{"id":117063,"date":"2023-12-25T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/25\/priest-calls-jesus-a-palestinian-jew-during-christmas-cnn-interview\/"},"modified":"2023-12-25T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T22:00:17","slug":"priest-calls-jesus-a-palestinian-jew-during-christmas-cnn-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/25\/priest-calls-jesus-a-palestinian-jew-during-christmas-cnn-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Priest Calls Jesus a &#8216;Palestinian Jew&#8217; During Christmas CNN Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-676b31bb059a580eeb385a96be5939dc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-e0a09741-39b5-41ad-a636-133fd9984402-253924932-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-e0a09741-39b5-41ad-a636-133fd9984402-253924932-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/77\/16by9\/2023\/12\/25\/77d7bdc1fb8649b4bb71628e9ff0550b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CNN<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-676b31bb059a580eeb385a96be5939dc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4a55a177528f0682381799b4975a89c3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A Catholic priest got here on CNN on Christmas to say Jesus was a persecuted Palestinian &#8212; and that the story of his start incorporates parallels to what is going on on within the Middle East.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4a55a177528f0682381799b4975a89c3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-35e646a1d23f16f8e2c499833101303c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Father <strong>Edward Beck<\/strong> &#8212; an everyday contributor &#8212; joined Monday morning&#8217;s anchors to debate the subject of the way to preserve religion alive this vacation season with every part occurring on this planet &#8230; specifically, the struggle between Israel and Hamas, with Palestinians caught within the center.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-35e646a1d23f16f8e2c499833101303c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2a5a3f6bc21e5d279bd16a23ae306e9a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2a5a3f6bc21e5d279bd16a23ae306e9a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d0f2e97f19bf5ce25241e7c4f6d25133\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He mentioned the story of Xmas was really certainly one of a &#8220;Palestinian Jew&#8221; &#8212; noting how extraordinary it&#8217;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) had been pressured to flee into Egypt as refugees &#8230; which is technically appropriate, so far as the Bible&#8217;s involved.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d0f2e97f19bf5ce25241e7c4f6d25133--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-590696c923bc636eaf2d4ec86d77f90a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Beck went on to say the identical form of factor is happening proper now in 2023 &#8212; and whereas he did not outright come out as explicitly pro-Palestine &#8230; that is how his remarks had been perceived.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-590696c923bc636eaf2d4ec86d77f90a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-26758bca7d950b71d1bc6baf42e399cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20231225_33b063ee1cb5483ea5fcbd2012259b49\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8fa499ae-11f2-4216-b199-086da6dde870\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/33\/4by3\/2023\/12\/25\/33b063ee1cb5483ea5fcbd2012259b49_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Map of Israel-Palestine Territories\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-26758bca7d950b71d1bc6baf42e399cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d149b8f324e3d87a7bfeb2d0d453496d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In reality, there&#8217;s a whole lot of handwringing taking place on-line over the suggestion that Jesus was Palestinian &#8230; and that he would possibly&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d149b8f324e3d87a7bfeb2d0d453496d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a6a3049d4cf1343f41415439618f2f76\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>On the flip facet, neither did the state of Israel as we at present realize it &#8230; however the one factor that is plain is that JC was Jewish, for no matter&#8217;s that price on this raging debate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6a3049d4cf1343f41415439618f2f76--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6fcf20c03849d135fb097312a357c4ce\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-6fcf20c03849d135fb097312a357c4ce-2118600662-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You needs to be ashamed of your self, distorting what I mentioned like that. Sowing extra division.<br \/>(And I&#8217;d suppose you&#8217;ll know that the \u201cstate of Israel\u201d got here into existence in 1948.)<br \/>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Father Edward L. Beck (@FrEdwardBeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrEdwardBeck\/status\/1739378767447966051?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2023<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrEdwardBeck\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FrEdwardBeck<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6fcf20c03849d135fb097312a357c4ce--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8c3904027c6a51bd66b96b4bfb2a4e5f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Father Beck has defended what he mentioned in some back-and-forths on-line. Again, some took his phrases right here to indicate that Jesus was extra so Palestinian\/Arab than he was Jewish &#8212; however Beck says his phrases are being twisted, and his bigger message of peace\/unity overshadowed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8c3904027c6a51bd66b96b4bfb2a4e5f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ed57ed9d84dfe211b597dc4a25aedcf0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He&#8217;s additionally posted articles that reference the usage of the phrase &#8220;Palestinian&#8221; traditionally &#8212; and the way it&#8217;s apparently been employed to establish Muslims, Jews and others who&#8217;ve lived in that area courting again millennia. In different phrases, Father Beck&#8217;s doubling down on the notion Jesus was Palestinian &#8230; and that him additionally being Jewish does not essentially contradict that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ed57ed9d84dfe211b597dc4a25aedcf0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2b7b942e30c7262c346bffc14187d3a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2b7b942e30c7262c346bffc14187d3a1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc667e151440d73b53073dbc61cd84fb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It&#8217;s a doozy of a dialog, for certain &#8230; and it is ignited a fury on either side, it appears. As Jesus himself would possibly&#8217;ve mentioned in additional eloquent phrases &#8212; cannot all of us simply get alongside, guys???<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc667e151440d73b53073dbc61cd84fb--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Play video content material CNN A Catholic priest got here on CNN on Christmas to say Jesus was a persecuted Palestinian &#8212; and that the story of his start incorporates parallels to what is going on on within the Middle East. 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