The Or Commission was the Israeli government inquiry into the October 2000 events in which Israeli police killed 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian. Through the 2005 snapshot the opening compared it to 'a similar commission in 1983, investigating a large massacre of Palestinians, [which] led to the resignation of Ariel Sharon as defense minister.' Today the word massacre appears nowhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns only of the Or Commission's own findings, and not that Wikipedia's own opening once drew this comparison to the 1983 commission and Sharon's resignation.
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Or Commission was an Israeli panel of inquiry appointed to investigate the issue of Israeli police treatment of Arabs. Releasing its report on September 2 , 2003 , and named for its chief investigator, Theodore Or, it severely criticised Israeli police for using excessive force in putting down Arab protestors, resulting in the deaths of 13 Arab Israeli citizens. Shlomo Ben-Ami , the Internal Security Minister at the time, was found most responsible and was barred from holding that post again (he later became Foreign Minister). Several ranking Arab-Israelis, including two Arab Members of the Knesset (MK) , were also criticized for their role in helping incite the riots. Its report was highly controversial, both for its findings and for its exhonorations, notably for the circumvention of due process for Arab citizens. One year after the release of the Commission report, Theodore Or publicly attacked the government for failing to implement its recommendations. A similar commission in 1983, investigating a large massacre of Palestinians, led to the resignation of Ariel Sharon as defense minister.1
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The Or Commission ( ; full name: ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ההתנגשויות בין כוחות הביטחון לבין אזרחים ישראלים באוקטובר 2000, ) was a panel of inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the events of October 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada in which 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian were killed by Israeli police amidst several demonstrations.(One Israeli Jew was killed by a stone thrown from a bridge onto her vehicle near one such demonstration; however, it is not clear that the incident was linked.) The commission released its findings on "the clashes between security forces and Israeli civilians" on September 2, 2003.The chief investigator was Theodore Or, a judge at an Israeli High Court.
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The Or Commission ( ; full name: ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ההתנגשויות בין כוחות הביטחון לבין אזרחים ישראלים באוקטובר 2000, ( Commission of Inquiry into the Clashes between the Trenches' security and Israeli Citizens in October 2000 )) was a panel of inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the events of October 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada in which 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian were killed by Israeli police amid several demonstrations. (One Israeli Jew was killed by a stone dropped from a bridge onto her vehicle near one such demonstration; however, it is not clear that the incident was linked.) The commission released its findings on "the clashes between security forces and Israeli civilians" on September 2, 2003. The chief investigator was Theodore Or, a judge at an Israeli High Court. שער שלישי : אירועים מיוחדים - 1.10.00, 2.10.00 : פרק א' - פרדיס - 1.10.00 (in Hebrew).State of Israel Judicial Authority. : Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored ( |trans-title= suggested) ( help ) "Or Commission Timeline" .
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The Or Commission ( ; full name: ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ההתנגשויות בין כוחות הביטחון לבין אזרחים ישראלים באוקטובר 2000 , lit. "Commission of Inquiry into the Clashes Between Security Forces and Israeli Citizens in October 2000", was a panel of inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the events of October 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada in which 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian were killed by Israeli police amid several demonstrations. One Israeli Jew was killed by a stone dropped from a bridge onto her vehicle near one such demonstration; however, it is not clear that the incident was linked. The commission released its findings on "the clashes between security forces and Israeli civilians" on September 2, 2003. Or, Theodor on the website of the Benjamin N.Cardozo School of Law [1]
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Israeli government inquiry into the October 2000 events The Or Commission ( ), fully the Commission of Inquiry into the Clashes Between Security Forces and Israeli Citizens in October 2000 ( ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ההתנגשויות בין כוחות הביטחון לבין אזרחים ישראלים באוקטובר 2000 ), was a panel of inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the events of October 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada in which 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian were killed by Israeli police amid several demonstrations. One Israeli Jew was killed by a stone dropped from a bridge onto her vehicle near one such demonstration; however, it is not clear that the incident was linked. The commission released its findings on "the clashes between security forces and Israeli civilians" on September 2, 2003. Or, Theodor on the website of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law [1]
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Israeli government inquiry into the October 2000 events The Or Commission ( Hebrew : ועדת אור ), fully the Commission of Inquiry into the Clashes Between Security Forces and Israeli Citizens in October 2000 ( ועדת החקירה הממלכתית לבירור ההתנגשויות בין כוחות הביטחון לבין אזרחים ישראלים באוקטובר 2000 ), was a panel of inquiry appointed by the Israeli government to investigate the events of October 2000 at the beginning of the Second Intifada in which 12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian were killed by Israeli police amid several demonstrations. One Israeli Jew was killed by a stone dropped from a bridge onto her vehicle near one such demonstration; however, it is not clear that the incident was linked. The commission released its findings on "the clashes between security forces and Israeli civilians" on September 2, 2003. Or, Theodor on the website of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law [1]
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israeli panel of inquiry appointed to investigate the issue of israeli police treatment of arabs
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panel of inquiry appointed by the israeli government to investigate the events of october 2000 at the beginning
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