150 Gaza Strip A‐ Preventing Fatah Council Members from Leaving the Gaza Strip During 2010, the Government in the Gaza Strip prevented members of Fatah Revolutionary Council from leaving the Strip to the West Bank to attend the meetings of the Revolutionary Council. On 21/04/2010, ICHR received a complaint from Salah Abu Khatla (member of Fatah Mobilization and Organization Committee), as he was coordinating the delegation's departure. He reported that the Government in Gaza prevented members of the delegation (composed of Abdul Hamid al‐Masri, Ismail Abu Shamala, Tahrir al‐Haj, Usama al‐ Farra, Abdullah Abu Samhadana, Amal Hamad, Hisham Abdel‐Razek) from traveling to the West Bank to attend the meetings of the Revolutionary Council. On 24/06/2010, ICHR received a complaint from (Ahmed Nasr, Ibrahim Abu Naja, Abdel Rahman Hamad, Suleiman Abdel‐Razek, Massoud al‐Ra’I, Salim al‐Zari’I, Samih Nasr, Fatima Barnawi, Abdul‐Karim Nassar), all of whom are members of the Fatah Revolutionary Council. In the complaint, they reported that they were prevented by the police from traveling to Ramallah through Beit Hanoun Crossing, on their way to participate in the preparatory meetings for the Sixth Conference for Fatah Movement. They were stopped by the police officers stationed near the crossing, their cars were searched and their identity cards seized. B‐ Preventing a Delegation of the General Union of Palestinian Women from Participation in the General Union’s Conference The Security Services of the Government in Gaza prevented the delegation of the General Union of Palestinian Women from participating in the General Union’s conference held on 21/05/2010 in the city of Ramallah. According to ICHR, on 20/05/2010, the Security Services of the Government in Gaza stopped the delegation heading to Ramallah through Beit Hanoun "Erez" Crossing, consisting of (58) members, at a police checkpoint before reaching the Crossing. Their personal identity cards were held, their bags searched, and they were prevented from travelling with no reasons given.