(ReclaimingAmerica.net) – In a new episode of anti-Christian leftism gone berserk, a lefty priest has claimed that the “story of Christmas,” i.e., the birth of Jesus Christ, was that of a “Palestinian Jew” in an occupied country, thus trying to link it with today’s war between Israel and Palestinian Islamist terrorists like Hamas.
On a CNN broadcast Christmas morning, Father Edward Beck argued there was a connection between Christ’s birth and the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, sparking considerable backlash on social media platforms.
The priest was asked to comment on the global “pain and suffering” prevalent during the holiday season and to offer words for those feeling “hopeless,” The New York Post points out in a report.
“I think the message of Christmas is that God enters into it with us and we’re not alone in it. 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?” Beck stated.
“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,” he elaborated.
“And so in some way, that is who we believe God becomes born into that situation and yet, that very man, Jesus, says love one another, love your enemies. There is hope. There is light in the darkness. I’m attesting to that. So somehow that God enters that experience of suffering and that struggle and is actually born into it. That is what is so miraculous about this celebration for me,” the priest added further.
His comments were met with criticism from various quarters, with detractors accusing him of historically misrepresenting Jesus Christ.
New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz called it “embarrassingly wrong.”
“Because you know how in Matthew 15:24 Jesus said ‘I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,’ by Israel Jesus meant Palestine. Father Beck has to stop watching Al-Jazeera and start reading the New Testament,” commented Foundation for Defense of Democracies research fellow Hussain Abdul-Hussain.
“The war on Christmas is even more pernicious this year courtesy of CNN,” GOP strategist Steve Guest declared.
“The story of Christmas is about a Palestinian Jew born into an occupied country, having to flee as refugees into Egypt.” – Father Edward Beck @FrEdwardBeck on @CNN a few minutes ago. @NY_Arch @CardinalDolan pic.twitter.com/EFVsU3i1p4
— Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי (@AviKaner) December 25, 2023
