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Christmas 2006: Is Jesus still a Palestinian?
By Bradley Burston

If you believe in Christmas, Bethlehem may be no place for you.

The Little Town, since antiquity an emotional world capital of Christianity, is steadily becoming a town without Christians. A city that was 80 percent Christian in 1948, is now 85 percent Muslim.

Until recently, this was the West Bank city that belonged to the world. Now it belongs to Hamas.
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That thought must trouble Hamas even as it does Christians, who are finding it harder and harder to hold on to their presence in the literal birthplace of Christianity.

As the Hamas-led Palestinian government seeks to persuade the Christian West to lift embargoes on aid, the last thing that Hamas needs is the appearance of slighting Bethlehem, and, for that matter, Christmas.

So it was, that this month, Hamas earmarked $50,000 from its depleted coffers to spruce up Bethlehem for the holiday.

"We don't fund any Islamic celebrations, but we want to fund this Christian festival, which is a special part of Bethlehem," said Acting PA Finance Minister Samir Abu Eisha. "As a Palestinian government, we hope our Christian brothers have a happy celebration. They are an integral part of Palestinian society."

Integral may not be the word most Christians would choose. The tide of Islamization has had telling effects on Bethelehem..

There are external signs, like the words "Islamic Jihad" sprayed in graffiti under the steeple of the city's Christmas Lutheran Church.

There are internal signs, like the reluctance of residents and officials to openly express trepidations over the Christian character of the city, and the influence that an avowedly Islamic government could have over daily life.

There are quantitative signs. Anxieties over Islamization have now added a strong new incentive to the exodus of local Christians, a process already spurred by Israel's military occupation, settlement policies and the separation fence, as well as the violence and upheaval of the intifada, and ever-beckoning opportunities in the Americas and elsewhere.

And there are global signs that could give any Christian Palestinian a sense of marginality, such as a Hamas declaration that every inch of Holy Land soil is Islamic land.

In a speech during his visit to Iran at the weekend, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared in the name of the Hamas-led Palestinian government that "we are the trustful protectors of the Islamic land of Palestine."

On Sunday, Haniyeh, holding talks with Iranian Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Khamenei, derided past attempts to make a distinction between the Palestine problem and Islam. Haniyeh stressed that the Palestinian cause is "Islamic" and that Palestine is an Islamic territory.

"Therefore, no individual and government in Palestine has the right to overlook even the slightest portion of its soil," he added.

It was only a decade ago that Yasser Arafat effectively made Bethlehem Christians into the very symbol of Palestine, by choosing the city's Church of the Nativity to declare that Jesus was a Palestinian. "This is the birthplace of our Lord the Messiah, the Palestinian," he stressed.

In a Holy Land where history and analogy are often inseparable, the casting of Arafat's Nativity play was clear. Not only was Jesus a Palestinian, the Palestinians as a people were Jesus.

They personified Jesus as long-suffering and pure of intention, a refugee, persecuted and oppressed with unspeakable cruelty and state-of-the-art weaponry by an occupying invader who had defiled the Holy Land with heathen, foreign beliefs.

In the Nativity pageant of Jesus as Palestinian, IDF paratroopers portrayed the Roman Legion, Israel's government took the part of expansionist, heartless Imperial Rome, and hardline settlers and rightists played the Jews who refused to recognize the godliness of Jesus' message.

In those days, it was much easier to accept that Christian Palestinians were seen by Muslims are brothers and sisters in common cause. Arafat, after all, had married into a prominent Christian family. The sense was fostered, also, by declarations of Arafat's Fatah, then in power, which formally foresaw a secular Palestinian state, multi-religious in character.

Moreover, when Arafat spoke publicly of going to Jerusalem and flying the Palestinian flag, he often stated that he would fly it "from the churches and from the mosques," placing the churches first.

But that was then.

A sea change came during the Al Aqsa uprising - pointedly named for a mosque - coupled with a rising tide of Islamization the world over. For Bethlehem, all bets were suddenly off. Young Fatah gunmen took on the religious fundamentalism and the maximalist ideology of their Hamas and Islamic Jihad compatriots.

Ibrahim Shomali, a Christian restaurant owner in Bethlehem, told a reporter earlier this year that he was selling what he could before he leaves with his wife this month for Flint, Michigan.

"We Christians now feel like we are on the cross," he said.

If the Palestinian national movement has gone Islamic, so has the narrative. The admired figure of the refugee Jesus has been replaced by barbs slung at Crusaders and the Pope.

