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Cambria hotel worker harasses Israeli couple, rakes in donations

May 25, 2026

By KAREN VELIE

An Israeli couple tried to check into Oceanpoint Ranch in Cambria last week, but were confronted by a hotel staffer who repeatedly said “Free Palestine” and questioned whether one of the guests was a baby killer. The man has since resigned his hotel position and launched a GoFundMe campaign that has thus far raised nearly $14,000.

The former Oceanpoint Ranch staffer, who identifies on GoFundMe as Ryan Smith, published video of the incident on social media. In the video, the woman tells the staffer that he is supposed to be completely objective with clients. Smith asks the woman whether she is a Zionist and whether she served in the Israel Defense Forces and killed babies.

“Israeli zionists in Cambria, CA,” Smith wrote in a social media post following the confrontation. “I’ve never stared into the soul of the devil like I did tonight. IDF soldier child killer stays at hotel in Cambria.”

 

 

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Smith’s GoFundMe campaign states he was let go from his job for having a right to speak freely.

However, on Saturday, Oceanpoint Ranch published a statement on social media saying the staffer unilaterally resigned his position.

“We are aware of the recent video that was circulated online and understand the concern and emotions surrounding the situation,” Oceanpoint Ranch said in the statement. “We appreciate those who have reached out and shared their feedback. After learning of the incident, Oceanpoint Ranch immediately commenced an investigation. Before it concluded, the individual in the video unilaterally resigned his position.

“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. Our team remains committed to fostering a respectful environment for all of our guests, employees, and community.”

On his GoFundMe page, Smith wrote he is looking for work and grateful for any and all donations, though he still has a roof over his head and is in a better situation than many families around the world.

He set $7,500 as his fundraising goal. Over three days, Smith has raised more than $13,800.

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Ryan Smith is a little girl. The financial support he’s received probably makes him feel like a grown woman. The douch beanie is the helmet of the pansy army.


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Biggger man than you. I think you people are extremely out of touch. The reason he’s raising money is because they agree with him. People have been watching Israel bomb kids for over two years….It’s time there’s a consequence for anyone supporting that…Get on the right side of history…It’s not hard.


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Hotels will hire anybody.


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This is total BS that non politicians from a country needs to hear this crap. The Trump effect has polluted every corner in the world. Including little Cambria. His influence will result in a disastrous world cup and Olympics. Tourism is down in the US because people doesn’t want to visit a country that put’s up with this sort of crap.

The world will finally find peace when that dude is gone.


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This is extremely disturbing. This kind of antisemitism cannot be tolerated in our society. Who in the world would send money to this confrontational,racist creep? That he had the nerve to treat a guest at a hotel he worked for like this is over the top. This business should do everything it can to make up to this couple who were simply trying to check in. I hope they comp’d their room for starters. This couple should also look into filing a lawsuit against Mr. Smith and pressing charges for harassment for a hate crime. If Oceanpoint Ranch doesn’t make things really right for this couple they should also file a racial discrimantion lawsuit against them. This type of behavior cannot be tolerated at all!!!!


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They let the kid go….Now you’re advocating filing a lawsuit against the hotel? You’ve gotta be kidding me. What’s making it right? Comping the room?


Genocide didn’t bother you….but this is “extremely disturbing”. Now THAT shouldn’t be tolerated in ours or anyone else’s.


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This isn’t antisemitism. You know what is really awful? Sitting by and watching Israel bomb the hell out of children for two years and keeping your mouthg shut or hiding behind “antisemitism”. People on both the left and the right are calling out Israel and their supporters. Whether they’re Jewish, christian, black, white, etc. The fact that all you people on hear are clueless about what is going on shows me you need to turn off your televisions.


-39

You know what is most disgusting? The cowards of Hamas and Hezbollah hiding themselves and their weapons behind Palestinian children, putting weapons in their hands and using these children as shields for sissy a** selves. They use their religion of Islam as justification for what they do when it is obvious to all the world that it is simply their greed for power and control.


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And Ryan Smith is obviously driven by greed too. For money and his 15 minutes of fame. Pathetic!


