Any fiction will do, no matter how fantastic, to stoke the necessary grievance mentality.
“Palestinian-Jordanian Journalist: The West Stole Christianity From Us, Just As It Stole Palestine; Jesus Was The First Palestinian Fida’i,” MEMRI, December 29, 2023:
Hamada Fara’neh, a Palestinian-Jordanian journalist and author who is also a member of the Palestinian National Council, recently published an an article titled “They Stole Christianity from Us” in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour and the Palestinian daily Al-Quds. In the article he claimed that Jesus, who was born in Bethlehem and lived in Palestine, was a Palestinian and that the West stole Christianity from the Palestinians, just as it later stole Palestine itself and settled it with Jews. This, he said, is why the West and its churches support Israel and do not come out against the crimes it commits against the Palestinian people. He added that, just as Jesus – who was the first Palestinian fida’i (self-sacrificing fighter) and an emblem of sacrifice for the sake of others – was crucified as a result of a pact between Judas Iscariot and the Roman colonialists, the Palestinians people are now victims of a pact between Israel and the colonialist West, headed by the U.S.
It should be noted that this is not the first time Palestinians draw a link between Jesus and the Palestinian national struggle.[1]
The following are translated excerpts from Fara’neh’s article: [2]
“Jesus was not a Roman but a Palestinian. He was born in Bethlehem, his divine revelation and his resurrection occurred in Palestine, and he was baptized in the Jordan River, for Jordan-Palestine was his homeland and the homeland of his disciples and his message.
“He was not a European from Moscow or London, or from anywhere else outside out region, although his message transcends borders and his followers come from every nation and continent – just as Islam transcends borders and nations, and its followers are not confined to the Arabian Peninsula but come from all over the Arab world and every continent: from Asia through Africa to Europe and America. Religion has no homeland; it spreads in an effort to embrace all of human existence, for it is a divine message to human beings everywhere.
“The West stole Christianity from us, from our people, just as it did with Palestine, which was openly stolen by British imperialism. [This was done] by means of the Balfur Declaration, so as to bring all the foreign Jews together, help them emigrate [to Palestine] and settle them by force in the Palestinians’ land at the Palestinians’ expense. But no matter how large and strong the Israeli colony becomes, it will never be entitled to steal [the Palestinians’ land] – as long as the Palestinian people remain alive and productive, its women remain fertile and its men remain willing to act, sacrifice and cleave to their homeland, their honor and their rights, which cannot be made to evaporate or be forgotten and do not expire with time.
“They [the Westerners] stole the Christian religion from our land, just as they stole Palestine [itself], and that is why they have not come out against the horrific violent takeover, the killing and the destruction [wreaked by Israel against the Palestinian] people and the residents of the cities, villages and neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip. [The Israelis] did this before, in 1948, but without being scrutinized, filmed and monitored. They inherited this behavior from their predecessors, for they did to the Palestinians what Tsarist Russia, German Nazism and Italian Fascism did to them.
“They [the Westerners] stole the Christian religion from us, and that is why the patriarchs and archbishops [of the Western churches] have not stood up against what the [military] forces of the [Israeli] colony are doing to the Christians and Muslims in Palestine, the land of Jesus. And this is despite the fact that the three Palestinian churches – the Church of the Nativity [in Bethlehem], the Church of the Annunciation [in Nazareth] and the Church of the Sepulcher [in Jerusalem] – are lamenting along with their people and their worshippers in Palestine, for their people, churches, schools, hospitals and family homes are in Gaza. His Holiness the Pope confirmed this in his Christmas message, which addressed the horrors of the heavy disaster that the Palestinian people are experiencing at the hands of the Israeli imperialists.
“The Palestinian people is facing death, murder, execution and destruction, along with starvation, shortage and the loss of the right to life. The churches of London and Moscow and their branches do not feel the pain and suffering of the Palestinian Christians and Muslims.
“Christmas, the festival [marking] the birth of Jesus – who was the first Palestinian and first fida’i, characterized by sacrifice, altruism and an untimely death – [will be marked this year] without joy, because the Palestinian people are being crucified in their own homeland, just like Jesus [was crucified] because of a pact between the Roman imperialism of his era and the treason of Judas Iscariot. Today, too, the cruelty, racism, fascism, and disgraceful actions of the [Israeli] colony [are met with] treason against the values of humanity by those who support [Israel], stand with it, help it, lend it political backing and protect it from accountability. This is what the U.S. administration did when it provided Israel with 230 cargo planes and 30 cargo vessels [loaded with] weapons, bombs and means of destruction. [These weapons are now] killing the Palestinians, both Christians and Muslims, who honor [Christ], the Messenger of Love and Peace, just as they love all the messengers and prophets, chief of them [Muhammad], the Messenger and Prophet of the Muslims.”