Certainly, for the Christians of Bethlehem, the Nativity is changing, perhaps forever. The Star has dimmed, the Wise Men are nowhere in sight, and the sense is growing that there may soon be no room at the inn.

It's Christmas 2006. Christianity's place in Palestine is now as tenuous as it was in antiquity.

It's Christmas 2006. Is Jesus still a Palestinian?


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  1.   Bradley Forget This Story And Start With Us! 09:53  |  Yosemite Sam 13/12/06
  2.   Jesus was a Judean never Palestinian 09:53  |  Dror 13/12/06
  3.   Sorry, but Israel helped creating this monster 10:08  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/12/06
  4.   what is a Jew, what is a Palestinian? 10:14  |  Khalid 13/12/06
  5.   Sam: Bethlehem Christians emigrating, Nazareth Christians not! 10:15  |  Michigan 13/12/06
  6.   Disgusting Bradley Burston - shame on you! 10:17  |  Johannes 13/12/06
  7.   Pardon me??? 10:22  |  Frater Michaelius 13/12/06
  8.   Dino Did Israel cause Islamic extremism in Iran? Afghanistan? SA? 10:28  |  Michigan 13/12/06
  9.   But Having Said That, Jesus Was A Jew All The Way! 10:32  |  Yosemite Sam 13/12/06
  10.   Jesus said love your enemy 10:34  |  gus 13/12/06
  11.   This Is Old News ..... 10:34  |  Terry 13/12/06
  12.   Khalid`s distortions 10:37  |  sh 13/12/06
  13.   # 8 Michigan 10:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/12/06
  14.   By The Way .... 10:43  |  Terry 13/12/06
  15.   #4, Khalid: your people need some hope 10:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/12/06
  16.   Dino, Nazism was not Hitler`s fault; equally France & Brittan?s? 11:04  |  Michigan 13/12/06
  17.   Khalid - you advocate Pal Christians to ignore their sacred text? 11:07  |  Gina 13/12/06
  18.   Jesus is Jewish? That`s why his name in Hebrew is : May his name 11:08  |  Sami 13/12/06
  19.   50 Years Of War Have Been Dehumanizing For Both Sides! 11:08  |  Yosemite Sam 13/12/06
  20.   Bradley you`re ignorant 11:11  |  James 13/12/06
  21.   gus 11:12  |  Gina 13/12/06
  22.   Dino 11:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv. 13/12/06
  23.   # 16 Michigan 11:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/12/06
  24.   Recent BB? 11:25  |  Gina 13/12/06
  25.   Jesus the Palestinian was a useful bit of p.r. 11:26  |  Joe 13/12/06
  26.   # 22 Margie 11:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/12/06
  27.   JESUS WAS A JEW FROM JUDEA. 11:37  |  Michelle 13/12/06
  28.   Correction 11:46  |  SLAVO 13/12/06
  29.   JESUS called himself a Jew.Did not keep Ramadan. 11:49  |  PETER SM 13/12/06
  30.   The Swiss 11:54  |  sh 13/12/06
  31.   crocodile tears for Christians 11:55  |  SD 13/12/06
  32.   "This is the birthplace of our Lord the Messiah, the............. 12:01  |  Yair 13/12/06
  33.   Joe in Baltimore - Historical Accuracy Please 12:02  |  Terry 13/12/06
  34.   SD 12:04  |  Gina 13/12/06
  35.   PETER SM 12:06  |  Gina 13/12/06
  36.   Palestinian CHRISTIANS, ISRAEL & Palestinian MUSLIMS! 12:07  |  Proud Pal Defender 13/12/06
  37.   Dino 12:10  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 13/12/06
  38.   Proud Pal 12:22  |  Gina 13/12/06
  39.   JESUS DID NOT SPEAK HEBREW AT ALL... 12:25  |  Jeremy 13/12/06
  40.   Gina, the Christians also know what the Talmud and 12:26  |  Khalid 13/12/06
  41.   ZIONISTS BELIEVE IN THE TALMUD NOT THE BIBLE 12:27  |  Karni 13/12/06
  42.   Jesus was a Jew - John 4,22 12:33  |  Markus Grafenburg 13/12/06
  43.   Bradley Burston 12:34  |  Marc 13/12/06
  44.   Jeremy doesn`t speak Hebrew either 12:36  |  Jasmine Murphy 13/12/06
  45.   Khalid - no answer to my question? 12:46  |  Gina 13/12/06
