However, Palestinian Cabinet minister Nabil Sha'ath said only the non-violent aspects of the intifada should continue.
But there were no arrests, as the marchers followed Cesar Chavez's example of non-violent activism.
The incarceration of hundreds of thousands of non-violent Americans is, oddly enough, no laughing matter.
Last December New York Gov. George Pataki expanded the law to include non-violent felons.
Instead, he proposes a special drugs court which would give non-violent offenders non-custodial sentences and counselling.
In such circumstances, the struggle can be pursued through means that are, at least temporarily, non-violent.
The ceasefire followed seven months of contacts between non-violent Basque parties and Herri Batasuna.
Protesters have been blocking the gates of the Neve Dekalim settlement, vowing fierce but non-violent resistance.
In recent years, however, some Islamists have sought power in Turkey through non-violent means.
"Video games started off as non-violent, and then later on the violent aspects came along, " observes Whittle.
They also found non-violent uprisings are 10 times more likely to end in stable and durable democracies.
These really are movements that are tremendous examples of people pursuing their aspirations in a non-violent fashion.
They are simply to pursue the same objective in a stealthy, not so much non-violent as pre-violent, fashion.
Mr Krasniqi was until recently a village leader of Mr Rugova's non-violent party, the Democratic League of Kosovo.
Fifty out of 67 transitions from dictatorships to democracies in the last 35 years came from non-violent struggle.
Louisiana's legislators recently approved a bill to cut prison sentences for some drug offences and other non-violent crimes.
But its exiled leaders, as elsewhere in the Middle East, are at pains to promote a non-violent vision.
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The sex offender registry is no longer about just violent sex offenders, now non-violent sex offenders are also included.
However, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines can put a first-time, non-violent offender behind bars for the remainder of their life.
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Another obstacle to holding a fair and non-violent election is the issue of those Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.
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The commandos boarded the ship armed with paintball guns expecting to be greeted by hostile, but non-violent humanitarian activists.
Shariah commands that the faithful must use violence where possible to advance that objective, and non-violent means where not.
This weakened those Islamists who sought a non-violent means of opposing the regime.
Even when given the opportunity to be violent, they were choosing non-violent acts.
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But the simplest way to help the black family would be to lock up fewer black men for non-violent offences.
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Hunger strikes have been used by both violent and non-violent movements, and some have been more successful than others at bringing about change.
Mr Aznar is loth to make concessions even to the non-violent Basque nationalists, especially if Mr Arzalluz remains their leader.
Rather, they make their money solely from the government, and solely for locking human beings in cages, mostly for non-violent offenses.
The Methodist President, Ken Lindsay, on Wednesday drew the line between non-violent disobedience and the violent disorder witnessed in recent days.
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After the election, the Liberal-Constitutionalist Party (PLC) made a decision to rally and hold non-violent demonstrations in the streets of Nicaragua.
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