[1] See e.g., MEMRI Special Dispatch 9135, Palestinian Authority Commemorates, Glorifies Terrorists In ‘Martyr Day’ Events; Article In PA Daily: Jesus Was The First Palestinian Martyr, January 12, 2021.
[2] Al-Quds (East Jerusalem), Al-Dustour (Jordan), December 26, 2023.
Barbara says
Since you believe Christianity was stolen from, take it back. Invite the priest to come to Palestine and start a church for the people to attend mass. Follow the ten commandments GOD gave Moses.
Westman says
If they believe in Jesus, (their) Great Prophet who will have a hand in the End Times, yet think the Bible is a hoax, then, where are the direct quotes from Jesus’ sermons in the Quran? And why do they kill his followers?
“When Jesus came with clear proofs, he declared, “I have come to you with wisdom, and to clarify to you some of what you differ about. So fear Allah, and obey me. Surely Allah ˹alone˺ is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him ˹alone˺. This is the Straight Path.” Quran 43:63-64
This is all there is folks! Uplifting isn’t it? A self-serving planting of words in Jesus’ mouth and nothing of his actual teachings. It’s obvious “Muhammad” or his creators cared little about Jesus other than using his name to claim legitimacy for a new religion of conquest. The Jews, having real scholars, knowing much about Jesus, were not persuaded by fabrications.
Jesus had some words about those who misrepresent him as their authority:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name……….. then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness'” Matthew 7:21-23
gravenimage says
Good points, Westman.
mike says
😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
dazzle the world with BS
windows of truth says
You laugh at this nonsense. However it’s no laughing matter. Many of the youth and young adults in America are falling for this nonsense. M.B has been priming them on college campuses. It’s becoming part of the woke ideology. I kid you not.
This is just the beginning. I believe it has started. Families world wide will be divided on this matter. Yet in the end Sharia law will show no mercy to those who fell off or their nonsense. Jesus the Messiah of the whole world is our only hope.
Tom Lessing says
Jesus said, “. . . the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.” (John 16:2b). If they persist in their demonic lies, the battle cry “Allah u Akbar” will eventually be changed to “Yeshua u Akbar” or “Jesus u Akbar.” If it were true that the Palestinians were robbed of Jesus by the West, then their “Jesus” is a wimp, a coward, and a weakling because the genuine biblical Jesus said, “I will never leave nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5). He also said, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man can pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” (John10:28-29). If it is impossible to pluck believers out of God the Father’s and God the Son’s hands, who is greater than they to pluck Jesus from the Palestinians – the West? Really??? You must be joking.
PRCS says
Jesus the Messiah of the whole world is our only hope.”
Well, friend, as an atheist, I disagree and am pretty sure Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, and so many others, around the world do, too.
In my opinion, countering deceitful Muslim propaganda with facts and our legal system to barricade further encroachment of Islamic practices, cultures, and—most importantly–attempts to infuse “divine” law into OUR legal system is the right approach.
Hope is not a plan.
Happy New Year to you.
Mike says
Many Hindus consider Jesus to be an avatar of Vishnu. I understand your point however.
bill says
I agree. in fact all the evidence shows that if there was a ‘god’ and an omnipotent god at that, he/she takes little interest in his ‘creation’, nor did all the previous gods manknd had worshipped. I was just reading about when the Vikings came and slaughtered the monks of what was then Northhumberland and stole their treasures. BTW they were the terrorists of the day as they just killed the defenceless who were no threat to them and took slaves.It was thought it was a punishment from ‘god’. They did not think ‘god’ had failed them, because it says in Jeremiah that evil and death would come from the North. Of course Jeremiah was not referring to the Scandinavian North but the people to the north of his location.The same with the black death and other catastrophes. always a punishment from ‘god’ which of course the Jews as usual were persecuted. The best hope we have is that the freedom loving peoples of the world will say, enough is enough. As they did with Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo.of Japan
PRCS says
Thank you, Mike for your thoughtful response.
And in addition to Bill’s post re: “divine” raiding, slaughtering innocents, and taking slaves, see: Sack of Baltimore (Ireland).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Baltimore
However many Vikings remain today, they post little to no threat. Anywhere.
Muslims still do, of course. Everywhere.
MrLogocal says
M.B? No cryptic acronyms, please.
marc says
Muslim Brotherhood
Goofy says
Matthew 10:8:
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
How can you steal what is free?
