In 1982, he was elected as head of the Palestinian Bar ِAssociation. The Israeli response was quick, and Nasser's movement was restricted to the city boundaries of Jericho. He was not allowed to leave the city boundaries and was supposed to report to the police station twice a day, for terms extending to six months each. His final release came in 1988, at the beginning of the Palestinian Intifada, of which he soon after assumed a leading role.