An influential Palestinian writer and leading Jordanian columnist has falsely claimed that Western countries “stole” Christianity from the Palestinians. Claim Jesus was the first Palestinian to attack US support for the Jewish state.
in essay Published in both Jordan on Christmas Day Adada stall and the Palestinians Al Quds In newspapers, Hamadeh Faraneh, a Palestinian political observer based in Jordan, compared the move to British colonialism, which facilitated the creation of the state of Israel on Palestinian land through the Balfour Declaration, and argued that Western countries He claims that he plagiarized the .
Excerpts from the statement are: translated This is by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which specializes in media coverage of the region.
Although Farane describes Jesus as a “Palestinian,” he does not mention the origin of the term “Palestine.” The term is derived from the Roman word “Palaestina”. It was introduced in 135 AD to replace “Judas” after the Jewish revolt, indicating a deliberate effort to erase the Jewish connection to the land.
The large-scale migration of Arabs to Israel and the Palestinian territories began primarily during the early Islamic conquests in the 7th century, several hundred years after the time of Jesus.
The article, titled “They Stole Christianity from Us,” accused Western countries of ignoring the plight of the Palestinians, while criticizing the aid that Western countries, including the United States and its churches, have provided to Israel. They continue to criticize countries.
They are [the Westerners] They stole Christianity from our land just like they stole Palestine [itself]That's why they don't stand up against horrific violent takeovers, killings, and destruction. [wreaked by Israel against the Palestinian] Cities, villages, neighborhoods and residents of the Gaza Strip. [The Israelis] They had done this before, in 1948, but it was never scrutinized, filmed or monitored. They inherited this behavior from their predecessors, for they did to the Palestinians what Tsarist Russia, German Nazism, and Italian Fascism did to the Palestinians.
Faraneh, a former member of the Jordanian parliament and member of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC), continued: [the Westerners] The patriarchs and archbishops stole the Christian religion from us. [of the Western churches] I've never stood up to anything [military] the power of [Israeli] This is what colonies do to Christians and Muslims in Palestine, the land of Jesus. ”
The work concludes by comparing the Palestinian struggle to the life and sacrifice of Jesus, portraying him as the first Palestinian guerrilla who personified resistance and sacrifice.
Mr. Faraneh has been a member of the unified Palestinian nationalist coalition Hamas, the U.S.-designated Islamic terrorist organization whose charter openly calls for the murder of Jews and the annihilation of the Jewish state through relentless jihad. I was inviting you to become a member.
Key columnist for Jordan magazine@AdustourNewsHamadeh Faraneh says the key for Palestinians today is unity and Hamas is not an alternative but part of a unified PLO pic.twitter.com/t3C2zfKQLo
— Daoud Kuttab داود كُتّاب (@daoudkuttab) November 6, 2023
The terrorist organization carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel's history in October. At that time, approximately 3,000 terrorists invaded Israel, killing more than 1,200 people, injuring more than 5,300 people, and taking most of them hostage, with brutal violence similar to those of the Nazi era. was a civilian. American.
From the body camera of a Hamas terrorist on October 7th.
The girl hid under a table in her home before being shot.
Don't look away and never forget. pic.twitter.com/sMLVczh5tR
— Mossad: Satirical but brilliant (@TheMossadIL) December 9, 2023
This essay was published as part of a history of attempts to link Jesus to the Palestinian struggle against a Jewish state.
of the Palestinian Authority al-hayat al-jadida have published The article depicts Jesus as a Palestinian hero and likens his struggle to a national war against Israel.
Some depicted Jesus as a martyr and the first “fidai” (self-sacrificing warrior); others depicted him as a symbol of national liberation against “fanatic Jews” and Western-backed Zionism .
Last month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) claimed The story of the birth of Jesus Christ parallels the plight of Palestinians today, reversing the facts about both Jesus and modern Israel.
Ocasio-Cortez: “Christ was born in modern-day Palestine as part of a target population that was indiscriminately killed to protect the power of an unjust leader.'' I have written On Instagram.
“Thousands of years later, right-wing forces violently occupy Bethlehem while a similar story unfolds for Palestinians today,” she argues, adding that if the central figure of Christianity He added that if Jesus and his family had been born today, they would have been “Jewish-Palestinians.”
In addition, Father Edward Beck, who appeared on CNN, mention For Jesus, he was a “Palestinian Jew born during a time when his homeland was occupied.”
Although Beck says Jesus taught “love your enemies,” he fails to see that there are “similarities” in today's Palestinian attitude toward Israel.
Last week, conservative Middle East analyst and commentator Caroline Glick said: I got it. Today, Jesus would not dare to live in Bethlehem because of Jewish immigration restrictions.
“If Jesus were alive today, he wouldn't be living in Bethlehem, because today Jews are not allowed to enter Bethlehem, and Jesus was, of course, Jewish,” she said. “So he can't be in Bethlehem.”
A Nativity scene is displayed in a stained glass window at St. Catherine's Church in Bethlehem, West Bank, on December 21, 2007. St. Catherine's Church is next to the Church of the Nativity. (David Silverman/Getty)
She also points out that since the Palestinian Authority took over the City of Nativity in 1996, the Christian population has been drastically reduced due to persecution, many of whom have been forced out of their businesses and property, and the city's demographic and cultural landscape has significantly changed. He emphasized that something had changed.
In fact, Bethlehem's Christian majority declined from 87% in the 1950s to just 20% in 2001 and 12% in 2016. Since the Palestinian Authority took over control of Bethlehem in 1995, the Christian population has continued to grow. Significantly Only about 10,000 Christians now live in the city, which currently has a population of about 75,500.
In fact, she continued, Christians in Bethlehem are “afraid” of Palestinian terrorists from the Palestinian Authority who “massacre” them because of their pro-Israel sentiments.
Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest famous for his Holocaust research, recently said, was suggested If Jesus were alive today, he probably would have been kidnapped hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
DeBoer criticized the politicization of the Jesus identity in Bethlehem, noting that while Hamas officially supports Christians, the reality in Gaza is different.
In November, conservative radio legend Michael Savage I got it. He blasted the “biggest lie of our time” that Jews have no connection to or right to live in their ancient homeland, claiming that Jews have lived in Israel for nearly 4,000 years. did.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.
