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During a recent CNN interview featuring three faith leaders\u2014Catholic Father Edward Beck, Rabbi Angela Buchtal from Central Synagogue, and Imam Abdul Rauf, the founder of the Cordova House.<\/p>\n
The discussion became contentious when Father Beck made comparisons between the biblical story of Christmas and current Middle Eastern conflicts, particularly those involving Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n
CNN contributor Father Beck, in his attempt to address those feeling \u201chopeless,\u201d inadvertently touched a nerve by characterizing Jesus with politically charged terms.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think, poppy, we get <\/span>an answer for the why, but I\u00a0<\/span>think the message of Christmas\u00a0<\/span>is that god enters into it with\u00a0<\/span>us and we\u2019re not alone in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n What I\u2019m so struck by is that\u00a0<\/span>the story of Christmas is about\u00a0<\/span>a Palestinian Jew.\u00a0<\/span>How often do you find those\u00a0<\/span>words put together.\u00a0<\/span>A Palestinian Jew born into a\u00a0<\/span>time when his country was\u00a0<\/span>occupied, right?\u00a0<\/span>They can\u2019t find a place for her\u00a0<\/span>to even give birth, his mother.\u00a0<\/span>They\u2019re homeless.\u00a0<\/span>They eventually have to flee as\u00a0<\/span>refugees into Egypt, no less.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I mean, you can\u2019t make up the\u00a0<\/span>parallels to our current world\u00a0<\/span>situation right now.\u00a0<\/span>So in some way that is who we\u00a0<\/span>believe god becomes.\u00a0<\/span>Born into that situation and yet\u00a0<\/span>that very man Jesus says, love\u00a0<\/span>one another.\u00a0<\/span>Love your enemies.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n There is hope. <\/span>There is light in the darkness.\u00a0<\/span>I\u2019m attesting to that.\u00a0<\/span>So somehow that god enters that\u00a0<\/span>experience of suffering and that\u00a0<\/span>struggle and is actually born\u00a0<\/span>into it, that is what is so\u00a0<\/span>miraculous about the celebration\u00a0<\/span>for me.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n NEW: CNN guest Father Edward Beck says Christmas is a story about a \u201cPalestinian Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n Clown News Network strikes again.<\/p>\n \u201cThe story of Christmas is about a Palestinian Jew. Now, how often do you find those words put together?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA Palestinian Jew born into a time when his\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/WWI7U5RLtx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Jesus is a Palestinian Jew from the land of Israel, often referred to as Judea, which was under Roman occupation during his lifetime.<\/p>\n The Jerusalem Post<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n The ahistorical myth that Jesus was a Palestinian is often rooted in nationalist propaganda designed to erase Jewish history and memory, a centuries-old system of anti-Jewish oppression.<\/p>\n In reality, Jesus was a proud, observant Jew who lived in his indigenous homeland of Judea and Galilee \u2013 from manger to grave. The myth that Jesus was Palestinian, a ploy designed to invite Christians to support Palestinian nationalism, often morphs into deliberate efforts to deny Jews their history, indigeneity, and right to sovereignty in Israel. Ironically, as Jews seek to combat rising antisemitism, now might be a good time to set the record straight on Christianity\u2019s most important figure.<\/p>\n According to Christian sources, Jesus was born a Jew and he lived in a Jewish kingdom located in much of modern Israel, where Jews have now lived consecutively for 3,000 years.<\/p>\n Importantly, Jesus hailed from the Jewish kingdom of Judea (also known as Judah), \u201cthe southern province of [historic] Israel.\u201d Matthew painstakingly detailed that Jesus was \u201cborn in Bethlehem in Judea<\/a>\u201d (Matthew 2:1) and that he preached throughout Galilee and Judea (Matthew 19:1).<\/p>\n Jesus also surely prayed as a Jew at the Temple in Jerusalem, which he referred to as a \u201chouse of prayer\u201d when citing Isaiah, according to Matthew 21:13.<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, \u201cPalestine\u201d is never referenced in the New Testament, according to Middle Eastern historian Bernard Lewis. That is because during Jesus\u2019s lifetime, \u201cPalestine\u201d never existed.<\/p>\n A history lesson in 2 minutes Gen Z style. pic.twitter.com\/CviiAHUv6L<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Marina Medvin (@MarinaMedvin) December 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Catholic Priest Edward Beck Claims Christmas is a Story About a \u201cPalestinian Jew\u201d Refugee in an \u201cOccupied\u201d Land (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Screenshot: CNN During a recent CNN interview featuring three faith leaders\u2014Catholic Father Edward Beck, Rabbi Angela Buchtal from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWATCH:<\/h5>\n
Here\u2019s a history lesson:<\/h5>\n