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Revision as of 18:28, 19 February 2007 by Tiamut (talk | contribs) (readding "E. Jerusalem" (the protests started there!) - readding "some" (Haaretz often calls it simply "October 2000" and some Arabic-language media in Israel does too!)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)'October 2000' is the standard neutral short-hand used to describe events that took place inside Israel following Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif. While Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip began what is now known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Arab citizens of Israel mounted solidarity protests that soon escalated, and resulted in the killings of 13 people by the Israeli police.
Some Israeli media outlets refer to the events as "The October 2000 Riots" . Arab citizens of Israel sometimes refer to it as هبة أكتوبر or "The October Ignition" .
The Or Commission was established to investigate the root causes for the events of October 2000, and specifically, the police response to these events.
Background
On 29 September, Israeli security forces shot and killed at least five people and wounded 200 others, in response to stones thrown over the Western Wall after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque . About 70 policemen were also reportedly injured in the clashes.
The prevailing opinion is that longstanding tensions had erupted, catalyzed by Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif compound, the third holiest site in Islam, the day previous,. Conversely, "some sources contend that the Intifada was planned by the Palestinian Authority or other Palestinian groups" .
On 30 September, the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee - an umbrella group representing Arab citizens of Israel - called for the Arab community to mount a general strike to protest the killings of the previous day. Demonstrations followed, becoming more widespread after television viewers watched the death of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura, shot at Netzarim Junction on 30 September in the Gaza Strip by Israeli security forces, while his father tried to protect him. and .
The Arab Human Rights Association, and other Arab-Israeli NGOs have cited the “deep rooted frustration at their own status as second class Israeli citizens,” as an underlying factor accounting for the widespread involvement of Arab citizens of Israel in the solidarity protests.
Conversely, some Israeli sources point to the Arab protests of October 2000 as further proof of the disloyalty of Arab citizens to the state.
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