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Israeli Embassy Facebook Post: If Jesus and Mary Were in Bethlehem Today, They’d Be Lynched by Palestinians

Dec. 18, 2012 7:18am Sharona Schwartz

While the anti-Israel hatefest in Ireland reaches new heights (Israeli soldiers depicted as Nazis; pro-Palestinian activists calling for rocks hurled at its Dublin embassy; a newspaper printing “Welcome to hell” to Israel’s ambassador), Israeli diplomats in Ireland decided to strike back in a decidedly undiplomatic manner.

On Monday, the Israeli Embassy in Dublin recruited the images of Jesus and Mary to make a point that pro-Palestinian activists’ presentation of Israel as racist isn’t exactly reflective of a reality on the ground in which Jews are threatened daily.

The embassy posted on its Facebook page an image of Jesus and Mary with the message:

“A thought for Christmas… If Jesus and mother Mary were alive today, they would, as Jews without security, probably end up being lynched in Bethlehem by hostile Palestinians. Just a thought…….”

Israeli Embassy Facebook Post Says if Jesus and Mary Were in Bethlehem Today, Theyd Be Lynched by Palestinians

Screenshot of original Facebook post (Captured by New York Times)

The embassy quickly took down the message and apologized for offending Palestinians and Christians. Palestinian activists are up in arms, while Israel’s supporters say the embassy’s only sin was telling the truth.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry later posted this message and said it would conduct an internal investigation:

“To whom it may concern: An image of Jesus and Mary with a derogatory comment about Palestinians was posted without the consent of the administrator of the Facebook page. We have removed the post in question immediately. Apologies to anyone who may have been offended. Merry Christmas!”

This isn’t the first time the Israeli embassy in Ireland has taken a more aggressive approach to anti-Israel activism in the country the Israeli Foreign Ministry once labeled the most hostile toward Israel in Europe. The Times of Israel reports:

In June, Channel 10 published a letter in which Deputy Head of Mission Nurit Tinari Modai suggested to fight the growing delegitimization of Israel by going after expatriate Israelis who are critical of the government in Jerusalem. In that letter, she also wrote that those Israelis dislike Israel partly because they are “sexually confused.”

The Foreign Ministry distanced itself from her letter at the time, saying her suggestions were the wrong way to fight delegitimization.

Jonathan Tobin of Commentary Magazine writes that while it would have been wiser for Israel not to bring the holy family into the debate, “their ‘offensive’ post was primarily guilty of doing the one thing that diplomats are generally urged to avoid: telling the truth.” He writes (emphasis added):

…Israel’s Dublin embassy has come to the reasonable conclusion that it needs to stop playing defense when it comes to correcting misperceptions about the Middle East conflict. In too many instances, Israeli diplomats and spokespersons have avoiding getting into scrapes but in the process failed to adequately defend their country at a time when a rising tide of anti-Semitism has distorted the debate about the Middle East conflict in Europe.[…]

It should also be stated that the post did no more than state the obvious when it noted that Jews without security in Palestinian Authority-ruled Bethlehem are at grave risk. Indeed, Rachel’s Tomb, which is located outside the town, is often besieged by violent Palestinians seeking to take over that Jewish shrine.

In raising the subject, the embassy did the unthinkable and told the truth about Palestinian violence and prejudice. While that might have been considered undiplomatic, that is something that more Israeli diplomats as well as members of the media ought to be doing more often.

A cornerstone of Palestinian public diplomacy for years has been to deny the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel – not only to Jerusalem, but also to Bethlehem – and to the rich Jewish history of the Bible including Jesus’ Jewish heritage. As TheBlaze reported exactly a year ago today, after pressing the button to light the Christmas tree in Bethlehem’s Manger Square, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Christmas is an opportunity to “celebrate the Palestinian identity of Jesus Christ.”

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cosmic dogma
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:22pm
We live in an era that to tell the truth is offensive. And must be followed by an apology. Makes me want to cry.

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Beachmastermax
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:32pm
Lynch Jesus? Don’t think so. I have a feeling that crucifixion on his timing was the only thing he would allow to happen.

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Jewish_yankee
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:56pm
I thought Jesus was from Nazareth. According to google maps , the 2 cities are about 155 KM away from each other.

Regardless, its the absolute truth, I was in Israel 2 weeks ago, and traveling in Bethlehem to Mother Rachel’s tomb, the Arabs all have hate on their face, and given the opportunity would put a knife in my back .

