This is the Forward’s coverage of protests and demonstrations relating to Jewish issues.
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Fast Forward Death of Gaza Boy Sparks Rare Anti-Hamas Protest
At least 500 protesters in the Gaza Strip have called for the overthrow of the ruling Islamist Hamas group in a rare demonstration triggered by the death of a three-year-old boy in a fire during a power outage. Protesters in the Bureij refugee camp, where the boy’s family live, called for Hamas to be toppled…
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Fast Forward Maker of Anti-Islam Film Quizzed by Police
A California man linked to an anti-Islam film on YouTube that triggered violent Muslim protests was taken on Saturday to be questioned about possible probation violations. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was not allowed to access the Internet without approval of a probation officer as a condition of his release from prison in a 2010 bank…
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Fast Forward Muslim Protests Over Film Spread to E. Jerusalem
Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East on Friday, including the Palestinian territories, with protesters attacking U.S. embassies and burning American flags as the Pentagon rushed to bolster security at its missions. Protests erupted for the first time in Gaza and the West Bank. In East Jerusalem, Israeli…
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Fast Forward Anti-Islam Film Sparks More Angry Protests
Protests continued outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Yemen over an anti-Muslim film. Protests over the film, which was said to have been made by a Jewish director with Jewish financial backing but was later disproved, had already led to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya…
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Fast Forward Egypt Embassy Thugs Get Slap on Wrist
An Egyptian court sentenced 76 citizens in the September 2011 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Some 74 of the convicted protesters on Sunday were given one-year suspended prison sentences, one was sent to a juvenile detention center, and one, a former police officer who fled the country after criticizing the Mubarak regime, was…
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Fast Forward Ron Paul Slams Influence of Neoconservatives
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) attacked neoconservative influence in Washington and defended his foreign policy in a packed rally on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Paul is the sole candidate remaining from the primaries who has yet to endorse Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who is set to receive the nomination this week…
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Fast Forward Thousands March in New Israel Protests
Thousands of Israelis participated in two separate social protest rallies on Saturday, as one event represented a bid to unify the social protest movement and the movement for a universal IDF draft, with the other mostly comprised by social protest activists who disagreed with the unity attempt. On Thursday, social protest leaders and those of…
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Fast Forward Police Caught Off Guard by Tel Aviv Protests
Officials at the Tel Aviv District Police said Sunday that the district may have been inadequately prepared for Saturday’s social protest, which turned violent as scores of protesters clashed with police, smashed bank windows, and blocked roads. Police officers in the district said that the police failed to correctly anticipate the number of protesters that…
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