In recent years, it’s become common to hear the claim that Jesus and his mother Mary were Palestinians. Here’s what it actually means to be Palestinian

To Christians , Jesus is their Messiah, the Son of God, and God made flesh, the cornerstone of their religion, the world’s largest.

Today , Christians vastly outnumber Jews worldwide, while there are around 15 million Jews .

This numerical disparity has given rise to some peculiar inter-religious tensions, particularly in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

Muslims claim Jesus as a pre-Islamic prophet but as an actual Muslim , even though the Muslim religion did not exist until hundreds of years after his death.

This shared reverence has allowed Jesus to become a unifying figure for Palestinians of both faiths in their political struggle, helping them to build a united Palestinian identity.

The claim that Jesus was Palestinian relies on anachronisms that do not hold up to serious scrutiny.