Due to the fact that the ongoing peace negotiations have not yet led to a solution of the problem of married non-resident spouses of West Bank and Gaza residents who entered the country AFTER August 31, 1992, the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) decided to take their case to the High Court. ACRI demands that these persons should be issued six months renewable visit permits and be eligible to apply for family reunification without having to leave the country in order to avoid the separation of additional Palestinian families. As the State Attorney’s policy stands now, these non-resident spouses must go abroad before the resident spouse submits an application for family reunification.