Stars of David were spray painted on homes in Paris on Tuesday night in what political leaders called a chilling evocation of “the 1930s.”
Some 60 Stars of David were left stenciled on walls in the 14th arrondissement of the French capital as the nation as a whole deals with a rise in antisemitic incidents.
The move recalled the same markings being delivered on Jewish-owned businesses in Berlin which were marked with the Star of David during the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party.
Emmanuel Grégoire, deputy to Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, said the stars would be removed and an investigation launched.
“Antisemitism continues to kill,” Mr Grégoire said. “We will never give up the fight.”
Similar tags appeared over the weekend in suburbs of the city including Vanves, Fontenay-aux-Roses and Aubervilliers, AFP reports.
Retail outlets were also targeted.
In Paris, Jewish stores have been labeled with Stars of David.
As if 80 years have not passed.The distance between the massacre in Beeri Kibbutz and the streets of Paris is shorter than you think.
Yes, the west is next.
Israel is fighting radical Islamic terror on its… pic.twitter.com/ruwEpy05QZ
— Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט (@naftalibennett) October 31, 2023
In the nearby town of Saint-Ouen they were accompanied by inscriptions such as “Palestine will overcome”.
“Some want to terrorize French Jews by using the methods of the 1930s. They must be quickly found and severely punished,” the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) posted on X immediately after the attacks became apparent.
On Sunday, the French Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti, reported more than 400 arrests for “anti-Semitic acts.”
The FIRST time “anti-Israel” activists showed up at City Hall to protest the Holocaust, I warned that it was pure antisemitism.
Thank you to whomever recreated this moving video that’s now circulating online. 👇 pic.twitter.com/EecMLD3Yjx
— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) November 1, 2023
The best way to end antisemitism at our universities and in Congress is by purging the woke-mind virus which has corrupted our culture.
Our children are being taught to hate Jews, to hate America, and to sympathize with terrorists because some of their professors, favorite… pic.twitter.com/rKZOUlfGCg
— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) November 1, 2023
Unbelievable scenes from Harvard! A Jewish student is assaulted even while trying to get away from the “free Palestine” mob.
This movement is not about Palestinians, rather, it is about legitimising antisemitism in the western world. It must be stopped
pic.twitter.com/bNkXfQYgQ4— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) November 1, 2023
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