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A whole lot gathered Sunday at a Ventura County, California, intersection the place per week earlier, a 69-year-old Jewish man struck his head on concrete and later died after a confrontation with an unnamed pro-Palestinian protester.
Flowers, wreaths, candles and letters surrounded the spot in entrance of the fuel station at Westlake and Thousand Oaks Boulevards, the place Paul Kessler sustained his deadly accidents.
One man held an indication that learn, “We wish justice for Paul,” per footage shared with Fox Information Digital. Others bandied Israeli flags and sang “Oseh Shalom” — a Hebrew tune praying for peace for the nation, its folks and the world.
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Paul Kessler, 69, was a father and grandfather dwelling in Westlake Village, pals instructed Fox Information Digital. (Offered to Fox Information Digital)
Blood nonetheless marked the bottom the place Kessler’s head struck the sidewalk in widely-shared footage from round 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 exhibiting medics attending to a bleeding however alert Kessler on the scene as police questioned onlookers.
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Flowers and an Israeli flag adorn the positioning the place Paul Kessler, 69, bought into an altercation with a pro-Palestinian protester on Sunday, Nov. 5. (Steve Schneider )
Kessler was pronounced lifeless at close by Los Robles Hospital about 10 hours after the incident. Per the Ventura County Medical Examiner throughout a press convention Tuesday, Kessler’s non-lethal accidents have been famous on the left aspect of his face, whereas inner accidents included cranium fractures, swelling and bruising to the mind.
Kessler’s method of demise was decided to be murder, Medical Examiner Christopher Younger stated.
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Paul Kessler, 69, is helped by EMTs after an altercation broke out with an unnamed pro-Palestinian protester in Ventura County, California, on Sunday, Nov. 5. Kessler later died from his accidents on the hospital. (Offered to Fox Information Digital)
A 50-year-old pro-Palestinian protester is now a suspect in Kessler’s demise, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Division stated. An arrest has but to be made pending additional investigation of bystander and safety video footage.
On Sunday, concentric hearts drawn in a rainbow of chalk surrounded the lingering stains. Rabbis prayed with Tefilin, black leather-based packing containers containing parchment scrolls, and invited attendees to do the identical.
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On Sunday, blood stains remaining the place Paul Kessler fell Nov. 5 have been surrounded by concentric hearts in multicolored chalk. (Steve Schneider)
Steven Schneider, an attendee who shared footage with Fox Information Digital, stated the gathering was “therapeutic” for the neighborhood. He solely noticed one agitator drive previous throughout his a number of hours on the occasion.
“On the finish of the day, he is a Jew and he stood with what I agree with — we agreed that we have to stand and struggle in Israel,” Schneider stated Tuesday.
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Jewish attendees at Sunday’s occasion in Westlake Village pray along with Tefillin, black leather-based packing containers containing verses of parchment inscribed with Torah verses. (Steve Schneider)
Rabbi Ari Averbach from Temple Etz Chaim — Kessler’s synagogue for a number of years earlier than his demise — instructed Fox Information Digital that their neighborhood held their very own vigil final Wednesday.
“All of us moved right here as a result of our neighborhood is understood for being so welcoming, so protected, so blended. Now we’re questioning: ‘Is it protected?’ ‘Can we stay right here comfortably?’”
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A gaggle of demonstrators held Israeli flags and indicators demanding the return of Hamas hostages on the pro-Israel demonstration on the positioning the place Paul Kessler, 69, was injured Nov. 5, and later died. (Steve Schneider)
Schneider stated the Jewish neighborhood in Westlake Village is “shocked to listen to such [a] factor may occur” of their quiet dwelling.
“They confirmed as much as help Israel, they confirmed as much as help the hostages, however in addition they confirmed as much as help Paul,” Schneider stated.
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Pictured is a flyer promoting the Nov. 12 occasion. Attendee Steve Schneider stated the gathering was “therapeutic” for the Jewish neighborhood of Thousand Oaks. (Steve Schneider)
Final yr, space residents banded collectively to protest books and movies about being transgender proven to Conejo Valley Unified Faculty District kids, as beforehand reported by Fox Information Digital.
“It wasn’t too lengthy when the Muslim neighborhood was with us on our faculties for what they have been doing to our youngsters,” Schneider, who was interviewed by Fox on the time, recalled Tuesday.
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Demonstrators maintain up indicators advocating for congressional candidate Bruce Boyer at Sunday’s occasion. (Steve Scheider)
“[The Hamas-Israel conflict] places folks in an odd place — that is larger than a faculty, that is larger than what occurred beforehand. This has to do with actual hate, it has to do with the results of life,” Schneider stated. “That is dividing communities all around the United States.”
Per a Tuesday interview with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Division, deputies are nonetheless interviewing witnesses coming ahead in regards to the incident and reviewing a “great amount” of footage.
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Schneider urged anybody with extra footage from the Nov. 5 incident to return ahead and converse with police.
“All of us need justice for Paul,” Schneider stated. “However we’ve got to permit [police] to do what they do. I’ve nothing however religion that they will determine issues out. If there’s an arrest to be made, an arrest might be made.”
