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Jesus was not only "first Palestinian" -- he was "first Islamic martyr"
Palestinian Media Watch ^ | December 29, 2019 | Itamar Marcus

Posted on 12/30/2019 12:25:47 AM PST by JOHN ADAMS

Jesus was not only "first Palestinian" - he was "first Islamic Martyr"

Itamar Marcus | Dec 29, 2019

Fatah leader: Jesus was "first Palestinian," and "first Islamic Martyr" PA Prime Minister: “Christmas is a national holiday for the Palestinian people” Abbas: "For all of us Palestinians, this holiday [Christmas] is ours" Fatah: "Christmas is a Palestinian holiday" There were repeated new claims this week, by senior Palestinian leaders and the official press, that Jesus was a "Palestinian" and the "first Palestinian." A senior Palestinian leader this week also referred to Jesus as the “first Shahid,” or Islamic Martyr, which many believing Christians find very offensive. According to the Islamic tradition, which the Palestinian Authority has repeated many times to its people, among the rewards that the Islamic Martyr receives in Islam’s paradise are 72 dark-eyed virgins. Whereas claiming that Jesus who was a Judean (Jew) was a Palestinian is nonsensical for believing Christians, saying he is now in Islamic Paradise with 72 virgins is seen by many as defamation.

Tawfiq Tirawi, senior Palestinian leader and Fatah Central Committee member posted on his personal Facebook page:

“This is blessed Christmas, The birthday of our lord Jesus the Messiah, the first Palestinian and the first Shahid (Islamic Martyr).”

[Tawfiq Tirawi Facebook page, Dec. 24, 2019]

According to the Islamic tradition, which the Palestinian Authority has repeated many times to its people, among the rewards that the Islamic Martyr receives in Islam’s paradise, are 72 dark-eyed virgins. Whereas claiming that Jesus who was a Judean (Jew) was a Palestinian is nonsensical for believing Christians, saying he is now in Islamic Paradise with 72 virgins is seen as defamation.

Others claiming Jesus include Laila Ghannam, District Governor of Ramallah:

"The entire Palestinian people celebrates Christmas because we are proud of Jesus being Palestinian."

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 24, 2019]

Muwaffaq Matar, Fatah Revolutionary Council member and regular columnist for the official PA daily, wrote:

"If someone could win the Nobel Peace Prize every year forever, it is Palestinian Jesus son of Mary who was born in Bethlehem… Palestinian Jesus son of Mary was a victim…"

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 26, 2019]

It should be noted that the expression by Tirawi “our lord Jesus” is not an indication of Palestinian acceptance of the principles of Christianity. According to Islamic tradition, as explained in the following quote by the top PA religious figure, PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein, Jesus is said to have been a Muslim who preached Islam:

PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein: "We’re talking about an ongoing chain [of prophets of the Islam], from Adam to Muhammad. It’s an ongoing chain, representing the call for monotheism, and the mission of Islam… The prophets were all of the same religion [Islam]… Jesus was born in this land. He lived in this land. It is known that he was born in Bethlehem… He also lived in Nazereth, moved to Jerusalem. So he was a Palestinian par excellence… We respect Jesus, we believe in him [as a Muslim prophet], just as we believe in the prophet Muhammad."

Finally, the PA, seeing themselves as part of Jesus' nation, is now saying that in addition to it being a religious holiday for Christians, Christmas is also a national holiday for Palestinians.

PA leader Mahmoud Abbas himself said Christmas is a Palestinian national holiday:

"Christmas is a national-religious holiday and not just a religious one. For all of us Palestinians, this holiday is ours. Therefore we all celebrate it. The Palestinian leadership is going to church to be present for [Christmas] Mass… It is our obligation to do this, because it – as I told you – is a religious holiday for our [Christian] people, and you are our people, and it is [also] a national holiday for us all."

[Official PA TV News, Dec. 28, 2019]

Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah in a headline on its official Facebook page likewise declared:

"Christmas is a Palestinian holiday… There is a special significance to the Christmas celebrations in Palestine, since it has clearly become a national holiday in which all of our people participate, starting from [PA] President of Palestine [Mahmoud Abbas] and down to the last of the children."

