Priest Calls Jesus a ‘Palestinian Jew’ During Christmas CNN Interview

A Catholic priest got here on CNN on Christmas to say Jesus was a persecuted Palestinian — and that the story of his beginning accommodates parallels to what is going on on within the Center East.

Father Edward Beck — an everyday contributor — joined Monday morning’s anchors to debate the subject of find out how to hold religion alive this vacation season with the whole lot occurring on the planet … particularly, the warfare between Israel and Hamas, with Palestinians caught within the center.

He mentioned the story of Xmas was really one in every of a “Palestinian Jew” — noting how extraordinary it’s to listen to these 2 phrases put collectively. Father Beck went on to say JC was born into an occupied nation, and that his mom and father (Mary/Joseph) have been pressured to flee into Egypt as refugees … which is technically right, so far as the Bible’s involved.

Beck went on to say the identical form of factor is happening proper now in 2023 — and whereas he did not outright come out as explicitly pro-Palestine … that is how his remarks have been perceived.

Actually, there’s lots of handwringing taking place on-line over the suggestion that Jesus was Palestinian … and that he would possibly’ve recognized extra so with the present Palestinian plight over that of Israelis. As many have identified on-line, Palestine did not even exist again then.

On the flip facet, neither did the state of Israel as we at the moment comprehend it … however the one factor that is simple is that JC was Jewish, for no matter’s that value on this raging debate.

Father Beck has defended what he mentioned in some back-and-forths on-line. Once more, some took his phrases right here to indicate that Jesus was extra so Palestinian/Arab than he was Jewish — however Beck says his phrases are being twisted, and his bigger message of peace/unity overshadowed.

He is additionally posted articles that reference using the phrase “Palestinian” traditionally — and the way it’s apparently been employed to determine Muslims, Jews and others who’ve lived in that area courting again millennia. In different phrases, Father Beck’s doubling down on the notion Jesus was Palestinian … and that him additionally being Jewish does not essentially contradict that.