Editing October 2000 protests in Israel (section)

==Background==
In September 2000, tensions between the police and Israel's Arab citizens rose. On 12 September, Israel Police Northern District Commander Alik Ron requested an investigation of [[Hadash]] MK [[Mohammad Barakeh]] for inciting violence against police. At a meeting of the [[High Follow-up Committee for Arab citizens in Israel]] the next day in [[Kafar Manda]], [[United Arab List]]'s MK [[Abdulmalik Dehamshe]] declared: "We will beat or forcefully attack any policeman and we will break his hands if he comes to demolish an Arab house … we are on the verge of an Intifada among Israel's Arabs following Alik Ron's incitement."<ref name=HaaretzTimeline>{{cite news| title=The Or Inquiry - Summary of Events| url=http://www.haaretz.com/the-or-inquiry-summary-of-events-1.291940| publisher=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref>

On 14 September, [[Nazareth]] declared a general strike protesting "police incompetence in handling violence and crime" after the murder of a local resident, Nabieh Nussier, 52.<ref name=HaaretzTimeline/> On 30 September, the High Follow-up Committee called on the Arab community to mount a general strike to protest the killings of five Palestinians by Israeli police in the [[Jerusalem]] clashes of the previous day, which many consider the first day of the [[Second Intifada]].<ref name=Usher>{{cite web|title=Uprising Wipes Off Green Line|author=[[Graham Usher (journalist)|Graham Usher]]|publisher=al-Ahram Weekly|date=12–18 October 2000|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/503/re6.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319005442/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/503/re6.htm|archive-date=19 March 2007}}</ref>

Demonstrations in Arab towns in northern Israel began to spread after repeated airings of news footage showing the alleged shooting death of 12-year-old [[Muhammad al-Durrah]], who was said to have been caught in the crossfire between Israeli forces and Palestinian militia.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200306/fallows 'Who Shot Mohammed al-Dura?'] by [[James Fallows]], [[The Atlantic Monthly]]</ref><ref name="threeb">"Three Bullets and a Dead Child" by Esther Schapira (German TV)</ref><ref name=Carvajal>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/07/video07_ed3_.php 'The mysteries and passions of an iconic video frame' by Doreen Carvajal], ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', Monday, 7 February 2005.<br>- "The footage of the father and son under attack lasts several minutes but does not clearly show the child's death."</ref>