Egyptian Jewish refugees here have recorded claims for damages totalling 5,500,000 Egyptian pounds with a special committee of the Israel Finance Ministry, it was disclosed today.
The committee was established last June to register property left behind as well as other claims for payments due the expellees. The claims cover real estate, bank accounts, securities, businesses left behind and compensation for pension and other payments due from the Egyptian Government.
The total also included compensation claims for 8,700 days spent by hundreds of Jews in administrative arrests during the post-Sinai anti-Jewish campaign of the Nasser regime. No information was available as to what steps the Finance Ministry planned in seeking to obtain the compensation and reparations from Egypt.
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