A "Significant Progress" she says! I wonder if anyone is going to fall for this pathetic sham, if anyone is going to disregard the Palestinian cause and vote for this particular reason.
I posted about the about face Washington Post did regarding Nord Stream, but the NYT article about finally admitting the Ukrainian army casually wears Nazi symbols was news to me.
Along with Jesus’ newly found Palestinian identity, some media outlets also drew comparisons between Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and the treatment of the Holy Family by Herod and the Romans.
On NPR, one guest drew a parallel between the Roman occupation of Judea and Israel’s current control over the West Bank. He blatantly disregarded the fact that Bethlehem falls under the authority of the Palestinian Authority and that the Romans were foreign occupiers while Israel is an indigenous state.
Similarly, both NPR and the Religion News Service ran absurd comparisons between the descent of Jesus’ family to Egypt in order to escape Herod’s bloodlust and Israel’s ordering Palestinians in northern Gaza to move south for their own safety as the IDF works to rout Hamas from the north.
If mainstream media organizations are willing to serve as platforms for the re-invention of Jesus, it is no surprise that anti-Israel news organizations also did so.
In a report on the muted Christmas festivities in the Holy Land this year, Al Jazeerareferred to Jesus as being born in Palestine with no mention of his Jewish ancestry.
For its part, Iran-sponsored Press TV did reference Jesus’ Jewish background, even calling him a “Jewish rabbi,” but then dove headfirst into a discussion of whether, as a Palestinian, present-day Jesus would only be a member of Hamas’ civil administration or whether he would have joined the military (i.e. terrorist) wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
On social media, the “Jesus was Palestinian” narrative also spread like wildfire, with many being much more blatant in their erasure of Jesus’ Jewish identity.
On Instagram, US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a story which claimed that Jesus “was born in modern-day Palestine,” compared Israel to the Romans, and absurdly asserted that “this high Christian holiday is about honoring the precious sanctity of a family that, if the story were to unfold today, would be Jewish Palestinians.”
That would certainly be something to note as there are currently no “Jewish Palestinians.”
On X (formerly Twitter), independent journalist Richard Medhurst posted a rant with the headline “Remember this Christmas that Jesus is Palestinian,” while UN-accredited activist Mohamad Safa tweeted that Christmas is the celebration of “the birthday of a Palestinian man.”
Similarly, political commentator and co-creator of The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur tweetedthat being from Bethlehem, Jesus is “technically” a Palestinian and questioned whether he would survive the night there or “would he be just another Palestinian casualty?”
Former Dutch parliamentarian Arnoud van Doorn even went to the extreme of posting an antisemitic illustration of Jesus on the cross, wrapped in Palestinian symbols and surrounded by soldiers, with the caption “They killed him again. Merry Christmas.”
America is not just a country, it’s an idea. And so, what is preventing China and Russia to be the next “America”? Caring about their own self-interest? You think if Iran was only caring about its own self-interest (even its “long-term” self-interest), it would have done what it has been doing for the last 45 years, after the Islamic Revolution?
i think this video by celine lilas and this video by richard medhurst on tiktok are both very informative about the economic and geopolitical interests behind israel and the usa's attack on palestine and gaza, so i'm sharing them here for anyone interested in learning a bit more about it. i definitely found it eye-opening!!
British journalist Richard Medhurst responds to Israeli Knesset member Ram Ben Barak, who demanded that the population of Gaza be distributed among the countries of the world. Richard says: “This white European colonialist says that the Palestinians must be ‘distributed’ and dispersed around the world! First: The Palestinians are in their homeland. They are not boxes or tools.” Second: This is a premeditated intention to carry out genocide. Do you know what this means? You are a war criminal. Third: If someone said the same thing about Jews, you would shout “anti-Semitism” - which is ironic, because you are the one who hates Palestinians and Arabs, “And they are Semites.” Fourth: If Canada and other countries are so beautiful, then pack your bags! Who the hell are you to decide the fate of people who have been living in Palestine for thousands of years? Fifth: Palestine received European Jews when they were persecuted, as Arabs and Muslims also did when "The Jews were persecuted in Spain. Is this how you repay them?"
الإعلامي البريطاني ريتشارد مدهيرست يرد على عضو الكنيست الإسرائيلي رام بن باراك الذي طالب بتوزيع سكان غزة على دول العالم ⬇️
يقول ريتشارد: "هذا المستعمر الأوروبي الأبيض يقول إنه يجب 'توزيع' الفلسطينيين وتشتيتهم حول العالم!
أولًا: الفلسطينيون في وطنهم إنهم ليسوا صناديق أو أدوات ليتم توزيعهم
ثانيًا: هذه تعد نية مسبقة لتنفيذ الإبادة الجماعية، هل تعرف ماذا يعني هذا؟ أنت مجرم حرب
ثالثًا: إذا قال شخص ذات الكلام عن اليهود، فسوف تصرخ "معاداة السامية" - وهو أمر مثير للسخرية، لأنك أنت من يكره الفلسطينيين والعرب، "وهم ساميون".
رابعًا: إذا كانت كندا ودول أخرى جميلة جدًا، فاحزم حقائبك إذن! من أنت بحق الجحيم لتقرر مصير الناس الذين يعيشون في فلسطين منذ آلاف السنين؟
خامسًا: استقبلت فلسطين اليهود الأوروبيين عندما تعرضوا للاضطهاد، كما فعل العرب والمسلمون أيضًا عندما تعرض اليهود للاضطهاد في إسبانيا. هل هذه هي الطريقة التي تردون بها جميلهم؟"
Are you surprised the US, Australia, and Europe all support the Zionist genocide in Palestine?
The US, Canada, Australia, Israel were all founded on genocide by European settlers, with Britain at the helm. How shameful. Is this one of those "Western values" we tell the world of? - Richard Medhurst