Sad but true, that in today’s world, you have to apologize for saying the truth,

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- audaxrex
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 8:49pm
  …given that Arabs have been made outcasts in their own land, it’s hardly surprising they have hate on their faces… and isn’t lynching originally an American practice?
  
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vox_populi
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 5:15pm
…but half the population of Bethlehem are Palestinian Christians? You’d think they’d be happy to see their supposed Savior.

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- Nprspktv
  Posted on December 19, 2012 at 2:15am
  Many of the Christians have been driven out of Bethlehem by their Arab thugs. Remember the seige on the Church of the Nativity about 10 years ago? Very few are left.
  
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HellboundandDown
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 3:33pm
you’d think Jesus and his Mom would pick a smarter place to land, or whatever it is they do. Didn’t they have enough trouble meddling in religion and politics over there the last time? You’d think they’d show up here, maybe even in Missouri, since we’re the Manifestiest of Destinies and the Bestest #1 Country. Yeehaw, America Rocks.

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ChrisDiamond
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 12:58pm
We do recall, oh faithful Christians on The Blaze, that Jews (or people of the Jewish faith) do not believe Jesus was the Son of God, or the Messiah, right?

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- mcsledge
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 1:46pm
  We also know that Israel are God’s chosen people and that they will accept Christ as their Lord and Saviour in the end.
  
  (The first (Israel) will be last (latter-days) and the last (Gentiles) will be first (latter-days).
  
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- RabbiDRJerkins
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 3:41pm
  Shalom,
  A more accurate statement would be that some Jewish people have not ome to the understanding that Jesus was and is the Messiah.
  As a Messianic Rabbi, I have met very few of the Jewish faith who, when presented with Christ as he is revealed in Scripture, do not accept that Jesus is the Messiah. The problem arises in that very few (if any) of the Jewish faith, when told about Jesus as he is generally presented from most pulpits, could possibly accept him as the Messiah.
  
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- From Virginia
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 6:31pm
  @Rabbi – I had a discussion with a Jewish fella once. He was Orthodox and Observant. He seemed convinced that if accepted Christ as the Messiah and as his Lord and Saviour that he’d somehow no longer be Jewish. I had a hard time wrapping my head around that and I pointed out that not only was Jesus Jewish, but so were the first Christians. He was not persuaded, but perhaps I planted a seed.
  
  One thing I do know is that God said His Covenant with the Jewish people ws forever and God does not lie. It says in our book of Revelations that after the Judgement when everyone is gathered that the Jews will stand before God and He will tell them that Christ was IT – THE messiah. Then He will ask them if they will accept Christ as their Lord and Saviour and they will all accept – to a man.
  
  Knowing Jews as smart people I always found the scripture amusing since if any of us were standing before God Almighty Himself and He TOLD us this same thing would ANYONE argue? Surely NOT!
  
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pap pap
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 12:27pm
If the truth hurts wear it.

Merry Christmas to All.

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bava
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 12:09pm
The American far right would do the same thing to him. All that hippy peace and love crap that he preached. Giving out free food and health care. Communal living with 12 other guys. Hypocrites.

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- Walking in the Light
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 4:40pm
  BAVA, your comment reveals that you have spent too much time reading the Huffington Post, New York Times et al. Rather than putting the “far right” (translation: conservatives) in their place, as I suspect you think you’ve done, you’ve only revealed your ignorance. Your statement reveals nothing more than the fact that you have embraced the caricature of what a conservative is rather than what we really are.
  
  Jesus did emphasize helping the least among us, children, the poor etc. As both a Christian and a conservative, I embrace His teaching. His call was to the heart of the individual, not the government. Nowhere in the Bible will you find Him calling for government programs to help the poor. The reason is simple; voting to take someone else’s money to help the poor doesn’t mean that you are loving or charitable because it has cost you nothing. But, voluntarily reaching into your own pocket (not through the coercion of taxation) is a reflection of a loving and generous heart. BTW, did you know that study after study has revealed that conservatives and people of faith give a much higher percentage of their wealth to charitable organizations than liberals and atheists? They probably don’t publish that on HuffPo, though.
  