  46.   KHALID The Pope does not seem to have too many problems with Jews 12:47  |  PETER SM 13/12/06
  47.   Karni 12:53  |  Gina 13/12/06
  48.   `Jesus is a Palestinian` is blasphemy ! 13:01  |  Paul Henzen 13/12/06
  49.   Jesus: The JEWISH Messiah 13:02  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  50.   Jews rejected Jesus? Rejected Torah? 13:03  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  51.   Talmudism Versus Quranism 13:09  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  52.   Jesus was murdered by the Jews 13:14  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/12/06
  53.   Terry - Historical Accuracy Please 13:15  |  Davids 13/12/06
  54.   "Holy" Sites 13:15  |  Shenora 13/12/06
  55.   Jesus was a Nazarene 13:21  |  Amoz 13/12/06
  56.   Jesus - a palestinian,a jew ...or 13:25  |  Lena 13/12/06
  57.   To Gina 13:39  |  Anne 13/12/06
  58.   Gina, I wrote a response, ask Ha`aretz 13:40  |  Khalid 13/12/06
  59.   Peter SM...60,0000000 Germans supported Hitler 13:42  |  Khalid 13/12/06
  60.   Lena 13:43  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  61.   Anne 13:46  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  62.   C Linthwaite Are you sure that is the Vatican position or YOURS 13:46  |  PETER SM 13/12/06
  63.   The correction to 57/to Gina 13:48  |  Anne 13/12/06
  64.   Burston lies in Paragraph 3 13:52  |  B 13/12/06
  65.   Stupid Article 13:52  |  Steven 13/12/06
  66.   Oslo led to terrorism, Revisionism and replacement theory 14:03  |  B 13/12/06
  67.   To Jewishheart 14:07  |  Anne 13/12/06
  68.   Jesus existed? Just another myth like the promised land! 14:17  |  Toronto`s Finest 13/12/06
  69.   Khalid stumbles on his head 14:18  |  sh 13/12/06
  70.   "Jesus" said I am the way. There is no way to the Father 14:21  |  Toronto`s Finest 13/12/06
  71.   Gina--Exactly WHAT Are You Talking About? 14:23  |  Proud Pal Defender 13/12/06
  72.   response to your letter 14:23  |  gerald 13/12/06
  73.   Khalid #4 14:24  |  Gabe1 13/12/06
  74.   Khalid #4 14:28  |  Gabe1 13/12/06
  75.   Oslo and Jesus = False Messiahs 14:35  |  Cyril 13/12/06
  76.   #62 Peter SM 14:39  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/12/06
  77.   Blasphemy will not help your cause 14:43  |  An Australian 13/12/06
  78.   #48 Son of God 14:44  |  Metatron 13/12/06
  79.   #53 Davids 14:47  |  Baal 13/12/06
  80.   # 59 Khalid 14:53  |  Josef 13/12/06
  81.   #6 is JOHANES FOR REAL SHAME ON BRADLEY ?? 14:55  |  paul harris 13/12/06
  82.   Jesus was Anti-Zionist in world standards 14:57  |  Karam 13/12/06
  83.   The Message of Jesus 14:58  |  Yaakiov Sullivan 13/12/06
  84.   #NEITHER DID THE NAME JESUS WHICH IS GREEK 15:03  |  paul harris 13/12/06
  85.   Toronto`s Finest & Baal 15:05  |  Davids 13/12/06
  86.   Toronto`s Finest on "I am the Way"... #70 15:14  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  87.   Chris L. Your posting is a series of errors #52 15:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  88.   To Michigan. I Was Thinking... 15:24  |  Yosemite Sam 13/12/06
  89.   JESUS IS AGAINST MURDER, THEFT, DESTRUCTION AND OPPRESSION 15:26  |  Jeremy 13/12/06
  90.   #87 Yaakov Sullivan 15:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/12/06
  91.   But Islamic Jesus is different from Christian Jesus 15:45  |  Zak 13/12/06
  92.   Lord Have Mercy! 15:49  |  FOX 13/12/06
  93.   Gina, what does the sacred text tell us? 15:50  |  Ibrahim 13/12/06
  94.   #90 Chris, you are entitled to believe what you want #90 15:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  95.   Lord rain upon me! 15:58  |  FOX 13/12/06
