The Main Suspect
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In his documentary The Main Suspect, director Yaky Yosha
Yaky Yosha
Yaky Yosha is an international critically acclaimed, award-winning film director from Israel, known for realism. Yosha’s films have often stirred social controversy in his homeland and outside of it. About his work Yosha once said: "Art only as Aesthetics is meaningless. As an artist, I am trying...

 attempted to explore the circumstances which lead to the deaths of thirteen Israeli Arabs during the October 2000 events
October 2000 events
The October 2000 events were a series of protests in Arab villages in northern Israel in October 2000 that turned violent, escalating into clashes between Israeli Arabs and the Israel Police and ending in the deaths of demonstrators.The Or Commission was established to investigate the police...

 which triggered the ongoing Intifada
Al-Aqsa Intifada
The Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada and the Oslo War, was the second Palestinian uprising, a period of intensified Palestinian-Israeli violence, which began in late September 2000...

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Israel, October 1 2000.
Intifiada (revolt) Al-Aqsa has begun. For the first time Israeli-Arab citizens actively participate. During the following three days, 13 Arabs are killed. The government appoints an investigation committee, but the people have already chosen the main suspect: the Galilee Chief of Police, Major Alik Ron.

The Main Suspect participated at IDFA
International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam....

(International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
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