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THERAPTURCOMES
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 12:07pm
And of course the article uses a catholic picture of jesus and mary of which is a perversion of the real Christianity and is a cult

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Remember_Benghazi
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:14am
I don’t particularly care for Israeli foreign policy but how can anyone support a state that allows hamas to fire rockets at innocent people? They are the clear-cut bad guys. They are seekers of death and destruction. Muslim extremists are the greatest threat to civilization and peace in the modern era. The moment we put our guns down, they would wipe us out with no hesitation. Do you know what “religion of peace” means to these extremists? It means once all the non-muslims are dead and gone, there will finally be peace because there will be no one left to oppose them. They have no tolerance. They are an all-or-nothing suicide death cult.

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paulwbrown
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:51am
Lynched? Probably not. Stoned to death, very likely for being non-believers!

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- ashestoashes
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:20am
  The Jews nailed Jesus to the cross..their eyes will be opened when the full number of gentiles have come in..The Jews do not run Israel..the Communist/NWO runs Israel. The Jews lost Israel 2 thousand yrs ago from disobedience..There were aprox 150 thousand Hebrews in Hitler’s military..He sent many Communists/Zionists into Palestine for the retaking of Israel and for the strategic NWO agenda..They own our press through the international banking cartel..THe Rothschilds of the Federal Reserve..the UN..the Council on Foreign Relations and the secret societies..Freemasons..Bonesmen.Bilderbergs.(Thule.@ Vril in Germany) are said to be from the tribe kicked out and spoken of as the serpent of the Bible in Gen 49:17 Netanyahu is a Freemason as was Karl Marx and Lennen..They speak of dissidents in that country as being “gender confused” Google Jews against Zioinism..You will find a plenty of dissidents..and they are not gay..Remember the word says”.Love your enemies..do good to them who persecute you”..Rev 2:9 I know you who say you are Jews who are not..but you are the synagogue of Satan.
  
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- badge02812
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 2:22pm
  ROME occupied, governed, soldiered and administered the population !
  ROMAN governor tried JESUS, found NO GUILT in him but SENTENCED him to DEATH anyway !
  ROMAN pilot gave the orders !
  ROMAN soldiers flogged, made the crown and nailed the spikes !
  ROMAN soldier ran his spear into JESUS side !
  ROME killed JESUS then and continues today !
  ROMES first pope was an EVIL black magician named SIMON MAGUS !
  ROME destroyed Jerusalem killing hundreds of thousands of JEWS!
  ROMAN JESUITS enabled and empowered the communists to kill JEWS !
  ROMAN JESUITS enabled and empowered the NAZIS and the FASCISTS to kill JEWS !!
  ROME, by creating and enabling conflicting discourse slaughtered millions and WON World War 2 !
  ROME invented Mohamed and islam ! to kill JEWS !!
  ROMAN controlled VATICAN BANK runs the World and the World’s Financial system and always has, even before CHRIST !!
  ROME IS IN !! most WORLD leaders and governments !
  ROME is BABYLON !! ……but JESUS the JEW IS GOD !!!!
  End of story !!!!!!
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 2:35pm
  Paulwbrowns rational comment gets hijacked
  
  You two need to get together and get your conspiracy theories straight.
  
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- badge02812
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 2:41pm
  ROME and ROMANS should open and read the book called the BIBLE !!!
  To HELL !! with islam, Mein Kampf and Marxism and Leninism !!
  
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- badge02812
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 2:42pm
  If the BIBLE frightens you, read a HISTORY BOOK !!
  
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- by faith
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 2:56pm
  I have probably forgotten more about the Bible and history than you have ever known.
  
  First thing would be that Rome and the Catholic Church are not the same
  
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RDavis49
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:18am
Let me assure you, the Palestinians, nor anyone else would not and could not lay a hand on Jesus Christ until HE decided it to be so for God’s purpose. Those who think THEY took Jesus’ life are sadly mistaken. They were only the instruments by which God fulfilled His purpose for Jesus. Jesus willingly GAVE His life, no one took it.

John 10:11…… “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Scripture tells us that on numerous occassions they sought to kill Jesus but it wasn’t His time to lay down His life and hid himself and slipped away from them?

John 8:59…. At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

Matthew 16:21….. From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he MUST go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Sorry, Jesus willingly gave His life to fulfill God’s purpose. You’re talking about an entirely different Jesus than the one I know….. You can’t take by force, which is what murder is, something from someone who is willingly giving it to you…….. God sent Jesus to die on the cross to you and out for your soul from eternal hell.

