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Egyptian Court Upholds Sentence of Publisher Who Translated Israeli Book
(Mada Masr-Egypt) Egypt's Supreme Military Appeals Court on Tuesday upheld a 5-year prison sentence against publisher Khaled Lotfy on charges of publishing false news and divulging military secrets for distributing an Arabic translation of a book by an Israeli author. The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, by Israeli author Uri Bar-Joseph, profiles Ashraf Marwan - former President Nasser's son-in-law and a close advisor to former President Sadat - and alleges that he spied on Egypt for Israel.