Consider the noise of the world, a trailer to the BDS. What is BDS?

The BDS movement started in 2005—just one year after the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion that “Israel’s building of a barrier in the occupied Palestinian territory is illegal.” — United Nations News

The blind rulers of the world would always restrain Israel from protecting itself!

BDS’ (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel) strategies are coordinated in large part by the Palestinian BDS national committee based in the Palestinian territories. They call for a boycott of “Israeli sporting, cultural and academic institutions” and “Israeli and international companies engaged in violations of Palestinian human rights.” The movement also encourages divestment from Israel and sanctions by foreign governments that could include “banning business with illegal Israeli settlements, ending military trade and free-trade agreements, as well as suspending Israel’s membership in international forums such as UN bodies and FIFA,”—the governing body of international soccer. — Time

How they have failed, and Israel has thrived!

Is BDS anti-Semitic?

Jews and Jewish groups are not united on the issue about whether BDS is anti-semitic. While many conservative Jewish groups criticize BDS for unfairly singling out Israel and worry that it’s ultimate aim is to delegitimize any notion of a Jewish state, dozens of progressive Jewish groups have taken issue with the characterization of BDS as anti-Semitic, fearing that doing so overshadows “legitimate critiques of Israeli policies.” [However good the intentions of BDS may seem], the degree of condemnation faced by Israel is “wildly disproportionate to any presumed sins that Israel has committed.”— Time

The October 7 Hamas massacre of Israelis and the lopsided condemnation of Israeli reprisal illustrates the point.

Whatever the enemies (within and without) of Israel concoct, the word of the Lord is ahead of them, as evident from the prophetic rendition in Psalm 124.

What if God had not been on our side? Let all Israel admit this! What if God had not been there for us? Our enemies, in their violent anger, would have swallowed us up alive! The nations, with their flood of rage, would have swept us away, and we would have drowned and perished beneath their torrent of terror! We can praise God over and over that he never left us! God wouldn’t allow the terror of our enemies to defeat us. We are free from the hunter’s trap; their snare is broken and we have escaped! For the same God who made everything, our Creator and our mighty maker, he himself is our helper and defender! Psalm 124:1-8 (TPT)

Rejoice in the Lord, ye lovers of His word. Remind Him of His covenant with Abraham and the seed of promise as you pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Selah.

Pastor Afolabi Oladele