Official Palestinian Authority Allegation: Jews killed Christ…
-snip-
The message here is clear: the Jews were determined to kill Jesus Christ to the point of almost forcing the Roman Prefect of the Province of Judea at that time, Pontius Pilate, to crucify him, and fully participated in the execution while expressing to him various kinds of mockery and scorn.
The problem with this description of the Crucifixion, appearing in a Christian Education textbook issued by the Palestinian Authority (PA) for grade 2 students and used in UNRWA schools in the West Bank and Gaza, is its falsity. A quick look at Luke's Chapter 23 immediately reveals that the word "Jews" is absent there and, instead, one finds "the chief priests, the rulers and the people" (Verse 13) as well as "these men" and "the chief priests" (Verse 23). In other words, this is a clear case of misquotation of the New Testament, with grave implications in terms of propagating hatred and enmity to the "other" on a religious basis. This abuse of the source material may serve as a good starting point for the discussion of the general attitude to Jews in Christian Education textbooks studied in UNRWA schools.
-snip-
The books focus on religious matters first and foremost and usually refrain from dealing with current events related to the conflict. Thus, Jews are not mentioned in the books in this context. However, the books do refer in detail to New Testament events, and, to a lesser extent - to Old Testament ones, where Jews are expected to be present. That constitutes a certain problem for the Christian Palestinian writers, because the Palestinian narrative does not generally recognize the continuous Jewish presence in the country in ancient times and stresses, instead, the presence of the "Arab" Canaanites there up to the 7th century Muslim conquest. The solution found for this dilemma: systematic omission in most cases (save for very few exceptions) of the ethno-religious features of the people mentioned in the context of Old Testament events.
-snip-
One gross example of such practice of erasure is the explanation given to the young students about ancient Jerusalem and the Temple. In both cases the Jews are completely detached from their ancient capital and religious center:
"Jerusalem [Urushalim]: A Palestinian city built by the Arab Canaanites (the Jebusites) and named 'Jebus' and later 'Ursalem' (Urushalim). It was later given many names such as 'City of Justice', 'the Holy City' and 'Noble Al-Quds'. But the prevailing name is Al-Quds."
http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=7233&q=1#.U5EjIMrMs3Y.twitter
= new reply since forum marked as read
What a shame.
Response to Mosby (Original post)
Spellcheck Mr ...
