UK newspaper: Jesus was a Palestinian

[Scurrilous]

Anti-Israel article claims Christmas is celebration 'of birth pains of a Palestinian refugee in Bethlehem'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3344541,00.html

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"An anti-Israel article , which appeared last week in a British newspaper, the Independent, claimed Christmas was a celebration of the "birth pains of a Palestinian refugee in Bethlehem" (Mary), before launching into an attack on Israel 's checkpoints in the West Bank.

According to the article, written by British columnist Johann Hari, during Christmas "a third of humanity will gather to celebrate the birth pains of a Palestinian refugee in Bethlehem - but two millennia later, another mother in another glorified stable in this rubble-strewn, locked-down town is trying not to howl."

It added: "Fadia Jemal is a gap-toothed 27-year-old with a weary, watery smile. 'What would happen if the Virgin Mary came to Bethlehem today? She would endure what I have endured,' she says."

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"Hari described Palestinian women as "21st century Marys" who were being "terrorized."

Various commentators have said that elements in Europe hostile to Israel have begun to portray Jesus as a Palestinian, and ancient Judea as a Palestinian entity."

[madaboutharry]

1. The latest version

of an age old blood libel. This kind of historical dishonesty is really nothing new.

[regnaD kciN]

5. That Palestinians are being mistreated is a "blood libel"...?????

:wtf:

The original "blood libel" was the absurd and despicable insinuation, hundreds of years ago, that European Jews were kidnapping and murdering Christian children as human sacrifices.

Now, however, it appears to have become a label to be used to silence any criticism of Israel.

It's odd that those who would (justly) complain if someone accused Israel of carrying out a "holocaust" of Palestinians seem to have no problem is flinging around the "blood libel" epithet to short-circuit conisideration of anything they don't want to hear. It must be their version of "playing the 'race card'." :eyes:

[Ken Burch]

2. Jesus was Jewish AND Palestinian.

And would call on BOTH sides to abandon injustice and violence.

[hlthe2b]

3. Who cares? If anyone thinks that Jesus would approve of

what either side is engaged in, in the Middle East--much less our own heretical RW-driven government, I've got swamp land to sell.

Why is it, the "Prince of Peace" is used (exploited) to drag countless millions through war and violent "debate?"

[msmcghee]

4. Those whose beliefs are religious in nature . .

. . i.e. ideologically passionate enough so that no other views can possibly be considered - always seem to discovered somehow that God is on their side.

[Boojatta]

6. When Jesus prayed, did he face Mecca or Istanbul?

Did He read Shakespeare in the original Arabic or, like most people, did He just read the English translation?