137 ICHR sent several letters about the complaints of the aforementioned citizens to Major General Ziad Hab al‐Rih, Director of the Preventive Security Service. It received a reply stating “The above‐mentioned citizen was summoned for clarification on some matters. She was released. The Service did not ask her to resign from work or not to go to work. The Service does not mind the above‐ mentioned citizen approaching the Directorate of Nablus to receive her personal ID card.”173 D) Confiscation of Associations’ Funds by Security Services Article (41) of the Law of Charitable Associations and Non‐governmental Organizations states that “it is not allowed to lay hands on the funds of any association or body or to close or search it or any of its affiliates, but only after a decision by a competent judicial authority.” However, the Security Services continued in 2010 to seize the funds of some associations and put their hands on them, in a clear and explicit violation of the provisions of law. ICHR received a complaint from Bazaria Association for Mutual Benefit in the city of Nablus. It reads “The Association was founded in 2005, and the Preventive Security Service in the city summoned some women activists in the Association. On 02/03/2010, the Service called the Head of the Association, ‘Abla Basalat, and the Treasurer, Kholoud Salem, to approach the headquarters in Nablus. While en route to the interview, they were contacted and asked to state their location and remain where they were. Two members of the Preventive Security Service came and accompanied them to the Islamic Bank, where the Association has account. The members requested the signing of the checks and the withdrawal of ($45,000) and (56,000 shekels) and received the amount without giving the Head of the Association any paper that proves they received the amount.”174 The citizen requested ICHR check with the Preventive Security Service to give the administrative board the opportunity to perform the tasks entrusted with by the General Assembly until the end of the legal period in order to hold democratic elections in accordance with the laws and regulations, and to return the amounts in its possession to Bazaria Association for Mutual Benefit. ICHR sent a letter to Major General Ziad Hab al‐Rih, Director of the Preventive Security Service, which included the complaint of Bazaria Association for Mutual 173 174 Text of the Preventive Security Service’s response to ICHR. According to a complaint submitted by the Association to ICHR.