John 3:16 ….. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

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NOBALONEY
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:04am
Ireland’s hatred towards Israel has the same bases of Obama’s ‘Dreams from my Father’: Hatred for British Colonialism. That explains Shin Fein’s involvement in Gaza flotillas, but Ireland is not what it once was. They’ve passed abortion, and like the rest of Europe they’re Anti-Semetic. Doubt if the catholics in the republic know, or care of the plight of the christians in the entire middle east region.

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:43am
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That is one of the funniest things I have ever read here on the Blaze…….

Shame it’s true……….

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- NOBALONEY
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:10am
  Anti-Semetic Ireland has the same bases for its hatred for Israel as Obama had in ‘Dreams from my Father’. Hatred for British colonialism. Ireland supports the boycott of Israel. Doubt if they know, or care of the plight of christians in the entire middle east region. Expainns why extremeist Shin Fein was involved in the Gaza flotillas.
  
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Lion420
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:37am
I hate apologies…especially over someone offended by the truth. Anyone offended by the truth of Jesus and Mary being lynched by animals who believe in a “god” who condones and even encourages things like bigotry, deceit and murder, ought to kiss my ass.

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- 4BlueStars
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:46am
  Agreed. If anything, should have doubled down on it.
  
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ScooterinOregon
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:05am
God the Father “gave” His only begotten Son to be our sacrificial lamb. Jesus is the Lamb of God that “takes away” the sin of the world. Jesus came to die. He came to die for your and my sins. No one is perfect, no one can be perfect. No one is good enough, we have all fallen short of God’s perefect standard. Jesus perfectly obeyed His Father in order to “impute” His righteousness to us. Jesus took your and my sin upon Himself on the cross. When you look at Jesus on the cross, you and I put Him there. His death for our sins is our only hope of getting through this life and make it to Heaven. God created us to be with Him forever, because sin entered into the human race, we need to be redeemed. We need salvation. Abraham is our example of how to be saved. God made a promise to him, Abraham “believed” Him and it was accounted unto Abraham as righteousness. You can be saved from the consequences of your sin by believing what God says about Jesus. He died for your sin, so that He can give you His righteousness. Believe in Jesus, confess Him as your Savior and you will be saved. You will be clothed in His righteousness, and will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Who will help you get through this life. When you die, you will go to Heaven. Guaranteed!

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GUYFROMMAINE
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:01am
This is how things seem to be run in the world: Tell the truth and get critizied and vilified. Truth is, these so-called “Palestinians” would willing help Herod as he killed the children to eliminate the Messiah. The embassy said nothing wrong.

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tagforce
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:39am
Only by God’s will could they be lynched … Read the Bible … Jesus walked thru the multitude of haters trying to kill him by throwing him off a cliff after saying the scriptures today were fulfilled in this hearing that the son of man has arrived.
One of my top ten questions to ask God when I meet him is … why did he make some people stupid? … or is it just the fact that the devil makes them stupid.

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- DougHuffman
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:51am
  We are made perfect in his image. All men have arse-holes, some have wombs, and some are stupid.
  
  Good people ought to be armed as they will, with wits and Guns and the Truth. God Bless Bitter Clingers, damn know-nothings, progressives.
  
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- 4BlueStars
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:18am
  My favorite quote of all time is Robert Duvall in “The Great Santini”:
  
  “God! God! Why did you make so many stupid people?”
  
  I understand the point you were making, which does not negate the point of of the FB post about the Palestinians. What kind of people dress-up and raise up their children to be suicide bombers? If that is not demonic I don’t know what is.
  
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- DougHuffman
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:38am
  @ “demonic”; learn the etymology of the word. Greek Demos is the people, demotic is merely vulgar in Latin and common in Old French. Imagine what I know and think of demo-cracy.
  
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:24am
I’m 100% American with 100% Irish ancestry… and I firmly believe Ireland and the Palestinians deserve each other 100%. I used to be proud of my Irish heritage… but I also thought the Kennedys were just a nice Irish family down on their luck. I was young then…

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DougHuffman
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:23am
Shalom Aleichem, Merry Christmas.

Is there no joy in Islam, no celebration like the joyous mass for our Savior Messiah’s birth? So I searched on-line on those words and was amazed by the returns, and that I am not the only one to make that observation.