  96.   Proud pal defender 15:59  |  Azmi Malooph 13/12/06
  97.   WESTERN CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED 16:07  |  indrajaya 13/12/06
  98.   #82 Anti-Zionist and Jesus 16:09  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  99.   Walid Shoeboat 16:12  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  100.   Baal # 79 Eyewitness Accounts 16:14  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  101.   Fox- validity of Brit HaChadasha 16:18  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  102.   #85 Davids 16:26  |  Baal 13/12/06
  103.   # Davids.You have BLIND faith! 16:29  |  Toronto`s Finest 13/12/06
  104.   Of course Khalid, if we take your arugments to the logical... 16:38  |  Jacob Blues 13/12/06
  105.   100. Jeff Northridge re Baal: Eyewitness Accounts 16:39  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  106.   #103- References to Yeshua`s followers 16:40  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  107.   To Jewish Heart 16:42  |  FOX 13/12/06
  108.   Bethleem, the birth place of a Jew named Jesus 16:56  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  109.   Jesus was born in the Galilee, not Judea 16:58  |  truth 13/12/06
  110.   Reply to Khalid 17:00  |  David Kopel 13/12/06
  111.   4. Khalid: Jesus was a Jew 17:01  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  112.   #108 KUTW. ALERT! Jews and Arabs are Semites. 17:04  |  Toronto`s Finest 13/12/06
  113.   10. gus: Jesus said love your enemy 17:06  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  114.   Arafat Knew Jesus was, is, will be a Jew- our Rabbi period 17:06  |  Noah 13/12/06
  115.   17.Gina re Khalid: ?The Jews are our elder brothers? 17:10  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  116.   #100 Jeff Northridge 17:15  |  Baal 13/12/06
  117.   WE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE JESUS WAS A JEW 17:19  |  PhiloEvraios 13/12/06
  118.   Jesus is a fictional character 17:21  |  Stephen Murray 13/12/06
  119.   #105 KUTW 17:22  |  Baal 13/12/06
  120.   Jesus still a Palestinian? LMAO 17:25  |  Yankelowitz (Joking) 13/12/06
  121.   Yasser Arafat`s P.R. 17:26  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  122.   Jesus Christ mentioned by Pliny the Younger, Josephus, Suetonius 17:27  |  Pilly 13/12/06
  123.   #98:JewishHeart 17:29  |  Karam 13/12/06
  124.   112. Toronto`s Finest 17:32  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  125.   KUTW # 105 Thank You 17:39  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  126.   93 Ibrahim re Gina 17:44  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  127.   Chris Linthwaite finally shoes his true colors 17:45  |  Jake 13/12/06
  128.   #122 Pilly 17:45  |  Baal 13/12/06
  129.   Karam 17:47  |  JewishHeart 13/12/06
  130.   Michelle #27 17:52  |  Jerrym 13/12/06
  131.   No, JewishHeart, I don`t think so 17:53  |  Jake 13/12/06
  132.   #127 let ME HELP YOU JAKE , A FANCIFUL VERSION OF EVENTS 17:58  |  paul harris 13/12/06
  133.   Jake, all these categories are mythic #131 18:03  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  134.   132. paul harris re JAKE 18:10  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  135.   Khalid, about Jesus 18:16  |  Jake 13/12/06
  136.   Khalid, about the Talmud 18:21  |  Jake 13/12/06
  137.   125. Jeff Northridge, Paul Harris 18:25  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  138.   Paul Harris, are you saying everything is made up? 18:32  |  Jake 13/12/06
  139.   Baal # 116 So What`s Your Point? 18:33  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  140.   Jesus was a myth, nothin else ! (Pope Leo X) 18:34  |  Yankelowitz (serious 13/12/06
