‎‏‎‏A man watches the annual ceremony to mark the 22nd anniversary of the October 2000 events in Arraba, Israel, October 1, 2022. The October 2000 protests, also known as October 2000 events, were a series of protests in Arab villages in northern Israel in October 2000 that turned violent, escalating into rioting by Israeli Arabs, which led to counter-rioting by Israeli Jews and clashes with the Israel Police and ending in the deaths of 13 Arab demonstrators and 1 Israeli Jew.