A far-left CNN priest faced backlash on Christmas for claiming that Jesus was a “Palestinian Jew” who was born into an “occupied” country as he tried to make comparisons from the time of Christ’s birth to modern day Israel.
“I think the message of Christmas is that God enters into it with us and we’re not alone in it,” Beck said. “What I’m so struck by is that the story of Christmas is about a Palestinian Jew — how often do you find those words put together? A Palestinian Jew born into a time when his country was occupied, right? They can’t find a place for her to even give birth, his mother. They’re homeless. They eventually have to flee as refugees into Egypt, no less. I mean, you can’t make up the parallels to our current world situation right now.”
“And so in some way, that is who we believe God becomes born into that situation and yet, that very…
