Today is the 20th anniversary of the October 2000 killings, when police shot dead 13 Palestinians in Israel during protests at the start of the Second Intifada.

Here are some of our archive materials about the events and why, two decades later, there is still no accountability:

'The killings were particularly shocking because it showed how, despite cautious hope in the 1990s, Israel still viewed the Palestinian minority not as citizens to be protected, but as an enemy population to be suppressed.' https://www.972mag.com/thirteen-killed-no-one-punished-remembering-october-2000/

'The martyrs were not born to take part in a project of martyrdom, they were born to take part in the project called life. They sanctify life by sacrificing themselves for it.' https://www.972mag.com/they-werent-born-to-be-martyrs-they-were-born-to-live/

'If Arabs in Israel determined their political leanings in accordance with what Jews say, they wouldn't even be able to ask for equality; they would continue being inferior.' https://www.972mag.com/the-problem-isnt-arab-protesters-its-the-society-that-sees-them-as-an-enemy/

'The play "There Is a Field" explicitly aims to build connections between movements for Palestinian rights and racial justice in America... At one show, the first three words shared by audience members were "familiarity," "Ferguson," and "Baltimore."' https://www.972mag.com/blurring-the-lines-between-palestine-and-baltimore/

For more of our commentary and reporting on the October 2000 killings: https://www.972mag.com/topic/october-2000/