Loay Alnaji
Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji - Islamist bigot terror glorifier, husband of "Palestinian", is the suspected murderer of an elderly Jew Paul Kessler, at a "pro palestine" protest in California, alongside Islamic Center of Simi Valley's Imam Omar Jubran, at Swords of Iron.
On Nov 6, 2023, Paul Kessler (65) passed away from skull fractures, as well as brain swelling and bruising, after he was hit in the head with a megaphone a day earlier. [1] by pro-Palestine Islamist protester Loay Alnaji of Moorpark, CA.[2]
Alnaji "tried to bait" Kessler before their altercation and was using a megaphone to shout directly into the faces of pro-Israel protesters.[3]
Photos showed that his wife, Cheryl, was also present at the protest.[4]
"Anti-Israeli protesters continued chanting at the scene where the 65-year-old Jewish man Paul Kessler allegedly got beaten and later lost his life. His blood was still on the ground."[5]
Loay Alnaji has been glorifying the beastly terrorists and posted his Islamist praise for "Palestine."[2]
Alnaji “is unabashed in his support for the Palestinian cause, posting online a video of an activist, [Islam convert] Shahid King Bolsen, comparing the terror group Hamas with historic civil rights icons.”[2]
Alnaji also teaches at CSUN and is a member of the Islamic Center of Simi Valley. The center's imam, Omar Jubran, was at the protest with Alnaji.[6]
He lives with his wife, Arab "Palestinian" economics professor Nada Al Hammouri.[2]
Previously, he worked ed at the United Arab Emirates.[2]
Some 10 days after the incident, Alnaji was arrested.[3]
Schoking plea deal
The Plea Deal. Instead of going to trial, Alnaji received a plea agreement that includes one year in jail plus probation. Prosecutors, the victim Kessler's family, became outraged, as well as Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Combat Antisemitism Movement, have strongly criticized the deal as “woefully inadequate,” warning it undervalues the life of a Jewish victim and could embolden further violence against Jews.
The case has drawn significant attention due to the circumstances of the killing during Israel-related protests and concerns over the leniency of the outcome.[7][8][9]
See also
- 2025 murder of Jewish young couple outside DC Jewish museum
- 2025 Boulder fire attack
- Mufid Fawaz Alkhader
- Hesham A. Ayyad
See also
References
- ↑ StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites:
Los Angeles area - a pro Hamas video has been discovered on the Instagram feed of Loay Alnaji, the college professor who hit Jewish individual Paul Kessler in the face with a megaphone, ultimately killing him. Kessler was holding an Israeli flag and standing with other supporters when two pro-Palestinian agitators crossed the street to start trouble. Paul Kessler passed away from skull fractures, as well as brain swelling and bruising. Meanwhile, Loay Alnaji STILL has not been arrested. This is unacceptable @VENTURASHERIFF!
[1]. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
EXCLUSIVE: College professor Loay Alnaji is named as the pro-Palestinian ‘who killed Jewish protestor Paul Kessler’ when rival rallies clashed in Thousand Oaks, California.
Josh Boswell and Martin Gould, Daily Mail, November 8, 2023.
The man who police have questioned in relation to the death of a Jewish man during a clash with pro-Palestinian protestors is a 50-year-old college professor, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Loay Alnaji, who teaches computer science at Ventura Community College in California, allegedly hit Paul Kessler with a megaphone knocking him to the ground.
Police raided his home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Moorpark, California, on Sunday evening, we have learned.
‘My husband was getting home from Costco when he saw a SWAT team, six cops with rifles and full gear. Their vehicles were not police cars, they were unmarked,’ neighbor Milli Revezzo told DailyMail.com.
‘It’s shocking,’ added Revezzo, a realtor. ‘As a Moorpark resident I don’t like when anything happens here, as we’re known as one of the safest cities.’
Alnaji is unabashed in his support for the Palestinian cause, posting online a video of an activist Shahid King Bolsen comparing the terror group Hamas with historic civil rights icons.
‘If someone asked me to condemn Hamas I would say, what’s the rush?’ Bolsen says in the video posted on Instagram. ‘Let’s let history decide.
‘You condemned Nelson Mandela until you didn’t, until he was a hero,’ he adds. ‘You condemned Mahatma Gandhi until you didn’t.
‘Let’s wait and see because you might change you mind on this one too.
Bolsen, who was born Shannon Morris, is a 52-year-old American Catholic convert to slam [sic] who was sentenced to death in Dubai for murder. The court later reduced his conviction to manslaughter and he was released after paying compensation to the victim’s family, the New York Times reported in 2015.
Denver-based Bolsen has been accused of inciting violence against Americans and US businesses in Egypt, a claim which he denied.
Kessler, 69, was struck down in Thousand Oaks, California, northwest of Los Angeles, when two rival groups protesting events in Israel and Gaza clashed. He died in the hospital the following day.