The self-righteous Muslims just like the self-righteous Pharisees willfully misunderstand the word and the will of God.
Hoi Polloi says
What a bunch of babbling lunacy. How could man steal what only God can give? How can muslims revere Christ when they try to rob Him of His Divinity? How can this babbler claim palis or muslims in general have been robbed when they refuse to live Godly lives and choose baseness of their own free will? How can anyone deny the video evidence of pali conduct? Where’s any video evidence of IDF soldiers raping or desecrating corpses? Why is the west always to blame for muslim failure, if islam is so mighty?
Is their any rational thought in islam or is it beaten out of their children by 4?
Hoi Polloi says
*there –Spellcheck constantly changes what I type and has become my mortal enemy.
Patrick White says
But it wasn’t named Palestine until 30 years after Jesus had ascended. This man is an out and out liar.
Another Muslim dissembler.
Wellington says
Always the victim. No wonder the Islamic world has gone nowhere on its own for century after century.
PRCS says
Gone nowhere on its own:
Too much time praying everyday for the Islamic world to so.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If so, why don’t the Palis simply embrace Christianity, & then demand a separate Christian state of Palestine? If they do, then all the islamic edicts requiring an endless war w/ Israel will go away, and they can even have a peaceful co-existence w/ Israel. As well as be a new home for Christians in the region – Assyrians, Chaldeans, Copts, Maronites, Melkites & so on
Truth is that the Palis are even more virulent jihadists than the Saudis or even the Qataris. Which is saying something
WPM says
Islam came about when Mohamad a sick depressed suicidality man who had epileptically fits ,though he was visited either by a devil or an angel ? He hook up with some murdering violent highwaymen ,child molesters ,and other criminal misfits .He took a mishmash of current myths ,folk tales ,with mixes of Christianity and the Jewish religion from around his time in the 9 century (over 800 years after Christianity started thousands of years after the establishment of the Jewish religion) and made Islam. He never perform miracles ,or brought peace ,or wisdom ,or knowledge to any of his followers .He taught his followers to hate ,kill ,or enslave any who disbelieve any of his nonsense. By a side note he claim any person be it Alexander the Great ,or Moses ,or Jesuses must be Moslem ,even though he just invented Islam and none of these persons ever mention Islam or the Koran ,or Allah ever in their lives or writing or was mention or written about by people of their times. To this day Islamic “experts” try to co-op anything into Islam inventions ,religion ,science ,math ,even when the only thing Islam has invented or done in 1200 years ,is murder ,enslave ,rape ,and steal from anyone they could.
Westpacwill says
The Arab Conquest began in 632, and within a century its barbarians had seized land and enslaved populations from Spain, through northern Africa, to Persia, and even into India. However, in almost its first 200 years, no Arabian writing, nor did the writings of the people they fought, conquered, and enslaved mention “Muslim” or “Mecca” or “Qur’an” or “Muhammad.” Recognizing that empires needed a binding theology (Zoroaster of Persia, Hindu deities of India, pantheon of gods in Greece and Rome, Satan-worship in Assyria, Babylon, and the Canaanite tribes under names like Ba’al, Chemosh, Molech, etc.). They chose Ba’al, under the name Allah, with a Qur’an that plagiarized bits and pieces of the Torah, Scripture, and various other ancient stories to construct a “history” of Islam, complete with something over 300,000 Hadith to fill in the holes and contradictions, or to justify various actions and beliefs as the divine guidance of Allah. All more than almost two centuries after conquests had begun, so Muhammad may have never existed.
Hudders. says
I do not recognize the twisted version of Christianity this desert dung demon speaks of.
His version is as far from true Biblical Christianity, as light is to darkness.
More islamic garbage cloaked in warped historical gobbledygook.
Another example of Christ mocking satanic garbage, coming from a semi well known muslim mouthpiece.
It is truly beyond their abilty to either see or speak the truth. They are barely human at best.
Just as the islamic death cult is comprised of deception & outright blasphemy, so do faithful followers of allah practive a time honoured, qur’an ordained practice of lies & hatred towards all not yet brain washed by their savage scriptures. It is their nature. Falsehoods backed by hatred, war & oppression.
They delight in this devilish behaviour, because that’s what is taught from birth, from that guide book of misery the qur’an, force fed in the mosques & of course by lunatic liars, such as this so called journalist & member of trusty peace loving Palestinian National Council, Hamada Fara’neh.
Sadly, scum such as this are being allowed a louder voice these days.
NoTaqiyya says
What a filthy cartload of poisonous lies spewed by this delusional liar.
