Israel upholds ban on Palestinians living with Israeli Arab relatives

ISRAEL’S high court has narrowly upheld a controversial law that bars West Bank Palestinians from living with spouses and children who are Arab citizens of Israel.

The law, passed in 2002 at the height of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, is believed to have kept hundreds, possibly thousands, of Palestinians from moving to Israel to live with their families.

An expanded panel of 11 judges voted six-to-five against a petition to strike it down.