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| The October 2000 riots refer to demonstrations by Israeli Arabs which started in 1st of October 2000. The demonstrations erupted as a result of the violent Israeli response to similar protests in the Ocuppied Palestinian Territories in the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli Arabs, although holders of Israeli citizenship, are a constant subject to their state's discriminatory practices which endows Jewish citizens with more rights than non-jews. | |||
| As a result of the protests, which lasted three days, 12 Israeli Arabs and one Palestinian were killed. This has also widened the gap between Jewish and Arab citizens of the state. | |||
| While prominant Israeli Arab leaders like Azmi Bshara, always called for a 'state for all its citizens'. The Zionist eliltes of Israel, have allows rejected such calls and always defended 'the Jewish nature of the state.' This marked a contradiction with Israel's self-proclaimed democracies as one group of citizens was automatically, on grounds of their religion, subject to more rights than other groups in the society. | |||
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The October 2000 riots refer to demonstrations by Israeli Arabs which started in 1st of October 2000. The demonstrations erupted as a result of the violent Israeli response to similar protests in the Ocuppied Palestinian Territories in the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli Arabs, although holders of Israeli citizenship, are a constant subject to their state's discriminatory practices which endows Jewish citizens with more rights than non-jews. As a result of the protests, which lasted three days, 12 Israeli Arabs and one Palestinian were killed. This has also widened the gap between Jewish and Arab citizens of the state. While prominant Israeli Arab leaders like Azmi Bshara, always called for a 'state for all its citizens'. The Zionist eliltes of Israel, have allows rejected such calls and always defended 'the Jewish nature of the state.' This marked a contradiction with Israel's self-proclaimed democracies as one group of citizens was automatically, on grounds of their religion, subject to more rights than other groups in the society.