Public Security Minister Avi Dichter ordered police last week to prevent the Faisal Husseini Foundation from East Jerusalem from holding its annual fund raiser in the city. The Palestinian politician's son says the funds were meant for sick children, but the ministry claims the event was unlawfully sponsored by the Palestinian Authority.

"For five years straight we have organized an annual feast, where people come to break the fast," says Abed al-Kadr Husseini. "We sell tickets for the event, and put the money toward charitable causes. But this year, one hour before we planned on opening the doors, we received a police order preventing us from holding the event."

Husseini says that when the police presented the organizers with the order, 240 people were already making their way to the event. "Eventually the police officers allowed us to have dinner, but they told us we were not allowed to make speeches. They even didn't allow a singer we had invited to the event to get up on stage."