BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK AP – In a Christmas message Monday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Jesus a “Palestinian” messenger of hope.
Palestinian officials said Abbas used the term in a historic context, applying to all those in the Holy Land at the time Jesus lived, regardless of religion. Few scholars dispute that Jesus was raised as a Jew.
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