  141.   Lena, a BBC `study` says it all 18:42  |  Jake 13/12/06
  142.   119. Baal 18:44  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  143.   Pilly, Tacitus lived around 100 C.E. 18:51  |  Jake 13/12/06
  144.   #138 jake you must do some deep study 18:52  |  paul harris 13/12/06
  145.   But Jesus was not a Palestinian in the first place 19:10  |  Paul Freedman 13/12/06
  146.   Jake on Tacitus #143 19:36  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  147.   Paul Harris 19:37  |  Walid 13/12/06
  148.   23Dino 19:45  |  Michigan 13/12/06
  149.   Jake #141 The BBC Bible 19:51  |  FOX 13/12/06
  150.   Karem # 123 Gentiles 19:58  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  151.   Anne 19:58  |  Gina 13/12/06
  152.   Khalid - what else does Hamas have in store for 20:00  |  Gina 13/12/06
  153.   Jake # 135 There Is No Year 0 20:17  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  154.   Jesus is a Jew and a Palestinian, too. 20:17  |  Jack 13/12/06
  155.   # 148 Michigan 20:18  |  Swiss (Dino) 13/12/06
  156.   Jeff Northridge. No big fuss. 20:20  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  157.   Ibrahim - of course 20:20  |  Gina 13/12/06
  158.   Zionists also believe in the Torah, I hope. 20:23  |  Jack 13/12/06
  159.   Yaacov Sullivan #146 20:27  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  160.   Chris Linthwaite - your post is a mess 20:31  |  Gina 13/12/06
  161.   WHAT DO JEWS SAY ABOUT JESUS... 20:34  |  MIKE KATZ 13/12/06
  162.   Jake # 136 I`m Confused 20:35  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  163.   Fox, quite right 20:36  |  Jake 13/12/06
  164.   FOX... you forget the Syriac Church in 20:46  |  Jack 13/12/06
  165.   Sorry, Hubal, but you are wrong #159 20:52  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  166.   Jeff Northridge 20:59  |  ODP 13/12/06
  167.   Walid about the name Jesus 21:07  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 13/12/06
  168.   Yankelowitz 21:10  |  Gina 13/12/06
  169.   # 7 Father Michaelius.NO FATHER,HE HAS NOT ONLY OFFENDED,BUT ALSO 21:12  |  Kathy 13/12/06
  170.   Jack 21:15  |  Gina 13/12/06
  171.   ODP # 166 I Had No Idea That It Would Be So Complicated 21:15  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  172.   Yaacov Sullivan #165 Spoken like a true evangelical! 21:22  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  173.   Jesus was an Israeli 21:22  |  Briton 13/12/06
  174.   Jeff- the Torah is the first 5 books in our Old Testament 21:25  |  Gina 13/12/06
  175.   Hubal 21:28  |  Gina 13/12/06
  176.   PhiloEvarios Jesus was not a trouble maker-he was a Rabbi Hood 21:52  |  Noah 13/12/06
  177.   # 156 Hubal.re:Jeff Northridge. CERTAINLY NO BIG FUSS... 22:03  |  Kathy 13/12/06
  178.   Jeff Northridge 22:06  |  ODP 13/12/06
  179.   #160 Gina 22:06  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/12/06
  180.   Not quite Hubal and certainly no evangelical #172 22:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  181.   Hubal # 156 So What? 22:10  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  182.   Religion,who is religous? 22:23  |  Billy Jack 13/12/06
  183.   Jeff- in regard to the Torah, Talmud etc. 22:26  |  Jake 13/12/06
  184.   Jeff- in regard to the Torah, Talmud etc. 22:26  |  Jake 13/12/06
  185.   Chris Linthwaite 22:29  |  Gina 13/12/06
  186.   Proud Pal - Afraid to answer my questions? 22:32  |  Gina 13/12/06
  187.   Jeff Northridge #181 22:34  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  188.   Hubal 22:42  |  Gina 13/12/06
