Greg Laurie Urges Christians to Speak Out Against Antisemitism and Stand With Israel
“They realized that they needed a homeland where they could live in peace and prosperity and raise their families,” he continued. “But also the Jewish community has had a continual presence in their land since the first kingdom of Israel, since King David. How could they be colonizers? They are indigenous people.”
Laurie argued, “God gave this land to Israel.”
He went on to ask where the protesters are for the more than 1,100 Jewish people who were “tortured, butchered, and some even beheaded” by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, along with the 250 hostages that were taken during the attacks.
He said, “Where are the protests for them? Where are the protests for citizens of 17 countries still held hostage? What about for the hundreds of thousands killed this year in Sudan?”
Having viewed unedited footage of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, ChurchLeaders verifies Laurie’s assessment of what took place. Hamas body camera footage also showed the aftermath of women and children being raped and the attackers parading hostages through the streets of Palestine while people cheered.
The day after the Oct. 7 attack, speaking at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Laurie told the Jewish people that were gathered that day “that as evangelicals we stand with them, we are praying for them, and will do everything we can to help them.”
Laurie added, “This is more important now than ever.”
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“As a pastor, I will not stand by idly as this horror unfolds before our very eyes. We are living in a moment where history will judge us,” he said.
One of the great criticisms the church of Germany receives regarding the Holocaust is that “they did not speak out on behalf of the Jewish people,” Laurie said. “We cannot let this happen again.”
“Not us. Not now,” Laurie said. “We stand with Israel, we stand with Jews everywhere, and we stand against antisemitism.”
Bible-believing Christian need to understand that “Jews have always been and always will be God’s chosen people,” the pastor said.