The injury that killed him is believed to have occurred when his head hit the pavement.
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles claimed Kessler was ‘struck in the head by a megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protestor.’
Witnesses say the two sides began antagonizing each other and then it turned physical.
‘They were both on an even ground, and they were yelling at each other, and then the man brought his megaphone up and hit Paul, and Paul went down,’ one unidentified witness told ABC Los Angeles….
Records show that Alnaji came to the United States in the 1990s – he had previously taught in the United Arab Emirates….
On his Facebook page he has posted several messages in Arabic supporting the Palestinian cause.
In his most recent from three weeks ago, he wrote: ‘O Allah, release the captivity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque… Sooner than later……..Oh Allah, don’t deprive us of praying in it before we die…
‘Oh God, give victory to your weak servants in Palestine, and everywhere…O Allah, bind their hearts with the bond of patience and faith..’…
At 3:20 pm the two sides clashed and Alnaji allegedly hit Kessler in the face with his megaphone causing him to fall to the ground and hit his head….
An autopsy determined he died from a blunt force head injury and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has called his death ‘an anti-Semitic crime’….
Fryhoff said, ‘Investigators have not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime and this is being investigated as a homicide.’… Records show that Alnaji came to the United States in the 1990s – he had previously taught in the United Arab Emirates.
In 2007 he bought a modern three-bedroom home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Moorpark, California – 13 miles from the site of Kessler’s killing for $605,000. According to the property site Redfin, it is now worth an estimated $877,000.
In the listing, the real estate agent stressed the home’s ‘amazing 84-inch high-definition video projector in living room for ultimate viewing.’
He married Palestinian economics professor Nada Al Hammouri on Christmas Eve 2015. They have three children.
Alnaji got a doctorate in business administration from Argosy University which closed its doors in 2019 after being accused of fraud and financial mismanagement...
Rabbi Ari Averbach of Temple Etz Chaim told DailyMail.com Kessler was a 'private, family man' who 'would not want to be remembered as a martyr.'
'He was a husband and a father to two children,' he said, adding that the family is now 'heartbroken and in shock.' - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Christina Coulter, Pro-Palestinian protester arrested in death of Jewish man Paul Kessler, Fox News, November 16, 2023.
Ventura County Community College professor Loay Alnaji has been charged in the California man's death.
Police have arrested a pro-Palestinian California college professor in the death of Jewish man Paul Kessler at concurrent pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Nov. 5.
Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, was taken into custody on Thursday, charged with involuntary manslaughter and incarcerated at Ventura County Jail on $1,000,000 bail, per a Ventura County Sheriff's Department press release.
Investigators with the department allege that Alnaji caused Kessler, a 69-year-old pro-Israel protester, to knock his head onto the concrete when he fell, which resulted in brain hemorrhaging that would kill him hours later in the hospital... Witnesses at the scene have told Fox News Digital that Alnaji "tried to bait" Kessler before their altercation and was using a megaphone to shout directly into the faces of pro-Israel protesters...
Witnesses at the scene have told Fox News Digital that Alnaji "tried to bait" Kessler before their altercation and was using a megaphone to shout directly into the faces of pro-Israel protesters. - ↑ Visegrád 24 @visegrad24
BREAKING:
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65-year-old Jewish man Paul Kessler has been killed by an anti-Israel protester in Los Angeles. This picture is of his wife Cheryl and a friend who can be seen in pictures taken moments when he is trying to help Paul.
Rest in Peace Paul. - ↑ Visegrád 24 @visegrad24:
Anti-Israeli protesters continued chanting at the scene were the 65-year-old Jewish man Paul Kessler allegedly got beaten and later lost his life.
His blood was still on the ground… - ↑ Jennifer Van Laar
@jenvanlaar:
CONFIRMED that the suspect is Loay Alnaji. He also teaches at CSUN and is a member of the Islamic Center of Simi Valley. The center's imam, Omar Jubran, was at the protest with Alnaji.
- ↑ CA Judge Allegedly Bypassed DA to Offer Pro-Hamas Professor a Sweetheart Deal for Killing Jewish Man. By Jennifer Van Laar, Red State, May 06, 2026.
- ↑ ‘Woefully inadequate’ plea deal, with just a year in jail, for man who killed elderly Jew in LA, Jewish groups say. “It is disturbing to see some corners of our justice system treat the life of a Jewish American as worth so little,” Alyza Lewin, president of U.S. affairs at the Combat Antisemitism Movement, told JNS. Aaron Bandler. JNS, May. 6, 2026.
- ↑ Outrage as California man gets up to year in Jewish protester’s death. "Judge approves plea deal for Loay Alnaji in the 2023 death of Paul Kessler at a pro-Palestinian rally, drawing anger from prosecutors and Kessler’s family, who sought the maximum four-year sentence." Ayala El-Or, Ynet, May 6, 2026
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