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Leon Klinghoffer (September 24, 1916 – October 8, 1985) was an American man who was shot, killed and thrown overboard from the cruise ship Achille Lauro by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front who hijacked the ship in 1985.
Because ship hijackings were relatively rare at the time, the cruise line's security amounted to checking passports at Genoa. Standard procedure at the time did not include checking luggage. [ 4 ] The New York Times reported at the time that the ship had security personnel, but it could not determine if they were armed. [ 5 ]
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles called Kessler's death an "antisemitic crime" and stated that violence against the Jewish people had no place and they would not tolerate violence against the community. The Council on American-Islamic Relations denounced the alleged attack and expressed support for the Jewish community. [25]
The 69-year-old Jewish man, who supported Israel during the Sunday demonstrations, fell backward and suffered the fatal injury during an altercation with a pro-Palestinian protester and died at a ...
Conflicting witness accounts of the interaction between Kessler and the suspect have forced the police to seek photos or video of the encounter writes Graig Graziosi A Jewish man died at clashing ...
The man was on the cruise with his fiancée and young son, reports Fox 11. He died Friday aboard the Navigator of the Seas ship and there was no immediate information about a cause of death.
On 21 November 2024, Zvi Kogan (Hebrew: צבי קוגן, born 11 August 1996), an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi residing in the United Arab Emirates, was abducted and killed. He was an envoy of the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic organization Chabad. On 24 November 2024, a body was found and confirmed to be that of Kogan. [2] Three suspects were arrested.
A suspect in the confrontation that led to the death of a Jewish man who was injured during dueling Israeli and Palestinian rallies in California called 911 to seek medical help for the victim and ...