{"id":2092772,"date":"2023-11-07T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-man-dies-after-altercation-with-pro-palestine-protester-at-california-rally\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:53:57","slug":"jewish-man-dies-after-altercation-with-pro-palestine-protester-at-california-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-man-dies-after-altercation-with-pro-palestine-protester-at-california-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish man killed in clash with pro-Palestine protester at California rally."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjewish-man-dies-after-altercation-with-pro-palestine-protester-at-california-rally%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2092772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Larry \u200cW. Smith\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Ongoing Investigation into Death of Jewish\u200c Man at Pro-Israel Rally<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>8:37 AM \u2013 Tuesday, November 7, \u20622023<\/p>\n<p>Authorities \u200cin Ventura County, California, \u200care currently investigating the\u2062 tragic death of \u200ca 69-year-old\u200c Jewish man who was killed\u2063 during a pro-Israel rally. The incident occurred during a heated confrontation with a pro-Palestine protester. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Department responded to reports of battery at a demonstration \u2063on Westlake and\u2062 Thousand Oaks Boulevards after a verbal altercation broke out between Paul Kessler and an unnamed protester on Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWitness accounts indicated that\u200b Kessler was involved in a physical altercation with [pro-Palestinian] counterprotesters,\u201d \u2062a department press release stated. \u201cDuring the \u2063altercation, Kessler fell backwards and struck his head on \u200cthe \u200cground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An autopsy conducted on Monday confirmed that Kessler\u2019s death was ruled\u2063 a\u2064 homicide, \u2063with the cause \u200cof death \u2063being a\u2063 blunt force head injury, according\u200c to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the department has not ruled \u2064out the \u2064possibility of a hate crime and is actively investigating the \u2064incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Jewish \u200dFederation of Greater \u2062Los Angeles expressed \u2063their outrage \u200cin a \u200bpost on \u200dX, accusing the\u200c pro-Palestine protester of throwing a megaphone at Kessler.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9r13j1RjU\">pic.twitter.com\/e9r13j1RjU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jewish \u200bFederation of\u200d Greater Los Angeles \u200d(@JFedLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFedLA\/status\/1721693330206236740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November\u200c 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The group strongly condemned\u2062 the act of violence \u200cagainst the Jewish\u200b community, stating\u200d that \u2063&#8221;violence against [the Jewish] people has no place\u2063 in civilized society.&#8221; \u2062They vowed to\u2062 do everything in their power to \u200dprevent such incidents.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The\u2062 group \u200cexpressed their \u2064condolences to the victim&#8217;s family and highlighted that this is the fourth major anti-Semitic crime in Los Angeles this year alone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Footage circulating on social \u2062media captured the \u2063moment when Kessler sustained a head\u200d injury, with individuals \u2062wearing &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; jackets rushing\u200b to his aid.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u2063investigation is still ongoing, no arrests have been made \u2062at this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Former \u2063Israeli\u200d Prime Minister Benny Gantz\u2063 emphasized\u200c the significance \u2064of Kessler&#8217;s death, stating that it should serve \u200cas a warning to the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Gantz urged the free\u2063 world to unite against the\u2063 murderous ideology of Hamas and \u200bfight against it to stand on the \u200bright side of history,\u200d according \u2062to Israeli\u2063 media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay\u200b informed! Subscribe to receive breaking \u2062news directly to your inbox \u200bfor free. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this \u200bpost!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Wayne Allyn Root<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Paul Kamenar<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u2064Marc Morano<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ryan Helfenbein<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU \u200dintroduces rules for Big Tech:\u2064 clear\u200d labels for political ads, funding, election targets before key votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Britain will make\u2062 the\u2064 makers of self-driving cars\u2063 legally \u200cliable for any crashes under a framework for developing autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Over\u2062 100 social media\u200d studies on X \u2063(formerly Twitter) disrupted by \u2064Elon Musk\u2019s platform access restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>NTT partners with Toyota for driverless tech tests and U.S.\u2063 self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-x-restructuring-curtails-disinformation-research-spurs-legal-fears\/\" title=\"Elon Musk's X restructure hampers disinformation research, raises legal concerns.\">-driving startup investment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2063 can the rise in \u200canti-Semitic incidents in Los Angeles be effectively addressed and prevented in \u2064the future?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Help \u2064him. The \u200bvideo has sparked outrage and calls for justice \u2063from\u2062 the Jewish community and supporters of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is actively investigating the incident and has not \u200cruled out the possibility of a hate crime. Witnesses at the scene reported that Paul Kessler, the victim, was involved in a physical altercation with pro-Palestinian\u200b counterprotesters. During the altercation, Kessler fell backwards and \u200bstruck his head on \u200bthe ground, resulting in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-man-dies-after-altercation-with-pro-palestine-protester-at-california-rally\/\" title=\"Jewish man killed in clash with pro-Palestine protester at California rally.\">fatal blunt force head \u200binjury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy\u200d conducted on Monday confirmed that Kessler&#8217;s death was a homicide, further fueling suspicions of foul play. The \u2064Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles expressed their outrage and condemned the act of violence against the Jewish \u2062community. They emphasized that\u2064 violence against any group has no place in civilized society and vowed \u2062to \u200cdo everything in their power to prevent \u2064such incidents.<\/p>\n<p>This tragic incident is not an isolated event. \u200dThe\u2064 Jewish Federation highlighted that this is the fourth major \u2063anti-Semitic crime in Los Angeles this year alone. \u200dThe rise in anti-Semitic incidents is deeply\u200b concerning and calls\u2063 for \u2064increased awareness, education, and efforts to combat discrimination and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the incident, which has \u200bbeen circulating on social media, paints a disturbing picture of the\u200b violence and \u2064chaos that\u2063 unfolded during the rally. Individuals \u2062wearing &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; jackets can be seen rushing to help Kessler after\u200b he sustains his head injury. It is crucial that \u200dthe investigation uncovers the truth behind the incident and holds those responsible accountable for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062ongoing investigation into the death of Paul Kessler\u2064 serves as a\u2062 reminder of the importance of promoting peace, understanding, and respect for all individuals, regardless \u200cof their religious or\u2063 political beliefs. It is essential that we work together as a society to address the root causes of\u200c hatred and violence, fostering a \u2064culture of inclusivity and mutual acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation continues, the community mourns the\u2064 loss of Paul\u2062 Kessler and stands in solidarity with his family and loved ones. May his tragic death serve as a catalyst\u200d for positive change and a renewed commitment to combating discrimination, bigotry, and violence in all its forms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Ventura County, California, are investigating the death of a 69-year-old Jewish man during a pro-Israel rally. He was killed in a physical altercation with a pro-Palestine protester. 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