Paul Kessler is dead. The LA man was, per witnesses, stalked and fatally assaulted by a “pro-Palestinian” protestor for the crime of supporting the Jewish state.

How long will it take for Democrats and the media to admit that the “pro-Palestine” protests breaking out across the country are simply Jew-hatred and nothing else?

We’ve seen countless examples of people tearing down posters of Hamas’ kidnap victims: The sole reason for that is to obscure Hamas’ savagery, not to help the people of Gaza. 

We’ve seen angry mobs cheering the murder of innocent Jews, with Ivy League academics some of the main cheerleaders. 

And now we’ve seen a death. 

A pro-Palestinian thug struck Kessler with a megaphone and knocked him down, per eyewitness reports; the injuries from his fall killed him. 

It’s the first, but will it be the last?

The indifference of the left around this killing suggests it won’t be. 

As does the sudden diffidence of national media. 

Where is the wall-to-wall coverage from The New York Times and CNN?

Outlet after outlet, instead, headlined the story in shameful variations of “Jewish Man Dies After Altercation at Dueling Protests in California.”

Yes, he just “died.” Nothing to see here. 

Can you imagine if the victim had been a pro-Palestinian protestor knocked down and killed by an aggressive pro-Israel protestor?

The ugly response to the Hamas attacks from national political figures like Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich., and rightly just censured by the House) suggests there’s plenty of eagerness to see more Jewish blood spilled. 

As does the Biden administration’s callous announcement that it plans to combat Islamophobia as antisemitism rears its ugly head. 

Kessler’s death rips away every veil of obfuscation the media, the academic elite and our political “leaders” have tried to wrap around the ugly truth about what supporting Hamas means. 

Indeed, look no farther than the violent protests against a screening of footage revealing Hamas atrocities arranged by actress Gal Gadot at LA’s Museum of Tolerance.

This was ripping down posters on steroids; these “protesters” don’t want anyone to be able to see what they actually support. 

In other words, it’s yet another escalation. 

And if the president, national Democrats and the media fail to show moral leadership here, that escalation will only steepen and grow ever more violent and bloody.