There’s a famous quote that goes something like this: “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Unfortunately, it’s looking more and more like we’ve forgotten.

Over the weekend, as-of-yet unknown vandals desecrated Jewish graves in France:

WAS THIS 'RANDOM', OBAMA: 100’s of Jewish Graves Defaced In France http://t.co/CziFiSOGlY @TheDemocrats #antisemitism pic.twitter.com/wYuyTbDafh

— Defund NPR PBS & NEA (@Jarjarbug) February 16, 2015

Sadly, the West – especially France – is seeing this revolting spectacle more and more often: #AntiSemitism pic.twitter.com/Ct7BczlBOa

— Legatum Institute (@LegatumInst) February 15, 2015

Also in France, what’s described as “Jew Hell in Paris” on Drudge Report, a video purports to show a journalist being spat on and called a “dog” as he strolls the streets of Paris in a skullcap:

And over the weekend, in our own nation, thirty homes in Madison, Wisconsin were reportedly spray-painted with swastikas, as well as with slurs against women and other minorities:

Wisconsin: Photo, 2 dozen homes in Madison vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti, no arrests pic.twitter.com/cYXRKrz4ep

— Yiddish News (@YiddishNews) February 15, 2015

But nowhere else in this country has anti-Semitism rooted itself more firmly than on our college campuses, where liberalism has little academic competition, most recently on the grounds of UC Davis:

Further, some Congressional Democrats, who are supposed to be our voice in Washington, are boycotting the March 20^th speech of the sitting Prime Minister of Israel because it’s “disrespectful” to Mr. Obama…or something:

#Shocked at the number of Dems attending @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats #shameonyou #BoycottNetanyahu http://t.co/JyimjkSVpV

— Lori McFarland (@MsMcFarland) February 16, 2015

The habitually disrespectful Barack Hussein Obama is tacitly, or worse, working to unseat that very same Prime Minister of Israel. He also refuses to acknowledge the fact that European Jews have been hunted down and murdered by Islamic jihadists, instead labeling those killed in the recent targeted attacks “random” victims of “violent extremism:”

Random thought. Obama has had a problem saying 'Islamic terror. Now he seems to have a problem saying 'Jewish victims.'

— David Brinn (@davidbjpost) February 10, 2015

Indeed. Though I’d bet my last dollar he’d have no problem uttering the word “Jew”—or “Christian”—were the tables turned. After all, if you value your life, it’s easy to demonize those who aren’t committing mass murder in the name of their God.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, the current target of venomous hatred coming primarily from the Left, appears to be the one world leader who fully understands the grave implications of the rise in anti-Semitism across Europe, and in our own nation, and is urging Jews to leave Europe for Israel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT9oeEE1XVw

The current environment of increasing anti-Semitism feels frighteningly reminiscent of the demonization of Jews amid the rise of Hitler, as many Jews fled Germany to escape the coming genocide. And now it’s not only the anti-Semites of Western countries whose hatred is targeted at Jews, but ISIS is lying in wait—all too often being welcomed in with open arms into countries, like Denmark, who believe they can somehow rehabilitate a bunch of barbaric, genocidal maniacs—ready to wage jihad against Europe’s Jewish communities. What the ignorant, political correctness-addicted fail to recognize is that they are all targets, too.

When the Obama Regime overtly displays its personal disdain for the Prime Minister of Israel and a stubborn refusal to utter the words “Islamic Terrorism,” when various leaders of European countries, like Denmark, coddle Islamic jihadists, and when universities across the United States tolerate the demonization of Jews, the inevitable result is what we are witnessing today: A significant rise in anti-Semitism in the West and emboldened Islamic jihadists taking full advantage. We have a choice to make: Will we speak up? Will we shun political correctness? Or will we remain mostly mute, like we did preceding WWII, giving our silent consent to the continued targeting of Jews worldwide, coupled with the continued genocide of Christians? We had best decide, because it’s on our doorstep.

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

— Martin Niemöller