Editing October 2000 protests in Israel (section)

== Reactions ==
[[File:אוקטובר 2000 1.jpg|thumb|Israeli soldiers confronting Palestinian rioters in Hebron, October 2000]]
According to the Arab media organization ''I'lam'' the media coverage of the events of October 2000 created an atmosphere of war inside Israel, painting Arab citizens as violent rioters displaying their disloyalty to the State through riots; I'lam and other Arab organizations say that overall Arab citizens engaged in peaceful protest during October 2000, and that the entire population was treated in blanket fashion as a rioting 'fifth column.'<ref>"The Or Commission: A Media Report", I'lam, August 2003 (Hebrew and Arabic)</ref>

The ''Arab Association for Human Rights,'' ''[[Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel|Adalah]],''<ref>Dr. Marwan Dwairy.[https://archive.today/20121209180102/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yZ26hFXBo0AJ:www.adalah.org/newsletter/eng/oct05/comi2.pdf+adalah+october+2000&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a  "October 2000: Defined Goals and New Mechanisms"]; Adalah's Newsletter, Volume 19, October 2005</ref> ''Mossawa'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mossawacenter.org/default.php?lng=3&dp=2&fl=27&pg=4 |title=Mossawa on the 41st killing |access-date=31 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419005741/http://www.mossawacenter.org/default.php?lng=3&dp=2&fl=27&pg=4 |archive-date=19 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''I'lam,'' and other Arab NGOs in Israel cited "deep rooted frustration [of Arabs] at their own status as second class Israeli citizens", as an underlying factor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delusions of Coexistence in the Galilee: The aftermath of the events of October among the Arab community in Israel|author=Discrimination Diary|publisher=Arab Human Rights Association|date=25 October 2000|url=http://www.arabhra.org/publications/shortreports/shortreports001025.htm|access-date=19 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214215/http://www.arabhra.org/publications/shortreports/shortreports001025.htm|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Arab youth organization ''Baladna'' was formed partially in response to the events of October 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.momken.org/baladna/en/aboutus_en.php |title=About Baladna |access-date=31 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620073428/http://www.momken.org/baladna/en/aboutus_en.php |archive-date=20 June 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Marwan Dwairy, the events of October 2000 are "an important landmark in the narrative of the Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel."<ref>{{cite web|title=Introductory Remarks|author=Dr. Marwan Dwairy|publisher=Adalah's Newsletter|date=October 2004|volume=6|url=http://www.adalah.org/newsletter/eng/oct04/marwan.pdf}}</ref>

The Or commission report, which was established to investigate the events of October 2000, found a pattern of government "prejudice and neglect" towards the Arab-Israeli minority. The commission stated that Israeli establishment insensitivity had allowed widespread discrimination against Arab Israelis leading to the "combustible atmosphere" that led to the riots. The commission was critical of the police's use of excessive force to quell the riots including the use of sniper fire to disperse crowds. In conclusion the commission said that Israel "must educate its police that the Arab public is not the enemy, and should not be treated as such."<ref name=OCNYT>{{cite news|last=Bennet|first=James|title=Police Used Excessive Force on Israeli Arabs, Panel Says|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/world/police-used-excessive-force-on-israeli-arabs-panel-says.html?src=pm|access-date=22 May 2012|newspaper=New York Times|date=2 September 2003}}</ref>

In 2005, the Israel Police Internal Investigations Department decided not to indict any officers involved in the events. The decision was supported by the Israeli State Prosecutor's Office. In 2008, following a review of the case by Israeli Attorney General [[Menachem Mazuz]] and Police Internal Investigations Department Chief Herzl Shviro, Mazuz accepted the State Prosecutor's Office recommendation and decided not to press charges against any police officers and close the case, declaring that a re-examination of the gathered in the Or Commission and Police Internal Investigations Department's report found no evidence of criminal conduct by police.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3499341,00.html|title=Mazuz will not indict police officers involved in October 2000 riots|work=ynet|date=27 January 2008 |access-date=19 December 2014|last1=Zino |first1=Aviram }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3148867,00.html|title=October Riots case reexamined|work=ynet|date=28 September 2005 |access-date=19 December 2014|last1=Nahmias |first1=Roee }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3143845,00.html|title=Case closed: Police 'relieved, frustrated'|work=ynet|date=18 September 2005 |access-date=19 December 2014|last1=Raved |first1=Ahiya }}</ref>