  189.   #180 Yaacov Sullivan. 22:46  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  190.   Gina 22:49  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  191.   And Happy Chanukkah Kathy 22:51  |  Gina 13/12/06
  192.   Gina 23:01  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  193.   A shame 23:02  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  194.   #180 Yaacov Sullivan. 23:03  |  Hubal 13/12/06
  195.   Jesus...... 23:11  |  Jeff 13/12/06
  196.   Kathy, Hubal I`m impressed with your Historical Knowledge 23:13  |  Noah 13/12/06
  197.   177. Kathy: Happy Chanukkah 23:14  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  198.   Hubal 23:20  |  Gina 13/12/06
  199.   xmas 2006 23:22  |  zelda 13/12/06
  200.   Hubal 23:23  |  Gina 13/12/06
  201.   Hubal, look to what occured before a hundred years after jesus 23:27  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/12/06
  202.   As far as I understand ... 23:29  |  Edith 13/12/06
  203.   #139 Jeff Northbridge 23:38  |  Baal 13/12/06
  204.   Palestinians are Jews... 23:38  |  Edith 13/12/06
  205.   78. Metatron: Jesus, a Jew 23:42  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  206.   Fox, the Lord is merciful to you, He loves you! 23:46  |  Donna 13/12/06
  207.   86. Yaakov Sullivan re Toronto`s Finest 23:49  |  KUTW 13/12/06
  208.   zelda 23:52  |  Gina 13/12/06
  209.   Jake # 184 OK, I Think That I Have It Now 23:54  |  Jeff Northridge 13/12/06
  210.   #165 Yaakov Sullivan 00:04  |  Baal 14/12/06
  211.   # 85 Davids 00:05  |  Edith 14/12/06
  212.   Gina. How illustrative 00:16  |  Hubal 14/12/06
  213.   #96 Azmi--LIES ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS I See. 00:20  |  Proud Pal Defender 14/12/06
  214.   # 134 KUTW.re:paul harris re JAKE. KUTW,YOU ARE A REAL WISE...... 00:22  |  Kathy 14/12/06
  215.   RE # 195 Jeff-Jesus has a message 4 U. 00:23  |  MIKE KATZ 14/12/06
  216.   208. Gina re Zelda: Christian aid 00:30  |  KUTW 14/12/06
  217.   #118 Mohammed was real 00:31  |  Edith 14/12/06
  218.   GINA: Haaretz, for Gina 00:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/12/06
  219.   Yaakov Sullivan. Hmmm. 00:40  |  Hubal 14/12/06
  220.   Jesus the Jew/Judean 00:42  |  Yitzhak 14/12/06
  221.   #217 EDITH LOOKS THROUGH THE FRAME SEES NO GLASS 00:50  |  paul harris 14/12/06
  222.   RE # 218 C.J.Kohn`s HYPOCRICY... 01:08  |  MIKE KAYZ 14/12/06
  223.   He was crucified on Friday. But here you have 01:11  |  KUTW 14/12/06
  224.   Cipora Julianna Kohn: Happy Chanukkah 01:14  |  KUTW 14/12/06
  225.   Jesus certainly wouldn`t be a Zionist today 01:20  |  Michael 14/12/06
  226.   Re gina 01:24  |  Billy Jack 14/12/06
  227.   # 221 Paul Harris 01:27  |  Edith 14/12/06
  228.   220 - Jesus the Jew 01:39  |  Australit 14/12/06
  229.   Edith - An informed reply 01:56  |  Davids 14/12/06
  230.   Jesus was jew... 01:59  |  Luca 14/12/06
  231.   To #10 Gus 02:02  |  Luca 14/12/06
  232.   155Dino How many French civilians killed by Germans in 20`s&30`s? 02:03  |  Michigan 14/12/06
  233.   Yaakov #83 02:22  |  Danite 14/12/06
  234.   Ibrahim 02:28  |  Danite 14/12/06
  235.   Outdated 02:32  |  danite 14/12/06
  236.   Islamists and Jesus 02:39  |  stork 14/12/06
  237.   Jeff Northridge Mishnah and Gemara=Talmud 02:41  |  Danite 14/12/06
  238.   codswallop from Mike Katz#161 02:47  |  Zardos 14/12/06
  239.   Cipora Shalom 02:52  |  Danite 14/12/06
  240.   Ibrahim-# respect each other 03:18  |  Daniel Leopold 14/12/06
  241.   ONE SMALL PROBLEM 03:24  |  Dr David I. Gross 14/12/06
  242.   Is Arafat a heretic? 03:50  |  William 14/12/06
  243.   Saducees??? C`mon learn some basic history 03:55  |  Johnny 14/12/06
  244.   Jeremy - #89 04:09  |  William 14/12/06
