A number of senior Palestinian officials claimed this week that Jesus was the "first Palestinian," and one called him the "first Islamic martyr."
Palestinian Media Watch reported Tawfiq Tirawi, a Fatah Central Committee member, posted on his personal Facebook page on Dec. 24: "This is blessed Christmas, The birthday of our lord Jesus the Messiah, the first Palestinian and the first Shahid (Islamic Martyr)."
PA President Mahmoud Abbas declared Dec. 28 on official Palestinian TV, "For all of us Palestinians, this holiday (Christmas) is ours."...
Dr. Steven J. Lawson | 6/13/2010
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