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Profit-Is-Not-Evil
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:09am
Don’t apologize, enough PC crap. While probably an unnecessary comment, the original post describes the most likely outcome. Everyone has the right to be offended.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:16am
  Agreed. The comment IS accurate. People are offended by TRUTH?
  
  Welcome to the WORLD of Barry The Kenyan Communist Boy-King.
  The great divider — pitting man against man, brother against brother, white against black,
  rich against poor.
  
  “From the Eternal Sea, He rises, creating armies on either shore, turning man against his brother, till man exists, no more.”
  
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Guerrino_P
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:04am
That’s pretty funny considering it was the Jews that killed Jesus.

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- ZAP
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:19am
  And Romans…..
  
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- VaARNG_Guardsman
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:20am
  Agreed, if Jesus proselytized in Israel today, he would be arrested because of the anti-missionary laws and deported. This is after the Jews spit on him, as they do many Christian tourists. His home would also be vandalized with anti-Christ graffiti.
- VaARNG_Guardsman
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:31am
  @ Zap. Nah. Pontus Pilate gave them a choice, they chose Barabbas. Jesus had to be killed by the Jews, just as they killed all the other prophets God, Mt 23.37, “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.”
  
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- tzion
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:47am
  @Vaarng
  Meanwhile Jews here in the US can look forward to people firebombing synagogues, smashing windows, burning cars, and graffiti. And that’s before they are accused of controlling the media, government, and economy, repeatedly called Nazis, communists, and Christ-killers, and as a whole are held to a higher standard than any other group. If Jews are to be collectively held responsible for the actions of a small minority, including those long dead, then why not treat Christianity the same way?
  
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- tzion
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:57am
  @Vaarng
  Using NT writings as historical fact may work for Christians but the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of contradictions with other historical writings. Josephus, for instance, portrays Pilate as ruthless, uncaring, and more than willing to execute dozens if not more. In fact, Pilate was one of only two people to hold that office who actually stole money from the Temple treasuries. Meanwhile, Matthew shows him as benevolent and weak-willed.
  
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- VaARNG_Guardsman
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:29am
  @TZION: The colloquial saying goes, “If the shoe fits wear it.” You are an anti-Christ. The Talmud teaches that Jesus is burning in Hell in his own crap and urine. How about calling white women shiksa?
- GuruMeditation
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:31am
  Ease up dude. It was Jews only because it happened in Judea. Or should we call is Palestine? If the latter… who does “Palestine” really belong to them. And… if we were there when it happened over half of us would have done the same thing. Fact is… It was God plan to sacrifice his only begotten. His plans are not thwarted by any Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions, Virtues, Powers, Principalities, Archangels, common Angels, and certainly no man.
  
  Do some homework so you understand the bigger picture.
  
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- twistin
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 10:49am
  Jews killed Jesus? Take your head out from your azz, this is stupidity at its highest form.
  
  I had to fight about this every Easter when I was a kid. Thank you to all those Irish kids who would gang up on me after school, you taught me to fight dirty and to win.
  
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- 4BlueStars
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:30am
  @ VAARNG_GUARDSMAN, You dishonor your state and your uniform.
  
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- twistin
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:33am
  Yep, it’s that kind of idiotic thinking that taught me to fight multiple bullies and win when the Irish kids would come after me every Easter. My thanks. They taught me to not be afraid, to fight dirty if I have to, and to chase the Bigger Boys off. They taught me to not be a victim.
  
  And BTW dumpkopf, Jews NEVER crucified ANYone. That was a Roman Schtick.
  
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- 4BlueStars
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:41am
  @ TWISTIN, Jew hatred is something I have never understood. As a kid I went to Sunday School and learned about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses, David and Daniel. And if — as a Christian understands — Jesus/Yeshua was the fulfillment of all of that, how does a Christian hate the people that he came from?
  One more thing (this is my understanding anyway.) If the diaspora was G_d’s judgement for the sins of the people of Israel, then Ezekiel 37 1-14 is his forgiveness.
  
