Arab Israeli Knesset member Azmi Bishara injured

Azmi Bishara, an Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, was injured when members of the Israeli police shot him with rubber bullets during an Arab demonstration near Tel Aviv.

A spokesman for Bishara said that another 15 Arabs were injured when police intervened to disperse the demonstration that was organized as a protest when the Israeli authorities destroyed a house owned by an Arab man on the pretext that it was built without a license.

An Israeli police spokesman said members of the police shot demonstrators when they started throwing stones at the police.