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October 2000 protests in Israel
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<p>The October 2000 protests, also known as October 2000 events, were a series of protests in Arab villages in northern <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> in October 2000 that turned violent, escalating into rioting by <a href="/facts/Arab_citizens_of_Israel/FVxrBcQB">Israeli Arabs</a>, which led to counter-rioting by <a href="/facts/Israeli_Jews/LfbJql59">Israeli Jews</a> and clashes with the <a href="/facts/Israel_Police/uLIJ0KDo">Israel Police</a> and ending in the deaths of 13 Arab demonstrators and 1 Israeli Jew. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Or_Commission/IaQL4Ao4">Or Commission</a> was established to investigate the police response to the rioting. Israeli media outlets refer to the episode as <i>אירועי אוקטובר 2000</i> - the "October 2000 events" while the Arab community refers to it as the "October ignition" . </p>