- A photographer for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth,
Ata Avisat, was assaulted Saturday by Border Police troops during a demonstration
against the separation fence, held at the A-Ram roadblock outside Jerusalem.
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- MK Ahmed Tibi (Hadash-Ta'al) was treated at A-Ram medical
center for tear gas inhalation; several other people sustained similar
injuries. Tibi was reported to be in good condition. Avisat was also taken
for medical treatment after he lost consciousness at the scene.
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- The Border Police troops clashed with hundreds of Palestinians
and left-wing activists at the roadblock, with demonstrators throwing stones
as police used tear gas and stun grenades to hold them back.
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- Six people were arrested at the protest, including, police
said, an Israeli who was detained for throwing an ax at officers. Other
protestors reportedly threw small steel hammers at a police vehicle.
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- Police said that officers tried to force the stone-throwing
protestors back into the A-Ram neighborhood.
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- Gush Shalom chairman Uri Avnery said that the protest
had been quiet and included several MKs and Palestinian clerics.
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- Participants had walked down the main road in A-Ram and
along the fence route, Avnery said, when "suddenly, without prior
warning, the police began throwing dozens of stun grenades." Jerusalem
police said, however, that the protest was illegal, and that demonstrators
had lost control, throwing stones and smashing security cameras.
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