{"id":128965,"date":"2026-05-24T15:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/128965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:08:45","slug":"baby-killer-california-hotel-staffer-fired-after-harassing-israeli-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/128965\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Baby killer:’ California hotel staffer fired after harassing Israeli guests"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former California<\/a> hotel staffer claims that he was fired on Friday after harassing Israeli guests and publishing footage of the incident, but the hotel said on Saturday that he had resigned.<\/p>\n

A hotel staffer, identifying as Ryan Smith on a GoFundMe fundraiser, said in a Thursday Instagram post that he had said “free Palestine” to a pair of Israeli guests at the Oceanpoint Ranch in Cambria.<\/p>\n

An Israeli woman confronted him, according to the video published by Smith, telling him that he should be “completely objective” to paying guests.
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Smith expressed shock when the guest said that she was a Zionist after he had used it as a slur, and then demanded to know if her partner had served in the IDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Are you a baby killer?” asked Smith.<\/p>\n

\"AA screenshot of the harrasser’s GoFundMe. (credit: GoFundMe.com\/Screenshot)<\/p>\n

The Israeli man said that he refused to interact with the hotel staffer and continued on, but his partner expressed concern about staying at a hotel where he worked.<\/p>\n

Called for others to “give them hell”<\/p>\n

“I won’t stay here, certainly he’ll break into our room and do something,” the woman said in Hebrew.<\/p>\n

Smith claimed on Instagram that the woman threatened to call the police<\/a> because “the only thing these cowards can do is hide behind the pedo[phile] regime that runs the country.”<\/p>\n

Alongside the video, Smith called for others to “give them hell” if one saw them in California, and that if he “could’ve he would’ve.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve never stared into the soul of the devil like I did tonight,” wrote Smith. “The woman (dual citizen of Israel) proceeds to confront me after I see [sic] ‘free Palestine<\/a>‘ as they leave the lobby. She then takes a step further and proceeds to admit to being a Zionist.”<\/p>\n

Smith later opened a fundraiser, claiming that he had been “let go” from his job, and asked for donations to support him while he sought new employment. As of Sunday morning, Smith raised $11,773 dollars.<\/p>\n

“The world needs to be set free, and I believe peace and love will overcome,” Smith said on his fundraiser web page.<\/p>\n

The Oceanpoint Ranch did not immediately respond to a query from The Jerusalem Post, but said in a Saturday social media post that Smith had “unilaterally resigned” from his position after the hotel opened an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n

“The events in the video do not reflect the professionalism and hospitality that our team members are trained to deliver to all our valued guests,” said Oceanpoint Ranch.<\/p>\n

“Our team remains committed to fostering a respectful environment for all of our guests, employees, and community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former California hotel staffer claims that he was fired on Friday after harassing Israeli guests and publishing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[2492,5564,3156,37,2421,27885],"class_list":["post-128965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-antisemitism","tag-california","tag-gofundme","tag-israel","tag-israelis","tag-pro-palestinian-protests"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116630186041331071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}