But it’s not surprising in the least. Because that is what the irredeemable Saracens have been doing for over 1400 years of hateful lies.
rick says
No other people come up with the absolute nonsense that Palestinians do. Their complete narrative is hogwash from beginning to end. Lies like Jesus was a Palestinian or they predate Jews in the land of Israel. And they have no proof of anything they say. And their own “museum” of the Palestinian people has only house keys and old shoes to display. It is really laughable. But as the EU, and especially the UN treat them as their “darlings” and allow them to say just about any lunacy or humbug, they feel confident to come out with bigger and bigger falsehoods. And as they have been telling lies for so long I am sure that they actually believe most of them at this point in time. But show them the proof that their chief spokesman during WW II, the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was a devoted Nazi who lived in Germany as Hitler’s guest and chief Arab anti-Jewish propagandist, I wouldn’t be surprised that their reaction would be to feign a heart attack.
PRCS says
No, it wasn’t stolen of course.
It accompanied a 2000 year human diaspora.
deze MN bee says
Jesus Christ ! !
Samblamm says
Waddaya Want?
Jeremy says
Unbelievable arrogance, twisted lies and distortion of the truth seem to be common rhetoric from Muslims in leadership. They know exactly what they are doing and why. The devil will always try and divert the attention elsewhere.
Tom Lessing says
Ah, come on> Hamada Fara’neh should stop reading the Qur’an and start reading the Bible. The genuine Jesus of the Bible and NOT the Jesus of the Palestinians said, “Salvation is of the JEWS.” and not the Palestinians. (John 4:22).
Scotsman48 says
This fellow in the black shirt appears to be mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence.
gravenimage says
🙂
NoTaqiyya says
What a filthy cartload of poisonous lies spewed by this delusional liar.
But it’s not surprising in the least. Because that is what the irredeemable Saracens have been doing for over 1400 years of hateful lies.
Goofy says
The Muslims have a way with blaspheming our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
In this journalist’s version Jesus is painted as a kind of benevolent suicide bomber, but he recognises that Jesus was crucified, which is a no no for Muslims, who claim that it was made to appear so. Qur’an 4:157-58
The point is for those people not to bet it right!
James Lincoln says
Consider the source:
What is the credibility of ANY Palestinian journalist?
OLD GUY says
Just think without the western oil companies most of the muslim world would still be herding their beloved sheep, goats and camels.
Elizabeth Lawson says
And yet another lunatic. How DARE he link the Prince of Peace with savages who rape and murder, show No respect for God nor man? This man is delusional.
Rick says
Such propaganda is frustrating …. as many people take it as truth and adopt this trash. It should be clear to any student of history that Jesus was a Jew – raised in and practiced the Jewish faith. He was killed by the Romans (today’s Italians) as were many who opposed their rule of Judea – the name of the geography at the time.
rbla says
It makes sense. Because the West stole Christianity the Arabs no longer have it. That’s why all they have left is the religion promulgated by a desert bandit. Very similar to Europeans stealing mathematics from sub–Saharan Africans. Once your property is stolen then obviously you don’t have it anymore.
Islander_58North says
As an Orthodox Christian, I’ll say this guy is nuts. Living under Islamic rule has turned some into “Muslim-lite.”
gravenimage says
Oh, I doubt he is “Muslim-lite” Just more lying.
Anat Hochberg says
I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry? Has he ever thought about the meaning of the letters I.N.R.I. over Jesus’s head on the cross?
Lisa T. says
This “journalist” ( I use the term loosely) should know that there are two genealogies of Jesus, one in Matthew, one in Luke, and both trace his lineage back to Abraham, which by definition makes him a Jew.
If the journalist used even a modicum of research he would know this fact. If we had to identify Jesus by his geographic area he was a Gallilean, not a Palestinian. It is ridiculous for us to make associations based on modern geography.
As for what he would be doing in the current conflict, Jesus would probably say “My kingdom is not of this world.” He came to bring us salvation from our sins, not geographical conquest. So, he definitely would not be siding with Hamas.
This war and every other must make God sad, but once in a while there is a war that is righteous.WWII was one such war.This may well be another one.
gravenimage says
‘Palestinian’ ‘journalist’: ‘The West stole Christianity from us, from our people, just as it did with Palestine’
…………………………………….
More ahistoric Taqqiya. Christianity *much* predates any modern reference to “Palestinians”, especially to local Muslims.
The most absurd thing is that real Christians *want* the good news about Jesus to spread–they don’t believe that other Christians are “stealing” it.