Israeli court upholds citizenship law JERUSALEM, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Israeli Supreme Court upheld a law banning family reunification, ending hope for thousands of separated families of Israeli Arabs and Palestinians. Israel's citizenship law, upheld Wednesday, is only allows the reunification of Palestinians with Israeli spouses, if the reunification involves a Palestinian husband over the age of 36 or a Palestinian wife who is at least 26, Haaretz reported. The temporary law, first enacted in 2002, has been extended twice. The decision is proof that one shouldn't have any faith in the Israeli judicial system. It is clear that the Supreme Court is influenced by the wave of fascism and racism sweeping Israel and the judges weren't expected to act in any other way," said Taysar Hatib, whose wife Lana, who from Nablus, has been denied Israeli citizenship. Hatib said the ruling put an end to any hope of normalcy the couple had. "She can't develop a career -- She can't even drive a car, though she holds a Palestinian driver's license," he said. Hatam Ataya, a lawyer from Kfar Qara, married his wife Jasmine, who was born in Nablus, 12 years ago. Since then, Jasmine has been denied Israeli citizenship multiple times. "If Michaeli spilled water on Majadele and people said that it wasn't racist or offensive, then the Supreme Court spilled a large bucket of water on Israel's Arab citizens," Ataya said, referring to a recent incident in which Knesset Member Anastassia Michaeli threw a cup of water at Israeli-Arab Knesset Member Raleb Majadele during an argument about an Arab high school principal who had taken students to a Human Rights Day march in Tel Aviv.