An inflammatory digital Times Square billboard, funded by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), spewed a fundamental falsehood in a weak attempt to “reclaim the truth” about the alleged “genocide” in Gaza.
“Jesus is Palestinian. Merry Christmas,” declared the distorted message that essentially rewrites history.
🚨 A billboard in New York’s Time Square.
“Merry Christmas. Jesus is Palestinian” pic.twitter.com/aMVCqoeqsp
— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) December 24, 2025
ADC explained the intent behind the messaging on its Instagram page: “As Gaza endures genocide, and the birthplace of Jesus is under siege and occupation, we reclaim a fundamental truth in the heart of Times Square.”
“In a season of peace we speak to those who have been denied peace,” the group propagandized. “Using these billboards, we: Reclaim the truth, honoring the Palestinian refugee born in Bethlehem; challenge the ongoing erasure of Palestinian identity, culture and rootedness to the land; highlight the reverence for Jesus in Islam, fostering interfaith understanding against forces that seek to divide us; and proudly assert our truth in the most visible public space, refusing silence.”
Of course, as Grok noted, applying “Palestinian” to Jesus is an anachronism, which means imposing a later term on an earlier era.
Jesus is widely identified as a Galilean Jew, born around 4–6 BCE in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth. The region was known as Judea, or more broadly, the Roman provinces of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, according to Grok.
Meanwhile, in the region today:
BREAKING: Palestinian Christians relight the Christmas tree in the Holy Redeemer Church in Jenin, in the West Bank, after it was burned by extremists yesterday. pic.twitter.com/mopv7IA1Bp
— Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) December 23, 2025
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on the social media platform X:
“Divisive” is putting it mildly. It’s a lie.
Jesus was as “Palestinian” as Julius Caesar was “Italian.”
You can’t retroactively apply a name given by Romans to a Jewish man who died before the name existed.
Those proclaiming this need to stop erasing Jewish history to suit a…— Adam Cannon (@adam_cannon) December 25, 2025
This is like claiming a Native American born 2,000 years ago was a U.S. citizen.
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) December 25, 2025
The claim that “Jesus was Palestinian” isn’t history. It’s narrative.
It projects a modern political identity onto an ancient Jewish figure by ignoring timelines and facts. That’s revisionism, not education. pic.twitter.com/q9jhz8fJrU— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 23, 2025
If that’s true then so is this: pic.twitter.com/mwprBwxSn0
— Jewlicious 🎗️ (@jewlicious) December 25, 2025
fixed pic.twitter.com/2fH8GVCInL
— Ouriel (@OurielOhayon) December 25, 2025
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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