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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/Jesus-the-Palestinian-386057
Jesus the Palestinian?
(Jerusalem Post) Ariel Cohen - Just as he does every December, PA President Mahmoud Abbas made the Christmastime claim that Jesus was a Palestinian. PA security spokesperson Adnan Al-Damiri referred to Jesus as "the first Palestinian martyr." Yet the New Testament defines Jesus as a Jewish resident of Judea. The Roman Empire changed the name of "Judea" to "Palestine" 100 years after Jesus' death.