Jesus Is Palestinian Billboard Stirs Outrage

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Pro-Palestinian activists weaponized the Christmas season in 2024 to push anti-Israel propaganda in the heart of America’s most iconic tourist destination. A Times Square billboard featuring the historically contested claim “Jesus is Palestinian” sparked outrage among faithful Americans and Jewish organizations. The deliberate campaign highlights an escalation in culture war tactics aimed at erasing Jesus’s Jewish heritage and exploiting religious symbols to advance a political agenda.

Story Overview

Times Square billboard declared “Jesus is Palestinian” during the 2025 Christmas season
Pro-Palestinian groups purchased ad space to advance anti-Israel messaging
Jewish organizations and Christian tourists condemned the historically misleading campaign
The controversy highlights escalating culture war tactics targeting religious identity

Propaganda Campaign Targets Christmas Tourists

Pro-Palestinian advocacy groups purchased prominent Times Square billboard space during the 2024 holiday season to display the provocative message “Jesus is Palestinian.” The digital advertisement appeared on a major LED screen when Times Square was packed with Christmas tourists and families celebrating the holiday. The timing was deliberate—activists sought maximum exposure when Christians would be most sensitive to representations of Jesus Christ and his identity.

The campaign represents a calculated attempt to hijack Christmas imagery for political purposes, exploiting America’s most visible advertising venue to spread anti-Israel messaging. Jewish advocacy organizations and Christian leaders quickly condemned the billboard as historically inaccurate and divisive, particularly given the ongoing conflict following Hamas’s October 2023 terror attacks against Israel.

Inflammatory Times Square billboard proclaiming ‘Jesus is Palestinian’ slammed by holiday tourists: ‘A divisive message’ https://t.co/KKgrpTuvYz pic.twitter.com/9x5YiSmtXr

— New York Post (@nypost) December 25, 2025

Historical Truth Under Attack

Academic consensus overwhelmingly establishes that Jesus of Nazareth was a first-century Jew from Galilee, living in the Roman-ruled region of Judea. The claim that Jesus was “Palestinian” reflects modern identity politics rather than historical fact. Palestinian national identity emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries, solidifying under the British Mandate and especially after Israel’s establishment in 1948.

The deliberate misrepresentation attempts to erase Jesus’s Jewish heritage and connection to the biblical land of Israel. This revisionist history serves the broader anti-Israel agenda by implying Jesus belongs to a modern Palestinian nation rather than acknowledging his deep Jewish roots and religious identity within Second Temple Judaism.

A digital billboard in New York City’s Times Square declaring “Jesus is Palestinian” has sparked sharp reactions from tourists and holiday-goers.

Culture War Escalation in Public Spaces

The Times Square campaign marks a significant escalation in the propaganda war surrounding Israel and Palestine, bringing religiously charged political messaging into America’s most trafficked tourist destination. Critics rightfully identified the billboard as designed to delegitimize Israel by appropriating Christianity’s central figure for anti-Israel purposes. The controversy demonstrates how radical activists exploit religious symbols to advance their political objectives.

This incident follows a pattern of similar propaganda campaigns across American cities, where pro-Palestinian groups have purchased billboard and transit advertising to spread anti-Israel messages. The strategy deliberately targets high-visibility spaces to normalize anti-Israel sentiment among mainstream Americans, particularly during emotionally significant periods like Christmas when religious identity carries heightened meaning.

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