A total of 17 people were wounded on Friday during two protests against Israel's separation barrier across the West Bank, Israeli public radio and Palestinian medics said.
The radio said Israeli police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the demonstrators. 12 people were lightly unjured near Bilin, close to the town of Ramallah, it said. AFP said that four local photographers were briefly detained.
Five other demonstrators were injured in Salmuna near Bethlehem.
Meanwhile, five European countries and the European Commission signed an agreement on Friday under which they will give 5.2 million dollars for administrative reforms within the Palestinian presidency.
The agreement was signed at president Mahmud Abbas' office by his chief of staff, Rafiq al-Husseini, and representatives from Britain, Denmark, Italy, Norway and Sweden. "This aid will allow us to improve the work, the performance and the running of the presidency," Husseini said after the signing.
