Pro-Palestinian Protester Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Jewish Man

Pro-Palestinian protester pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in death of Jewish man

A former Southern California college professor has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counterprotester during demonstrations in 2023 over the Israel-Hamas war.

Pro-Hamas Protester Facing Just One Year For Killing Elderly Jewish Man

Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 53, faces a sentencing hearing after pleading guilty in a case that has ignited outrage among many. Alnaji struck Paul Kessler, 69, during a pro-Palestinian protest in California shortly after the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel. Kessler, who was carrying an Israeli flag, suffered a severe head injury from a blow to the head with a megaphone and died the following day. Now, the punishment on the table seems alarmin…

Plea Deal for Pro-Hamas Protester Charged in Death of Elderly Jewish Man Causes Uproar-Faces Up to Only One Year in Prison

Just weeks after the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, an elderly Jewish man was killed during a pro-Palestinian protest in California.

Jewish leaders lament ‘woefully inadequate’ sentence after California man pleads guilty in death of pro-Israel protester

The Anti-Defamation League’s local leader decried a plea deal reached Tuesday that is expected to spare the man charged with causing the 2023 death of Jewish protester Paul Kessler from being sent to prison. Instead, Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji would face no more than a year in county jail. Alnaji, 53, of Moorpark, California, admitted to hitting Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish pro-Israel activist, in the head with a megaphone during dueling pro-Pale…

Pro-Palestinian protester pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter

Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 53, was accused of striking Paul Kessler with a megaphone in November 2023 during a confrontation at an event.