The cartoon in today´s Al Quds
depicts a Palestinian and an Iraqi being crucified on the same
cross. This expresses a common Palestinian motif, found in both text
and cartoons, that depicts Palestinians as Jesus, and Jesus as a
Palestinian. [See below for more cartoons of Palestinians on cross
like Jesus.]
“Brother from Iraq, Relative from
Palestine”
[Al Quds July 6, 2006]
Palestinian
historical revisionism
Historical revision is a
backbone of Palestinian political and academic behavior, as the
leaders attempt to create a separate "Palestinian Arab" history and
identity for themselves, distinct from the general Arab and Islamic
history. "Palestinian" Arabs are a very recent creation, and did not
exist before the advent of PLO terror in 1965. Note, for example,
that under UN resolution 194 in 1948, refugees were not called
"Palestinian Refugees," relating to a national identity, but were
called "Palestine Refugees," referring to geography - from where
they came.
Jesus was
Palestinian, the Palestinians are Jesus
One
aspect of this attempt to create a Palestinian history is to present
Jesus, who according to Christian scriptures was a Jew (Judean)
living in the land of Judea-Israel, as a Palestinian. (In fact the
name was changed to Palestine 136 years after Jesus´ s death as part
of Rome´s plan to cut the Jews´ ties to their Land of Israel.)
Jesus has even been presented by
Palestinians as the "the first Palestinian Shahid – Martyr for
Allah," [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January 17, 2005] applying to Jesus
Islamic theology that evolved centuries later. On a culture program
on Palestinian TV, a Palestinian artist depicted Israeli soldiers
arresting Jesus, and explains that Jesus symbolizes the
Palestinians.
The following are some of
these examples identifying Jesus as a
Palestinian:
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“We must not forget that
(Jesus) Messiah, may peace be upon him, is Palestinian,
the son the Mary the Palestinian, who is sanctified by
hundreds of millions of believers in this world.”
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, November 18, 2005]
-
"It was quite natural that the
Palestinians rose to save their sanctuaries [in Nazareth] without
anyone thinking there is a difference between a Christian and a
Muslim… since in the Palestinian situation, the lord
Messiah [Jesus] and his mother [Mary] are both Galileans and
Palestinians …"
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida,
March 9, 2006]
-
“The Palestinian Galilee village of
Kfar Kana takes pride in the fact that in [the village] the
Palestinian Messiah succeeded to turn water into
wine.”
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, December 14,
2004]
Jesus is likewise defined as a
Shahid (Martyr for Allah):
-
“…And a child from the De’haisha
refugeecamp will shout: “Yes, we have won, just as the prophets
and [Jesus’] Apostles won,” and the shahids will cry, ‘We shook
the palm trees alongside Lady Earth and the lady of the people,
the Virgin Mary, and with her son the first Palestinian
Shahid.”
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, January
17, 2005]
The flip side of turning
Jesus into the Palestinians is the turning of Palestinians into
Jesus.
-
“Muhammad [Al Dura, child who
was killed by undetermined gunfire] ... a tiny sleeping Jesus...”
[Al-Quds, May 25, 2001]
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During a culture program, a
Palestinian artist depicts Israeli soldiers arresting Jesus, and
explains that Jesus symbolizes the Palestinians.
Pic from web and link from web
Artist: "Our struggle today against the other side is
an eternal one. It can be said that it started 2,000 years ago and
continues until today. I demonstrate this through the figure of
Jesus… The Israeli soldiers are wearing army uniforms while Jesus
has nothing except for the truth. When they searched him at the
entrance of Jerusalem, they found a stone, a piece of bread and
fish and he was cuffed. This is the Palestinian from the beginning
of the struggle until the end."
[PA TV, July
21, 2000]
Misappropriating Jesus into
Palestinian Islamic tradition allows the image of the Crucifixion to
become a Palestinian symbol, which they then use to portray
themselves and other Muslims as victims of
Israel.
The
following are additional examples of this visual
motif:
1. Palestine is
Jesus
[PA Website]
[Text on woman: “Palestine
Al Hayat Al
Jadida supplement-Intifada, Dec. 11, 2000]
[Al Hayat Al Jadida April 15, 2001]
2. Israeli and U.S. shells
targeting Palestinians representedby the cross
[PA daily supplement Dec 14 2000]
3. Another attempt at
defining Palestinians as the modern dayJesus. Palestinians killed by
Israel is called "repeating history" of Crucifixion.
[Al Hayat Al Jadida May 9 2001]
Pope:
Praying for Mid-East peace
Sharon: “What do you think about
repeating history?”
