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A Jewish man named Paul Kessler was killed while peacefully supporting Israel at a protest in Westlake Village, CA. A pro-Palestinian attacker reportedly hit the 65 year old man over the head with a megaphone. The man hit his head on the ground and died at the hospital of a brain… pic.twitter.com/E3tBgGqt2O
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) November 7, 2023
“Our hearts are with the family of the victim,” the Federation said. “While we wait for more information from our law-enforcement partners, we remind you that this is the fourth major antisemitic crime committed in Los Angeles this year alone.”
“Violence against our people has no place in civilized society,” it added. “We demand safety. We will not tolerate violence against our community. We will do everything in our power to prevent it.”
Just awful and devastating: an elderly Jewish man has died after being “struck in the head by a pro-Palestinian protestor in Westlake Village,” per @JFedLA.
May his memory be for a blessing. pic.twitter.com/Ppco6vXr1X
— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) November 7, 2023
Photos and videos on social media, which blurred the face of the victim, appeared to show a man bleeding from his head lying on the ground.
Elderly Jewish man dies in LA after being struck in the head with a megaphone by a Palestinian protestor pic.twitter.com/1KnmzeZ4PB
— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) November 7, 2023
Israeli media referred to the victim as “an older Jewish man” and the alleged attacker as a “young pro-Palestinian protester.”
“The injured man fell to the ground bleeding and was rushed to the hospital. His death was confirmed to have been caused due to a brain hemorrhage,” per reports. “Israelis who were present at the scene described it as ‘a terrifying sight’ and expressed shock that such an incident took place in their neighborhood.”
Funeral tomorrow by Rabbi
Averback from etz ChaimPaul Kessler was 65
He lost his life 💔by hamas rapist supporters same people as BLM/antifa
Yesterday WestLake Village, California
The street is corner of WestLake and Thousand Oaks BlvdAT “PROTEST AGAINST… pic.twitter.com/y1RAhuOMQW
— AMALYA 🙂 (@growthfactororg) November 7, 2023
Fox News reported that the anti-Israel protestor threw the megaphone at the pro-Israel victim.
The LAPD referred JNS to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, which it said is handling the investigation. The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a JNS query.
Late last month, Dylan Mann, a Jewish freshman at Tulane University in New Orleans, told JNS that an anti-Israel protestor hit him in the face with a megaphone, breaking his nose. “They instantly broke my nose with that,” Mann said.
“It was just unlike anything that I’ve ever experienced before,” Mann added. “I was mostly just in shock. You see the monsters and what they do on videos, and you hear on the news, but when you’re really experiencing it, it’s a new level of shock.”