Freedom of Association Restrictions and Discrimination in Israel and Occupied Palestine http://mostlywater.org/node/85660

Other reported incidents violated LCACO's Article 41, stipulating that "closure, inspection and seizure of funds of any organization or commission or its branches or affiliated centers are prohibited unless authorized by a prior decision issued by a competent judicial body." Articles 41 and 39 of Palestinian Procedural Law also state that associations' premises are the same as private homes and may not be entered or searched without judicial authorization.

In 2009, 11 interim committees were appointed to run associations. Most of them violated LCACO's Article 22. In 2008, 28 others were appointed, and administration and financial control were exercised over dozens of organizations, in violation of LCACO's Articles 6 and 13. In addition, association directors and governing body members were harassed and a number arrested.In the West Bank in 2008, the Tafouh Center for Culture and Arts president and treasurer were arrested, Mohammed Ahmed Izaiqat and Harb Izraiqat. Ramallah's Islamic Charitable Organization members were detained, and in 2009, a criminal lawsuit charging "public defamation" was filed against Ms. Maha Abu-Dayyeh, Director of the Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counseling.

It followed a December 1 and 2, 2008 conference calling for the adoption of a law to protect families from violence, after a participant described how police harassed her.In 2008, 59 associations were dissolved and another 22 through July 2009, some for their political affiliations or "national security" reasons. Affected ones included the Society for the Promotion of the Virtue and Suppression of Vice, the Iqra' Society, and the Rabe'a Al-Adawiyya Society for Development and Education.