Killing of Asel Asleh

A physician who treated the youth commented that Asleh was shot in the neck at point-blank range, and that crucial time had been lost when the police delayed the arrival of an ambulance.

[5] In October 2006, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the main suspect in Asleh's killing refused a lie detector test six times.

[7] In February 2008, members of Seeds of Peace led a protest in front of Israel's Ministry of Justice demanding that it reopen the investigation into the October 2000 events, specifically the killing of Asleh.

Member of Knesset Ahmad Tibi said "These past 10 years have been filled with anger and pain for the victims' families, and for the general Arab public.

They represent a black mark on the history of the State of Israel,"[9] On 1 October, the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee declared a one-day strike to commemorate the youth.