Stars of David graffiti found around Oxford

On the afternoon of the 1st of June, graffiti appeared to be Stars of David were spray-painted onto the Oxford Crown Court, and a banner of the Pitt Rivers Encampment. A third star was found the next morning on a wall of the Saïd Business School. Spray-painted Stars of David are often associated with Nazi-era graffiti of Jewish-owned properties, as well as the practice of forcing Jewish people to identify themselves by wearing a yellow Star of David on their clothes.  It is not clear what the intention behind the graffiti is. However, members of the encampment reported that the graffitied banner was the work of an individual who had been consistently harassing the camp over the past week. Speaking to The Oxford Student, Kendall Gardner described the first incident as “horrible”, stating that “a man ripped off one of our banners and a Jewish member of our community chased after him”.  She explained that the camp member followed the man into Jericho Coffee Traders, where he “hurled the Jewish community member to the floor.” The next day, the man returned with another individual and “sprayed the banners with blue paint and also sprayed a member of the public’s face”....