Palestinians reinvent Jesus in their own image - as a terrorist
After turning Jesus into a Palestinian, the PA wanted to honor him the only way they know how: They declared him fighter (i.e., a terrorist) and an Islamic Martyr - the people who Palestinians see as the “most honorable”
The PA uses many euphemisms and terms to refer to terrorists, and they are applying two of them to Jesus. The first is Fida’i, literally “self-sacrificing fighter.” For example, terrorist Ashraf Na’alwa, who brought a rifle to work, tied up a young mother of a 15-month-old, and then murdered her and another coworker, was called by Fatah: “The heroic Fida’i.” Fatah official Rawhi Fattouh applied this status to Jesus: “Jesus the first Palestinian Fida’i.”
The second term is Shahid - Islamic “Martyr” – the word the PA uses for every terrorist killed during his/her attack, including suicide bombers. Senior Fatah leader Tawfiq Tirawi applied both terms to Jesus: “The first Fida’i and the first Martyr, the messiah Jesus.”
Ironically, the PA and Fatah do not intend to insult Jesus’ memory or Christian tradition by turning Jesus into a terrorist. Palestinian leaders actually believe that terrorists, murderers of Israelis, and Islamic “Martyrs”, are the “most honorable.” PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas praises them regularly and puts them on the highest pedestal: “We view the Martyrs and prisoners (i.e., terrorists) as stars in the sky of the Palestinian people and they have priority in everything.” [Official PA TV, July 24, 2018]
So by calling Jesus a Palestinian terrorist the PA/Fatah actually intend to honor him.
In the following chart examples on the left are terms Palestinians have used to honor Jesus and, on the right, the same terms used to honor terrorist murderers:
| Jesus as Fida’i - self-sacrificing fighter and Martyr | PA/Fatah terrorists areFedayeen - self-sacrificing fighters and Martyrs |
Fatah leader Tawfiq Tirawi: Fatah official Rawhi Fattouh: Former Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan: “Jesus… has an additional and extraordinary status in our Palestinian hearts, for he is the first Fida’i … and he is the first Martyr.” “Jesus was a messenger of Allah, and he was the first Palestinian Fida'i.” [Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Dec. 20, 2020] Fatah official Tawfiq Tirawi: “Jesus the Messiah, [was] the first Palestinian and the first Islamic Martyr.” [Facebook, Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi, Dec. 24, 2019]
| “Heroic Martyr Ashraf Na’alwa” Na’alwa murdered his 2 Israeli coworkers Kim Levengrond, mother of a 15- month-old and Ziv Hajbi, the father of three. "Yahya Muhammad Skaf, the Fida’i who has been forgotten in the Zionist enemy’s prisons since March 11, 1978" [Official Fatah Facebook page, July 11, 2018] Yahya Muhammad Skaf a terrorist, participated in the murder of 37, 12 of them children “Fida'i Omar Abu Laila" Omar Abu Laila, a terrorist who murdered 2 Israelis. “On June [25], 1974, a unit of Palestinian Fida’i attacked the city of Nahariya” [Official Fatah Facebook page, June 25, 2018] 1974 Nahariya attack – Three Palestinian terrorists murdered 10-year-old Ronit, 5-year-old Gilad, and their 30-year-old mother Irena Zarankin Among PA “Martyrs”: |
Click here to view a series of videos of different Palestinian leaders insisting that Jesus was a Palestinian:
The following are longer excerpts of the recent statements about Jesus:
Posted text: “On Christmas of the prophet of love, the first self-sacrificing fighter and the first [Islamic] Martyr, the messiah Jesus son of Mary, peace be upon him, we send our people’s Christians and Muslims, each and every one of them, blessings and wishes for Christmas that has become the calendar of the entire world from this holy land.
Every year with good for Palestine and our people
Merry Christmas”[Facebook page of Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi, Dec. 24, 2021]
Tawfiq Tirawi also serves as Fatah Commissioner of Popular Organizations.
Posted text: “We bless our people, our Christian brothers in Palestine, and the Arab nation with warm blessings. Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! From this blessed land that gave birth to the Palestinian messiah, peace be upon him, who connects the Christians and the Muslims for the sake of liberating the land, in order to take back the rights and to realize the message of the messiah Jesus, peace be upon him, the first Palestinian self-sacrificing fighter who sacrificed for the sake of justice. Towards realizing our national goal, an independent Palestinian state whose capital is Jerusalem. This land will return to its owners, and the Christians and Muslims will return to the streets of Jerusalem triumphant under the Palestinian flag.”
[Facebook page of Fatah Central Committee member Rawhi Fattouh, Dec. 24, 2021]
Posted text: “The best of blessings and wishes for the Christian families, friends, and communities for the blessed Christmas of the prophet of peace, Jesus son of Mary, and a special blessing for our people that is celebrating this blessed event in a special way and in a different sense, because the messiah, peace be upon him, has an additional and extraordinary status in our Palestinian hearts, for he is the first self-sacrificing fighter who raised his divine message without any fear, and he is the first Mar,,tyr (see note below -Ed.) who sacrificed his life for his belief in justice – he is the first self-sacrificing fighter, and he is the first Martyr.
On behalf of Merciful Allah
‘And peace is on me the day I was born and the day I will die and the day I am raised alive’ [Quran 19:33, Sahih International translation]
Allah spoke the truth.”[Facebook page of former Fatah official Muhammad Dahlan, Dec. 24, 2021]
Muhammad Dahlan - Palestinian politician, former Fatah official, and former head of the PA Preventive Security Force in the Gaza Strip (1993-2002). Dahlan now lives in the UAE after he fell out with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and had to leave the West Bank in 2011, later being convicted in absentia by the PA for fraud and sentenced to prison. Dahlan has been mentioned as one of the candidates to succeed Abbas.
Posted text: “The #Omar_ibn_Al-Khattib Mosque at #Manger_Square in #Bethlehem. On this night, the night on which Palestine and the beloved Christians celebrate on the illuminated ground the birthday of the true Palestinian #messiah [Jesus], peace be upon him. This is #Palestine, the land of #harmony and comradeship.
#Jerusalem #Christmas
(The following is written in English -Ed.)
The mosque @ Manger Square in Bethlehem on Christmas night ... a reflection of common good and centuries of hope and joint destiny
#palestine #bethlehem #jerusalem #free_palestine #Christmas”[Facebook page of Fatah Central Committee Deputy Secretary Sabri Saidam, Dec. 25, 2021]
Sabri Saidam also serves as Fatah Revolutionary Council Deputy Secretary and is the former PA Minister of Education and Higher Education.