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Source --- Palestinian Media Watch Jesus the Palestinian In Palestinian Authority ideology 7/06/06
The cartoon in today's Al Quds depicts a Palestinian and an Iraqi being crucified on the same cross. This expresses a common Palestinian motif, found in both text and cartoons, that depicts Palestinians as Jesus, and Jesus as a Palestinian. [See site for cartoons of Palestinians on cross like Jesus.]
Palestinian historical revisionism:
Historical revision is a backbone of Palestinian political and academic behavior, as the leaders attempt to create a separate "Palestinian Arab" history and identity for themselves, distinct from the general Arab and Islamic history. "Palestinian" Arabs are a very recent creation, and did not exist before the advent of PLO terror in 1965. Note, for example, that under UN resolution 194 in 1948, refugees were not called "Palestinian Refugees," relating to a national identity, but were called "Palestine Refugees," referring to geography - from where they came.
Jesus was Palestinian, the Palestinians are Jesus:
One aspect of this attempt to create a Palestinian history is to present Jesus, who according to Christian scriptures was a Jew (Judean) living in the land of Judea-Israel, as a Palestinian. (In fact the name was changed to Palestine 136 years after Jesus' s death as part of Rome's plan to cut the Jews' ties to their Land of Israel.)
Jesus has even been presented by Palestinians as the "the first Palestinian Shahid – Martyr for Allah," [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January 17, 2005] applying to Jesus Islamic theology that evolved centuries later. On a culture program on Palestinian TV, a Palestinian artist depicted Israeli soldiers arresting Jesus, and explains that Jesus symbolizes the Palestinians.
The following are some of these examples identifying Jesus as a Palestinian:
1. “We must not forget that (Jesus) Messiah, may peace be upon him, is Palestinian, the son the Mary the Palestinian, who is sanctified by hundreds of millions of believers in this world.â€Â
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 18, 2005]
2. "It was quite natural that the Palestinians rose to save their sanctuaries [in Nazareth] without anyone thinking there is a difference between a Christian and a Muslim… since in the Palestinian situation, the lord Messiah [Jesus] and his mother [Mary] are both Galileans and Palestinians …"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 9, 2006]
3. “The Palestinian Galilee village of Kfar Kana takes pride in the fact that in [the village] the Palestinian Messiah succeeded to turn water into wine.â€Â
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 14, 2004]
Jesus is likewise defined as a Shahid (Martyr for Allah):
4. “…And a child from the De’haisha refugeecamp will shout: “Yes, we have won, just as the prophets and [Jesus’] Apostles won,†and the shahids will cry, ‘We shook the palm trees alongside Lady Earth and the lady of the people, the Virgin Mary, and with her son the first Palestinian Shahid.â€Â
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January 17, 2005]
The flip side of turning Jesus into the Palestinians is the turning of Palestinians into Jesus.
5. “Muhammad [Al Dura, child who was killed by undetermined gunfire] ... a tiny sleeping Jesus...â€Â
[Al-Quds, May 25, 2001]
6. During a culture program, a Palestinian artist depicts Israeli soldiers arresting Jesus, and explains that Jesus symbolizes the Palestinians.
Misappropriating Jesus into Palestinian Islamic tradition allows the image of the Crucifixion to become a Palestinian symbol, which they then use to portray themselves and other Muslims as victims of Israel. (Excerpt)
The cartoon in today's Al Quds depicts a Palestinian and an Iraqi being crucified on the same cross. This expresses a common Palestinian motif, found in both text and cartoons, that depicts Palestinians as Jesus, and Jesus as a Palestinian. [See site for cartoons of Palestinians on cross like Jesus.]
Palestinian historical revisionism:
Historical revision is a backbone of Palestinian political and academic behavior, as the leaders attempt to create a separate "Palestinian Arab" history and identity for themselves, distinct from the general Arab and Islamic history. "Palestinian" Arabs are a very recent creation, and did not exist before the advent of PLO terror in 1965. Note, for example, that under UN resolution 194 in 1948, refugees were not called "Palestinian Refugees," relating to a national identity, but were called "Palestine Refugees," referring to geography - from where they came.
Jesus was Palestinian, the Palestinians are Jesus:
One aspect of this attempt to create a Palestinian history is to present Jesus, who according to Christian scriptures was a Jew (Judean) living in the land of Judea-Israel, as a Palestinian. (In fact the name was changed to Palestine 136 years after Jesus' s death as part of Rome's plan to cut the Jews' ties to their Land of Israel.)
Jesus has even been presented by Palestinians as the "the first Palestinian Shahid – Martyr for Allah," [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January 17, 2005] applying to Jesus Islamic theology that evolved centuries later. On a culture program on Palestinian TV, a Palestinian artist depicted Israeli soldiers arresting Jesus, and explains that Jesus symbolizes the Palestinians.
The following are some of these examples identifying Jesus as a Palestinian:
1. “We must not forget that (Jesus) Messiah, may peace be upon him, is Palestinian, the son the Mary the Palestinian, who is sanctified by hundreds of millions of believers in this world.â€Â
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 18, 2005]
2. "It was quite natural that the Palestinians rose to save their sanctuaries [in Nazareth] without anyone thinking there is a difference between a Christian and a Muslim… since in the Palestinian situation, the lord Messiah [Jesus] and his mother [Mary] are both Galileans and Palestinians …"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 9, 2006]
3. “The Palestinian Galilee village of Kfar Kana takes pride in the fact that in [the village] the Palestinian Messiah succeeded to turn water into wine.â€Â
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 14, 2004]
Jesus is likewise defined as a Shahid (Martyr for Allah):
4. “…And a child from the De’haisha refugeecamp will shout: “Yes, we have won, just as the prophets and [Jesus’] Apostles won,†and the shahids will cry, ‘We shook the palm trees alongside Lady Earth and the lady of the people, the Virgin Mary, and with her son the first Palestinian Shahid.â€Â
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January 17, 2005]
The flip side of turning Jesus into the Palestinians is the turning of Palestinians into Jesus.
5. “Muhammad [Al Dura, child who was killed by undetermined gunfire] ... a tiny sleeping Jesus...â€Â
[Al-Quds, May 25, 2001]
6. During a culture program, a Palestinian artist depicts Israeli soldiers arresting Jesus, and explains that Jesus symbolizes the Palestinians.
Misappropriating Jesus into Palestinian Islamic tradition allows the image of the Crucifixion to become a Palestinian symbol, which they then use to portray themselves and other Muslims as victims of Israel. (Excerpt)