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Source: https://nypost.com/2019/04/25/rabbi-blasts-ilhan-omar-for-promoting-idea-jesus-was-palestinian/
Wiesenthal Center Blasts Idea that Jesus Was Palestinian
(New York Post) Yaron Steinbuch - Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center has called out Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for retweeting the claim that "Jesus was a Palestinian." He also took issue with an April 19 New York Times op-ed that stated, "Jesus, born in Bethlehem, was most likely a Palestinian man with dark skin." "Palestine was a name made up by Romans after they crucified thousands, destroyed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and exiled the People of Israel from their homeland," Cooper said. "The idea that Jesus was a Palestinian creates a new narrative for Palestinian history, which otherwise does not date back very far....The absurdity of it is breathtaking....In the Gospels, there is no mention of Palestine, only Judea, which is where Jews lived."