Jesus a Palestinian: Twitter war over Christ’s nationality

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Tue 09 July 2019:

Activist Linda Sarsour ignited a marathon internet debate over the nationality, and skin color, of Jesus after she claimed the prince of peace should be considered Palestinian. Many did not take kindly to the suggestion. The Palestinian-American women’s activist kicked off a social media storm this weekend with a tweet stating that “Jesus was Palestinian of Nazareth and is described in the Quran as being brown copper skinned with wooly hair.”

Before long, the tweet racked up thousands of replies, many condemning the remark as ignorant or worse.

Some argued Sarsour was “erasing Jesus’ Jewish identity,” and revising history“for her own politicized aims,” while others insisted the region had a different name in the period Jesus was born, therefore he would not be properly considered Palestinian.

“Jesus was Judean,” one user replied. “He may have been from the land that is considered Palestine, but he wasn’t Palestinian because ‘Palestine’ wasn’t the name of the land at that time.”

Yair Netanyahu, the son of the Israeli prime minister, also weighed in to dispute Sarsour’s designation, but was far less polite in his rebuttal.

 

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