"No spine" is a derogatory way of saying that Palestinian families are not as large and/or as well-connected as the Jordanian ones, implying that a Jordanian man or woman would be more in control of the marriage because they have the family and power to show for it. 
Kusema kuwa “hazina msingi” ni namna ya dharau ya kuziambia familia za wapalestina kuwa ni ndogo au hazikuungana vizuri kama zile za wajordan. Hii inamaanisha kuwa mwanaume au mwanamke mjordan anakuwa na nguvu katika udhibiti wa ndoa kwa sababu wana familia na nguvu ya kufanya hivyo.