Palestinian Official Once Again Claims Jesus Was a ‘Palestinian’

Now it’s Christianity’s turn to be mocked by the Palestinian Authority (PA).

While it’s PA policy to insult, mock, and misrepresent Jewish tradition and Jewish history in the land of Israel whenever possible, this week, it was Christian traditions’ turn to be insulted and denied by the PA.

In the words of an official PA daily columnist, Christian traditions of the Holy Sepulcher and the Holy Grail are “nonsense,” because Jesus doesn’t belong to Christian tradition — but belongs to the Palestinians.

In his words:

Official PA daily columnist Hassan Hmeid: “During the Crusades, when kings, princes, robbers, and the poor marched, they came to — of course, it was a lie and nonsense — ‘save the Holy Sepulchre’ [from the Muslims]. They wanted to search for the Holy Grail, and so on.

They forgot that Jesus is our son, he is a Palestinian and one of us.” [emphasis added]

[Official PA TV, Capital of Capitals – Damascus, Aug. 10, 2025]

The Palestinian leaders, as part of their need to invent a Palestinian history, claim that Jesus was a Muslim and a Palestinian, even though neither Palestinians nor Muslims existed in the world in the time of Jesus.

According to historical accounts and the Christian Bible, Jesus was a Jew from Judea.

Still, Palestinian officials usually leave terms like “nonsense” and other insults for their discussions of Jewish tradition.

Calling Christian tradition in Jerusalem “nonsense” and denying Jesus’ role in Christianity is unusual even for the PA.

The author is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.