This week Jews came under siege from three continents. It had been a bad year so far, with 14 Jews murdered by terrorists. Having had enough, a group of vigilantes rampaged through Arab Huwara, torching cars, businesses and homes. The world stayed silent when the 14 Jews were murdered but was quick to condemn the resulting riots. First off, United States representative Thomas Nides said that the rioting was “causing an enormous amount of pain”. Hours later the State Department’s Hady Amir visited Hawara in support of this hotbed of terrorists and condemned the riot. He did visit any of the families of the Jews who had been murdered by the terrorists. When Israeli Minister Smotrich said that the bed of terrorists should be wiped off the map, the United States immediately issued a statement that they were considering barring him from entry to the country. This is hypocritical as the United States often welcomes terrorists. Next to condemn the Jews were France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain in the United Kingdom. At least these countries did lip service by also condemning terrorist attacks that sparked the riot. Meanwhile, in Australia the Writers Week held in the city of Adelaide was a little more than an antisemitic hate fest with invited speakers including those on call for the murder of Jews. Not a single dissenting voice was allowed. That the festival is overseen by Louise Adler, the daughter of Holocaust survivors and is at least partly funded by the government, makes it all the more disturbing. The worldwide rise of antisemitism by governments and semi-government authorities parallels the rise of antisemitism leading up to the Holocaust. [Photo: StandWithUs]