  245.   Zak on Islamic Jesus? - #91 04:13  |  William 14/12/06
  246.   Hubal 04:17  |  Gina 14/12/06
  247.   Bradley 04:17  |  Omar 14/12/06
  248.   KUTW 04:26  |  Gina 14/12/06
  249.   Cipora #231 04:27  |  Gabe1 14/12/06
  250.   #231, Danite 04:27  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/12/06
  251.   Passing the buck 04:29  |  Michael H. 14/12/06
  252.   Jesus was a Palestinian -- 04:30  |  John 14/12/06
  253.   It was Jews who harassed Jesus 04:33  |  John 14/12/06
  254.   Chris Linthwaite 04:34  |  Omar 14/12/06
  255.   What`s next 04:36  |  LL 14/12/06
  256.   Cipora Julianna Kohn - Bless You! 04:37  |  Gina 14/12/06
  257.   John - that you Khalid 05:05  |  Gina 14/12/06
  258.   John 05:14  |  Danite 14/12/06
  259.   Daniel and Danite 05:57  |  Ibrahim 14/12/06
  260.   Burston post is NONSENSE! 06:22  |  Susan 14/12/06
  261.   Jesus: An Excellent Brand 06:36  |  David Kopel 14/12/06
  262.   #186 Gina--An Additional Note...And HAARETZ. 06:37  |  Proud Pal Defender 14/12/06
  263.   Omar # 247 Palestinian Christians 06:40  |  Jeff Northridge 14/12/06
  264.   John-#252-Palestinian fiction 06:57  |  Daniel Leopold 14/12/06
  265.   John-#253-Jews are persecuted 07:00  |  Daniel Leopold 14/12/06
  266.   254Omar 07:19  |  Michigan 14/12/06
  267.   John # 252 Jesus! 07:28  |  Jeff Northridge 14/12/06
  268.   MICHIGAN 08:28  |  BASIM 14/12/06
  269.   play another game man ))))))) 08:42  |  michael 14/12/06
  270.   We are all children of one God, sadly we hate and kill each other 08:59  |  Aaron 14/12/06
  271.   Real Religion Is not Ancient History: its Now 09:01  |  The End Is NIgh 14/12/06
  272.   #253 NO JEW HARASSED AGREEK JESUS JOHN 09:01  |  paul harris 14/12/06
  273.   Proud Pal - well it`s obvious 09:06  |  Gina 14/12/06
  274.   Basim, Read again what I said about who murdered Israeli Arabs 10:06  |  Michigan 14/12/06
  275.   Arafat claimed that Jesus was Palestinian but... 10:15  |  Michigan 14/12/06
  276.   Muslims please read quran 11:15  |  american 14/12/06
  277.   Jesus is a Palestinian 11:15  |  Laura David 14/12/06
  278.   Bradley Your article is an outrage 12:41  |  Pal christian 14/12/06
  279.   Are Jews killing Jesus "again" ? 13:26  |  Jake 14/12/06
  280.   Nothing has changed I bet 13:37  |  Seth 14/12/06
  281.   The real fear 13:47  |  Spoff 14/12/06
  282.   Messiah Yeshua 14:46  |  Dvora 14/12/06
  283.   Palestinian Jesus 15:09  |  Dave Anthony 14/12/06
  284.   Jesus 15:12  |  Blinky 14/12/06
  285.   JEUS GIVES MEANING TO LIFE 15:30  |  Mario Fiorito 14/12/06
  286.   KATHY, Haaretz, where is my previous post to Kathy? 15:36  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/12/06
  287.   Haaretz.MY POST TO NOAH #176 PLEASE PUT OUT... 15:37  |  Kathy 14/12/06
  288.   To Haaretz and dear B.B. I WANT TO WISH MY JEWISH RESPONDENTS... 15:47  |  Kathy 14/12/06
  289.   role models 15:54  |  declan 14/12/06
  290.   To: Jewish Heart and Messianics 16:26  |  HSB 14/12/06
  291.   Talmud/ Maimodines 17:31  |  hugin 14/12/06
  292.   To Hugin #291 18:48  |  Daniel 14/12/06
  293.   " After Shabbat comes Sunday " 19:16  |  Joseph E . 14/12/06
  294.   " Jesus was a refugee and lived under occupation " 19:19  |  Joseph E . 14/12/06
  295.   Islam contemporary invasion of the holly land begun has 19:22  |  Joseph E . 14/12/06
  296.   Jesus son of David 21:07  |  Mario Fiorito 14/12/06
  297.   Kathy, one last word 21:30  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/12/06
  298.   The term known commonly as palestine 21:31  |  Joseph E . 14/12/06
  299.   Christians are in Dhimmi status under Palestinian Muslims 21:32  |  AV 14/12/06
