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On September 14, Nazareth declared a general strike protesting " police incompetence in handling violence and crime " after the murder of a local resident, Nabieh Nussier, 52.

On September 30, the High Follow-up Committee called on the Arab community to mount a general strike to protest the killings of five Palestinians by Israeli security forces in the Jerusalem clashes of the previous day, which many consider the first day of the al-Aqsa Intifada.