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Ryan Smith and his supporters, who apparently have nothing better to do with 14k, have succumbed to the old adage, ‘Blinded by Hate’. Mr. Smith, how would you like to go to a foreign country and find yourself in a small town, trying to check in to your hotel room and be confronted by someone harassing you because you’re American…or are you? Did anyone notice that he ‘only’ asked for $7500 to help him continue with his hate campaign and hasn’t halted the donations by closing down his begging for money tantrum for being such a good hater? Excuse while I go vomit.


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Haha…Well, we’re just glad someone took a stand. We don’t just support Ryan…We are adamantly anti-genocide and anti-Israel. I served this country. I’m not a liberal and I’m not a conservative. Just a guy who doesn’t want to see our tax money go to a genocidal state….I sure AF don’t want to see those same people in our community. I’m not surprised at all he raised more than he was asking. The fact that he did should show you something.


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Harassment and intimidation of innocent people is taking a stand? I find that ironic. Going after people just because of their skin color, a name, or curly hair? What makes that honorable? What makes that a checkmark of goodness for a cause? Innocent travelers made no decisions, sent no bombs, cause no threat. SO How is that “taking a stand?” It merely exposes your racism, on an assumption. I wouldn’t be surprised if this couple sues for a Hate Crime. Costing you a lot more than the measly $14k.


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Yes, it shows me something alright! That there are way too many idiot antisemitic racists willing to throw their money at a loser like Ryan Smith.


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Grifting, low-IQ, Libocrat.


Don’t let me find you roaming A-town, Ryan Smith.


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What’s his IQ score?


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He’s the 2nd dumbest person in the county, hoping you will give up 1st place.


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How do you know I live in the county?


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Just above your double digits.


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?


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Did you forget to write the question that went to your question mark?


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Hey Grandpa Simpson, You’ll do what if you see him in Atascadero? I’ll bet this Ryan Smith fella is 40 years younger than you.


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He ain’t gonna do a damn thing. Are ya A-town “Rebel”…..


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Oh look at that, a not so thinly veiled threat by the “Rebel” and not a moderator in sight.


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1A OVER everything

2A assures the former


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Look at his/her/it’s list of donors and you’ll get a sense of where the support is coming from. All in the name of “peace and love.” Right. Except for Jewish folks.


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“Israeli folks”.


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Hating genocidal Zionists is not the same as hating Jewish people. How do you explain that Jewish people that support Palestine?


-12

1) Yes it is. 2) Self loathing, Guilt. Misplaced compassion. There ya go.


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So are you Israeli or American Slosum? Do you align yourself with a country that has killed what’s well over 100,000 people? 80% of which are women and children? Now the states….Jared Kushner is building a “Smart city” on their graves. I would think well meaning Jewish people would take a step back from this and/or push Israel to stop sniping kids. Instead…You’re TELLING us that you are WITH THEM. The lady in the video said she was a Zionist. Supporting a genocidal state makes YOU the Nazi. “Never again for me, not for them”…is that your stance?


OR


Do you believe it’s complicated and there’s not really a genocide? You may feel free to say what you’re saying on here because it seems everyone is over the age of 50 and you feel like you have company.The majority of the people in the states despise Israel. It’s not too late to get on the right side of history.


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Are you Ryan Smith? Go away.


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This ain’t Gaza or the West Bank dear…I won’t leave…


I’m just a veteran, a patriot, and I have eyes and ears. I see you and your cronies posting pro genocidal comments and doing my duty as a human to tell you you’re wrong.


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Women and children would not be dying if the terrorist groups of Hamas and Hezbollah were not hiding behind them and using them as shields. You are so blinded by their propaganda that you cannot see they have created this whole scenario by using the lives and limbs of Palestinian women and children to make idiots like you believe that Israel is committing genocide. Open your eyes, use your brain and see who is really harming innocent Palestinians.


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This is insane. if I owned the lodging property, I would first kick his ass down the exit and then sue him for the damage he/she/it/they has created. Good grief. And who the hell is funding his ridiculous funding page? This has to stop. BTW, who are his parents? He needs to be spanked. (But he probably would love it)


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And you would lose because suing somebody for that isn’t a thing, especially when it involves the 1st Amendment. Nice try though.


