Couple arrested for daubing Stars of David across Paris claim they were ‘under instructions from Russia’ – as prosecutors admit they may have been in SUPPORT of Israel

• The couple arrested for the painted stars said they were instructed by Russia
• Prosecutors said the act may have been in support of Israel’s war against Hamas
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Stars of David painted all over Paris in what was believed to be anti-Semitic graffiti may well have been in support of Israel, French prosecutors believe.

The twist in the investigation comes following the arrest of a Moldavian couple who have admitted producing the stencil used earlier this week.

It was used to daub the front of properties in what originally looked like a disturbing echo of the Kristallnacht ‘Night of Broken Glass’ organised in Nazi Germany in the run up to the Holocaust.

The couple technically face four years in prison for ‘causing damage to property aggravated by reference to race or religion.’

But a prosecuting source in Paris said: ‘It may be that the stars were actually painted in support of the state of Israel as it fights Hamas.’

Dozens of blue Stars of David (pictured) have been found painted overnight on buildings in several areas of Paris and its surrounding suburbs

About 60 blue stars were found graffitied on several buildings in Paris’s 14th arrondissement. Pictured: A woman walks along a building that has been marked with the stars

The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into the damage to property, aggravated by the circumstance of origin, race, ethnicity or religion, French media reported

Referring to the yellow stars used by the Nazis to identify Jews in cities such as Paris during the Second World War, the source said: ‘The stars which were painted this week were blue ones, which look like those on the Israeli flag. They were not yellow ones.

‘There is no indication that any of the buildings targeted were ones actually inhabited by Jewish people – in this sense, they were just random walls.’

The Moldovan couple, who have not been named, have said they were acting ‘under instructions from Russia,’ and that they had no link with groups in France.

They now face deportation following a legal process, while another couple from a similar background is being searched for by Paris police.

More than 800 anti-Semitic acts have been reported across France since the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel on October 7, with 414 arrests made.

There has also been a spike in Islamophobic acts, as Muslims report attacks linked to the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

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