142 elections of the board of directors after 3 months of the dissolution warning and not correcting certain conditions, and (3) shut down due to not obtaining a license, in addition to (25) dissolved on the background of irregularities that necessitate dissolution according to the Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip. ICHR documented the interference of the Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip in the management and dissolution of associations in a clear and explicit violation of the provisions of the Palestinian Associations Law. During 2010, it recorded the dissolution of (57) Boards of Directors, including: Al Majed Women’s Association, Youth for Palestine Association, Palestinian Surgeons Association, Al Adham Charity, and the Palestinian Theatrical Association. ICHR also received numerous complaints in this regard, including a complaint by Grace Tala, stating “I am the Chairperson of Al Majed Women Association’s Board of Directors. On 01/08/2010, the Interior Ministry dissolved the Association’s Board of Directors, where I received a signed resolution by the Director General of the Central Internal, Nabil Samour. It states the formation of a new Board of Directors for the Association, consisting of three people. They received the keys of the Association and the checkbook, and they changed the door locks. It should be noted that the Board of Directors was elected in August 2009.”181 ICHR also received a complaint from Ibtisam Bassiouni, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Al‐Adham Charity/northern Gaza. It reported, “The Association was founded in 2001 and aims to raise the level of women's culture and bring attention to children and young people. On 15/01/2010, the Association received a resolution issued by the Interior Minister to dissolve it.”182 On 12/07/2010, the Director of Women and Child Development Society, Yahya Hassan Jamal, reported “The Ministry of the Interior dissolved the Society, without reason or legal justification according to the Interior Minister’s decision No. (24) after being closed on 31/05/2010. With reviewing the Interior Ministry, it did not give any legal reason to dissolve the Society. The Society is working on projects that are not yet over.” ICHR demanded the associations whose board of directors have been dissolved to appeal to the Interior Ministry to cancel the decisions dissolving their board of directors and appointing a temporary committee in a manner contrary to law. ICHR sent a letter to the Interior Minister in the Gaza Strip on the dissolution of these associations. His reply stated “A decision to dissolve the above‐mentioned 181 182 According to a complaint submitted by the above‐mentioned to ICHR. According to a complaint received by ICHR.