115 demanded fair compensation if the assault takes place against personal freedoms. It stipulates “Each aggression committed against any personal freedom or against the private life of a human being or against any rights or public freedoms, which have been guaranteed by the Basic Law or the law, shall be considered a crime. Criminal and civil case resulting from such infringement shall not be subject to any status of limitation. The National Authority shall guarantee fair indemnity for those who suffered from such damages.”135 The right to freedom of opinion and expression in the West Bank continued to face numerous violations by the Palestinian Security Services in the West Bank during the year 2010. The internal division that occurred in the Gaza Strip reflected its shadow and its negative impact on the reality of freedom of opinion and expression, and its actual practice. Many restrictions are being imposed on the exercise of this right. Many have been arrested or assaulted as a result of exercising this right. For example, the Palestinian General Intelligence Service in Hebron summoned Lama Khater and tried to restrict her, as a result of expressing her opinion and her writings in many websites, including Palestine and Muslim Palestine. She reported to ICHR that the Intelligence Service arrested her husband on 09/05/2010, and questioned him about the writings of his wife and her relationship with the media. They asked him to influence her in order to cut back her writings against the Palestinian Authority, and then asked her to stop writing in return for his release.136 ICHR demanded that the Intelligence Service investigate the circumstances of the restrictions on exercising her right to freedom of opinion and expression. On 28/04/2010, the Preventive Security Service in Ramallah arrested Walid Al‐ Hodali, a Palestinian writer. Members of the Preventive Security broke into his house at night and confiscated his computer and some of his books. He was released later without giving back his computer.137 In the Gaza Strip, the Interior Ministry imposed numerous restrictions on exercising the right to freedom of opinion and expression. It followed a systematic policy to fully restrict the right to freedom of opinion and expression 135 See Article (32) of the 2005 Amendment to the Palestinian Basic Law. According to the complaint submitted by the above‐mentioned to ICHR. 137 www.pchrgaza.org 136