'Jesus is Palestinian' billboard in Times Square this week placed by Arab-American rights group

Pilgrims visit the place of Jesus' birth Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst has the latest on returning holiday celebrations to the Middle East on 'Fox News Live.' A billboard placed this week in Times Square by the American-Arab Discrimination Committee claims that Jesus was a Palestinian , although the modern State of Palestine wasn't established until nearly 2,000 years after Jesus' birth. "Jesus is Palestinian, Merry Christmas," reads one billboard from the committee, which on its website describes itself as the biggest Arab-American grassroots organization in the United States. In a recent post on Instagram , the committee said that its billboards - another quotes the Quran about Jesus - were meant to bring awareness to the conflict between Gaza and Israel. Billboards placed this week in Times Square by the American-Arab Discrimination Committee claim that Jesus was a Palestinian. (American Arab Discrimination Committee) In October , President Donald Trump orchestrated a peace deal between Gaza and Israel and facilitated the return of Israeli hostages taken during the Oct. 7 terror attack. One slide in the Instagram post read, "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 for those who’ve been denied peace." "Beyond consumerism, we center unity, heritage and Palestine," another slide in the post read. BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS TO RESUME CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AFTER WAR FORCED A TWO-YEAR PAUSE In October, President Donald Trump orchestrated a peace deal between Hamas and Israel and facilitated the return of Israeli hostages taken during the Oct. 7 terror attack. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images) According to the post, the billboards are meant to "Reclaim the truth, honoring the Palestinian refugee born in Bethlehem," combat the "ongoing erasure of Palestinian identity, culture, and rootedness to the land," call attention to "reverence" for Jesus in Islam, and to assert truth and reject silence. Another slide, also featured on one of the billboards, quotes the Quran, which reads, "Remember when the angels proclaimed, ‘O Mary! Allah gives you good news of a Word from Him, his name will be the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary; honoured in this world and the Hereafter, and he will be one of those nearest to Allah.’" The Instagram post discussing the billboards reads, "Our two NY billboards are an act of cultural resilience: ‘Jesus is Palestinian. Merry Christmas.’ The Quranic verse (3:45) announcing the blessed birth of Jesus, with ‘Merry Christmas’ in English and Arabic." CLICK HERE TO READ MORE MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at dawn of Christmas Eve, 2023. (Reuters) Modern-day Bethlehem, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, is located in the West Bank and has a Muslim-majority population. The city at the time of the birth of Jesus was located in Judea. Bethlehem's Christian population as a percentage of the area has dwindled considerably since the 1950s. The State of Palestine, which is not recognized...

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