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The First Amendment does not, repeat, NOT, cover the private workplace. Private employers can and do impose restrictions on speech. I cannot go into my workplace and start spewing racist, vulgar, homophobic, or other objectionable speech. This idiot wanted a confrontation, he was filming. He’s nothing more than a antisemite who uses the “Zionist” thing to cloak his prejudice. There is no genocide in Gaza; the Israelis have shown a lot of restraint. Far more than the Gazan terrorists deserve. Too much Hasan Piker/Tucker Carlson/Candace OwesnZohran Mamdani BS flowing through the body politic these days. This little bastard resigned because he knew he was going to get fired, and the guests absolutely should sue. That will cause all the hotels to pay more attention to who they hire.


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Yeah, they fired him. Aside from that…You can’t do much.


“There is no Genocide in Gaza”? I have video from yesterday of them killing a little girl in the West Bank. The vast majority of genocide scholars…..Even Israeli scholars on genocide agree its a GENOCIDE. If it’s not a genocide…Then let international journalists in….Not letting in international press seems like something a guy with a little mustache would do. Only when you have something to hide.


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https://medium.com/@grace.wang_8955/the-genocide-in-gaza-separating-fact-and-fiction-ce9f58786409


I’m a veteran too, three deployments, and the thought of cheering for Hamas sickens me. The IDF has the ability to flatten the whole place but they haven’t. You say you have video of the IDF blowing up a little girl. Maybe, maybe not. There’s certainly video of the Pig-Demons of Hamas putting babies in microwaves and turning them on. Where’s your concern about their rights? Get bent, faux ninja.


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If Hamas and Hezbollah were true fighters and heroes they would get themselves and their weapons far away from the areas that Palestinians live and work. Get away from hospitals, schools and anywhere there are women and children. They would stop indoctrinating their children and simply let them live in peace and get educations. But they are cowards and hide amongst children like that little girl you say was killed in the West Bank. That you buy into all their propaganda is pathetic.


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It’s got nothing to do with the “first amendment”, dweeb. It has to do with damaging the reputation of a business by trashing their customers. And oh, by the way, “Zionist” is just a code word for Jews, which this racist obviously hates. And that, Mr. legal boy, is called “hate speech”. Go away.


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We “hate” seeing babies blown up. Stop you victim bs. Israel is the most racist “country” on the fcking planet. They just call is “ethnocentric”. Push the people out that aren’t Arab.


-12

I feel sorry for you.


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Feel sorry for your puppies, Cruella.


No, but really….feel sorry for the children in Gaza that have the largest orphan crisis in modern history. 39,000….half of those lost both parents.


Gaza also has the highest number of child amputees per capita WORLDWIDE.


Feeling “sorry” for me is a waste of your time….Just like it is listening to the bs on your news channels.


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I too feel sorry for the children in Gaza who are used as dispensable tools for terrorist propaganda. Hamas is the most cowardly group ever.


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In Israel, Arabs serve in the Knesset. Arabs serve in the IDF. Arabs serve as police officers, town councilmen, and mayors. Arabs own businesses, go to school, are school teachers, and are model Israeli citizens.


There are millions of Gazans still alive.


That makes Israel NOT racist, and the lousiest practitioners of genocide, ever.


Who has the largest barrier wall with an active and armed military guarding it, specifically to keep Gazans out of their country?


Nope. Egypt.


Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia also kicked the Gaza/”palestinians” out. Fellow muslims don’t want the trouble making, murderous Gazans anywhere near their people.


Everything you have sprouted about Israel, is wrong, a lie, not true, and twisted in your mind to satisfy your weird fantasies about wearing a Burkha to your next KKK meeting.


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Facts


Anti-semite clowns that are U.S. ex-military need a serious comeuppance.


From the mountains to the sea, don’t let one single vile hamas get free. ((target))


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I “hate” seeing innocent Palestinian women and children being used as cannon fodder by cowardly terrorists.


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You are truly an idiot if you think 1st amendment rights apply to what an employee says to superiors or patrons of the business he works for. (Big eye roll)


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F this hotel employee. It’s not his job to judge who the customer is. He doesn’t deserve a penny of that $14,000.


Thanks for alerting me to this, so that i know to never go to the Oceanpoint Ranch hotel.


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