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Dozens injured in the village of Bil'in with cases of suffocation and fainting Date: 5/2/2010 3:30 Dozens of residents of Bil'in, neighboring villages, international solidarity activis, and peace-loving israelis participated in a weekly march organized by the popular committee against the wall. The march started from the village's main square after Friday prayers and echoed national symbols aimed at reconciliation, reunification, while directly confronting the Israeli occupation. After the arrival of the march participants at the western gate of the wall, a shower of rubber coated metal bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs was directed against them. The popular committee's cameraman, Hamde Abu Rahma, was wounded as well as Ashraf Abu Rahma (from a tear gas canister) and an Icelandic solidarity activist (from sound bomb shrapnel). The army then tried to suprise protesters at the back of the march with special forces, who tried to hunt down young men in the village but were unsuccessful. Instead, their presence led to violent clashes in the vacinity and tear gas reigned down by cars in the same area where recently freed Popular Committee Cameraman Hamde was arrested 2 days prior as he covered the arrest of Ibrahim Burnat. Hamde was later released without charge. Urgent surgery needed Dear friends, Thank you to every single one of you who donated to Emad. We are very pleased to report that we have raised the money needed to ensure that he will receive his necessary surgery. (For those who do not know, the date of surgery was postponed because of a debt from the previous treatment that the PA has yet to pay, but we hope that the surgery will proceed within a week's time.) Please send this email around to all your channels so that potential donors will know and perhaps donate to the non-violent struggle in Bil'in or to another deserving recipient (after all there are so many in Palestine). Thank you very much from Emad and from all of us. In solidarity, Emily
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