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- yiska8
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 11:58am
  Yes, the Jewish people chose Barrabas to be freed instead of Jesus, but was that Jesus’ fate?
  And the Romans allowed for their rule of law and leaving it to the people of the region to decide as Pilate washed his hands of it. Until the crucifixion.
  Was it not Jesus’ mission to take on and die for the sins of mankind?
  Yes, it is likely in today’s times that Palestinians would be violent toward them, but not all.
  Yes, it is likely that extremist Orthodox Jews would become violent toward Jesus and Mary, but not all Jews. Remember the Jewish woman who cared enough to offer Jesus water as he carried the cross.
  Stoning was done then. Remember how Jesus rescued Mary Magdalene, a prostitute? Stoning is done now, but mainly by those who practice Islam. The majority of Palestinians do not believe in Jesus. Jews do not believe in Jesus as Messiah. And Christians are the minority in this region. For the posting to be pulled so quickly is not surprising given that Israel or the Jewish people aren’t even recognized and hating them is a lifestyle that all have witnessed. It is the lonely Christians who have been pushed out of the Holy Land.
  
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- tzion
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 1:21pm
  @Vaarng
  You claim to quote the Talmud? Why don’t you show us this quote or have you never actually read it? True there is a character in the Talmud named Yeshu who many claim to be Jesus, but this figure is specifically stated to have lived during the 1st century BCE and would have been long dead by the time Christians hold Jesus to have been born. So unless you want to try and argue that Jesus has come twice and been executed twice and it is the third coming you’re waiting for, there is no way you can reasonably argue that Yeshu refers to Jesus.
  
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- WalkThePath
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 2:33pm
  I believe the romans killed anyone who said they were the “Son of God”. Wasn’t that a priveledge reserved for the emperors?
  
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- Bearfoot
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 3:42pm
  If anyone is interested in what our Lord Jesus said about who killed him:
  
  17 This is why the Father loves me, because I surrender my soul, in order that I may receive it again.18 No man has taken it away from me, but I surrender it of my own initiative. I have authority to surrender it, and I have authority to receive it again. The commandment on this I received from my Father.” (John 10:17-18)
  
  Jesus always accomplished the will of his Father, even in his ransom sacrifice for all mankind.
  
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- 22mama
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 6:38pm
  The Jews may have consented to kill him, but it was the Romans who actually inflicted the hideous wounds on the Lamb of God. Jesus intended to die on the Cross for the sins of the world. Picture satan and his demons enjoying that moment when they possessed these people to hurt our Lord Jesus in the worst way imaginable. But picture satan’s face when he realized too late that Jesus defeated him once and for all on the Cross. Now that would have been a sight to behold…John 3:16…For God so loved the world, that HE GAVE His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. So if we want to blame somebody, let us remember that Jesus willingly sacrificed Himself for our sins, and that God, His Father, GAVE His Son to die for us. If anyone is to blame we all, Jew and Gentile, are the guilty ones.
  
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- VaARNG_Guardsman
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 8:09pm
  @ 4BLUESTARS: My State is not the star of David. I did not swear an oath to protect the modern state of Israel. I wear no Israeli uniform. I am a member of the Church. You can take your anti-missionary laws, calling white women shiksa, your anti-christ theology, your mockery of the Son of God and stuff it in your ear.
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 7:51am
Highly likely.

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effvar
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 7:43am
“The embassy quickly took down the message and apologized for offending Palestinians and Christians.” As a Christian, I’m not offended at all. That’s just what those killers would do.

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- adeleeeee
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 7:59am
  True. I am not offended at all. He shouldn’t pull off the post!
  
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- old white guy
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:11am
  i am not offended because they would be killed.
  
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- kickagrandma
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:18am
  I’m not offended by the post. It is the truth.
  
  We in AMERICA seem to be busy crucifying HIM at every opportunity all over again.
  
  When and where are we standing up for JESUS?
  
  I wear a button with HIS name on it. I wear t shirts with HIS name on it. I wear a cross around my neck. My clothing invites anyone to ask me about HIM. Few do.
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:45am
  Don’t miss the irony of saying “Merry Christmas” to those who were offended…
  
  I issue a decree that from this day forward there is no need to retract the truth. Here, let me start:
  
  Where there is islam, there will be no peace. There, see how easy the truth can be?
  
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- GUYFROMMAINE
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 9:10am
  @ Welcom Black Carter
  Careful: Telling the truth hurts liberal’s minds. Waiiittt a minute, that is assuming liberals use their minds. Hmmm?
  
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normbal
Posted on December 18, 2012 at 7:30am
“Palestinian” is Arabic for “terrorist.”

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:12am
  Also a name for: The BIG LIE.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 18, 2012 at 8:13am
  Add to previous post of mine;
  
  The BIG lie is a second definition for “Palestinian” as they use the term to justify mass murder and terrorism.
  
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