The international panel of jurists arbitrating Israeli-Egyptian boundary disputes adjourned Monday, after hearing oral arguments by each country supporting their respective claims.
The panel will reconvene here April 11, after the Passover-Easter holidays, for two days of summation by both sides. Afterward, it will adjourn to deliberate and draft its decision, which is not expected to be announced until early July. It will be binding on both parties.
Israel and Egypt were each allowed four days to present their oral arguments. They focused on the exact location of boundary pillars laid down in 1906, when Palestine and Egypt were part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
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