsh filed the lawsuit saying that it is "against the constitution for Egyptian men to marry Israeli women." The interior and foreign ministries appealed a ruling last year that said the interior minister must look into the cases of Egyptian men married to Israeli women, and their children. Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.