  300.   Missing the forest for the trees 21:44  |  Pamela 14/12/06
  301.   huh 21:54  |  sho 14/12/06
  302.   Jesus & Via Dolorosa 22:34  |  Joseph E . 14/12/06
  303.   Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews 23:15  |  dan 14/12/06
  304.   #186 Gina--SUPPORT PEACE...NOT Conflict/War & Ignorancce! 23:41  |  Proud Pal Defender 14/12/06
  305.   Mario - Im cinfused 23:50  |  looking to be educat 14/12/06
  306.   Jesus the Jew 00:47  |  Benjamin 15/12/06
  307.   Jesus - the biggest lite 01:24  |  Leo 15/12/06
  308.   arab-pals could say that the moon is green 01:37  |  Joseph E . 15/12/06
  309.   Jesus was a Jew, not a Palestinian. And JEREMY? 02:48  |  LR 15/12/06
  310.   # 300 Pamela @ Washington / DC / USA 04:12  |  Joseph E . post 1 15/12/06
  311.   # 300 Pamela @ Washington / DC / USA 04:16  |  Joseph E . Post 2 15/12/06
  312.   # 300 Pamela @ Washington / DC / USA 04:17  |  Joseph E . Post 3 15/12/06
  313.   Swiss Dino, Switzerland did a hell of a lot more than that! 04:40  |  Claudia 15/12/06
  314.   Hey truth, I read that article in Archaeology too. 04:55  |  Claudia 15/12/06
  315.   Jesus, a Palestinian 06:52  |  Avi Sanaani 15/12/06
  316.   to Khalid 06:54  |  kees 15/12/06
  317.   4-Khalid 06:55  |  Andrew Sanaani 15/12/06
  318.   Response to Terry of Eilat 07:17  |  Impartial Observer 15/12/06
  319.   Response to Toronto`s Finest 07:56  |  Jesus did exist 15/12/06
  320.   Joseph E . Post 3 10:06  |  Yosemite Sam 15/12/06
  321.   Murders--Gina 10:27  |  Jack 15/12/06
  322.   Jesus was an Israelite 10:37  |  Jack 15/12/06
  323.   Christian Bible 10:41  |  Jack 15/12/06
  324.   Noah 11:09  |  Jack 15/12/06
  325.   Africa 11:14  |  Jack 15/12/06
  326.   Proud Pal - then answer the question 11:29  |  Gina 15/12/06
  327.   Jack - so? 11:33  |  Gina 15/12/06
  328.   Good article 11:41  |  Heff 15/12/06
  329.   GOD IS SPIRIT - Jesus mostly referred to Himself as 13:03  |  Virginia 15/12/06
  330.   Equal Rights in Israel THANK YOU SO MUCH # 3 13:05  |  Suad 15/12/06
  331.   talmud 13:53  |  john 15/12/06
  332.   Lena 14:08  |  Claudia 15/12/06
  333.   Jesus: The JEWISH Messiah response to : JewishHeart 14:37  |  Ra`anan 15/12/06
  334.   Jesus, not the messiah 14:52  |  JH 15/12/06
  335.   Yeshu 14:54  |  Dror 15/12/06
  336.   "palestinian", sayeth the Egyptian 16:47  |  albert ortiz 15/12/06
  337.   to suad -palestinians are not natives to israel 19:08  |  Boris 15/12/06
  338.   to all you christians 19:16  |  Boris 15/12/06
  339.   was there ever a person jesus? 20:14  |  aynsof 15/12/06
  340.   Jesus` a Jewish 00:18  |  Amy 16/12/06
  341.   LATE REPLY NR 305 00:56  |  Mario Fiorito 16/12/06
  342.   SUGGESTION x 337 01:21  |  Mario Fiorito 16/12/06
  343.   SORRY! SUGGESTION for 337 MENT 338 01:45  |  Mario Fiorito 16/12/06
  344.   Num % is WRONG 03:26  |  Rami 16/12/06
  345.   to Boris and JewishHeart 03:30  |  Nik 16/12/06
  346.   Bethlehem first Nazareth next 03:33  |  Rami 16/12/06
  347.   JESUS WAS A JEW WHO WAS BORN IN JUDEA, BUT LIVED IN GALILEA. 04:01  |  ELIAS 16/12/06
  348.   Jew? 05:24  |  Mohammed 16/12/06
  349.   348Mohammad and Logic 05:57  |  Logician 16/12/06
  350.   Oh, Israel, Why? 09:21  |  Milica 16/12/06
  351.   Re: 348 Mohammed Your Answer Is Here! 10:11  |  Yosemite Sam 16/12/06
  352.   The same old neo-colonial discourse... 12:45  |  Katharina 16/12/06
  353.   Jesus was a Canaanite Jew 15:11  |  Omar 16/12/06
  354.   To Dino 20:41  |  DAVID KAPLAN 16/12/06
  355.   To Katharina -- Berlin 20:54  |  David Kaplan 16/12/06
  356.   JESUS DID NOT FULFILL THE MESSIANIC PROPHECIES 21:59  |  Joel 16/12/06
  357.   Re:356 No Joel. Actually! 22:56  |  Yosemite Sam