MembersColonialists in Their Own Country?

In what is now a Palestinian Christmas tradition, local officials and media outlets spent the holiday season insisting that Jesus was a “Palestinian refugee” and the first “Palestinian martyr.”

By Michael Selutin |
Photo: Hadas Parush/Flash90

But this year more than most, one particular discrepancy in their tale stuck out. “There is a special fragrance to Christmas, because of its unique place in the Palestinian [historic] consciousness itself, with its prophets, and specifically our Lord the Messiah [Jesus], may he rest in peace, the loyal and respected son of Palestine, who more than 2,000 years ago defended his religious, political, and legal choice against the fanatic Jews who despised him and persecuted him until they [eventually] crucified him,” wrote ‘Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul for the official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida.

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