[Official Fatah Facebook page, Dec. 20, 2019]

As documented many times by Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority rewrites history, both ancient and recent, according to its political and internal needs. As a people without a history who are attempting to create a national identity, teaching Palestinians that Jesus, one of the most important and admired historical figures, was a Palestinian, is their attempt to trick primarily their own people into believing that they have not only an ancient history but a glorious national identity.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: deathcult; islam; jesus; palestinians; revisionisthistory; waronchristmas
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You really cannot make this stuff up (not that you'd want to).
1 posted on 12/30/2019 12:25:47 AM PST by JOHN ADAMS
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To: JOHN ADAMS

The world can be fooled, God cannot. All they can hope for is the former.


2 posted on 12/30/2019 12:32:40 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: JOHN ADAMS

I’m too tired to read all that. Just tell me which Democrat congress-critter said it.


3 posted on 12/30/2019 12:34:42 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: JOHN ADAMS

According to Islam, Jesus did not die on the cross but was replaced by a look-alike and God took Jesus to heaven. He then made the 11 remaining Apostles believe that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected. Thus Allah is responsible for the false faith of Christianity and needed Mohamed to come and correct the very thing he helped to create.


4 posted on 12/30/2019 12:40:37 AM PST by LukeL
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To: LukeL

According to Islam, Jesus did not die on the cross but was replaced by a look-alike and God took Jesus to heaven. He then made the 11 remaining Apostles believe that Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected. Thus Allah is responsible for the false faith of Christianity and needed Mohamed to come and correct the very thing he helped to create.

So all powerful and merciful Allah is a...LIAR?? Kind of God the Dems could find worth following.


5 posted on 12/30/2019 1:04:12 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Hence the need for the lineages written in Matthew and Luke which shows Jesus as a direct descendant of King David on both sides. Abbas hates the Jews which shows out the God he worships.


6 posted on 12/30/2019 1:58:03 AM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Taqiyya.


7 posted on 12/30/2019 2:01:10 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Jesus: be not deceived


8 posted on 12/30/2019 2:25:01 AM PST by xp38
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Satan Speaking. World evil from people who hate God and hate their neighbor. They have nothing but hate and violence.

God is not mocked.

This type of propaganda is for the uneducated.

Brainwashing.

Let them lie. Some day they will face God and they will find out.

God won’t judge them. They will judge themselves and my prediction, it won’t be favorable for them.


9 posted on 12/30/2019 2:30:52 AM PST by Chuck N
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To: JOHN ADAMS

WOW


10 posted on 12/30/2019 2:55:51 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: xp38

Plenty of deception today. Lots of attempts to remake Christianity into a new, more politically correct version. “Don’t change for us, we’ll change for you”. But Jesus said “deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me”. He didn’t say just come along as you are. The point of Christianity is to change you into something better, not make you feel good about yourself.


11 posted on 12/30/2019 3:06:19 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Boy, these people really like to live in pretend land,don’t they? FOS. Every last one of them.


12 posted on 12/30/2019 3:14:12 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: JOHN ADAMS
Even the President had a tweet about this subject. Check it out. Don't forget to click the video.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1210770931112534016

13 posted on 12/30/2019 3:19:08 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: JOHN ADAMS
BS!
14 posted on 12/30/2019 3:35:53 AM PST by high info voter
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To: JOHN ADAMS

If I remember correctly, Palestine did not exist until after the death of Jesus.


15 posted on 12/30/2019 5:04:53 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: xkaydet65

The Koran specifically states that Allah is the greatest of deceivers.

But they were deceptive, and Allah was deceptive, for Allah is the best of deceivers (Wamakaroo wamakara Allahu waAllahu khayru al-makireena)! S. 3:54; cf. 8:30

If you are not ‘Islamophobic,’ then you do not know enough about Islam.


16 posted on 12/30/2019 5:19:55 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Jesus was King of the Jews and crucified for what amounts to political insurrection


17 posted on 12/30/2019 5:24:08 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Jesus is the first Palestinian? Oh please! Give me a break! People fail to remember that the Roman emperor Hadrian got the name Palestine from the word philistine. There are no real Palestinians, only those arabs who have been rejected by their brethren.


18 posted on 12/30/2019 6:33:51 AM PST by efs111 (Hasta La Vista, baby!)
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To: JOHN ADAMS

Jesus was never a Palestinian nor was he a muzzie. I’ve heard preachers refer to Israel as Palestine both then and now; David Jeremiah for one.


19 posted on 12/30/2019 6:33:59 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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Christmas is a Palestinian holiday ...

... In Bethlehem anyway, and that's only because the A-rabs have essentially eliminated the Christian population there.

ML/NJ

20 posted on 12/30/2019 6:43:47 AM PST by ml/nj
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