(Mary Dowling) Pope Francis politicized Christmas with a nativity scene showing Baby Jesus in a keffiyeh, the symbol of protest for pro-Palestinian mobs. Two Palestinian artists created the scene. It is also well-known that Palestinians continually demand Jesus be recognized as Palestinian and not Jewish, which is an inaccurate historical claim. It is also considered antisemitic. After backlash, the keffiyeh was ditched the next day.
The scarf became infamous with the late terrorist Yasser Arafat. It is synonymous with the headgear worn by Islamic terrorists and antisemitic mobs screaming “from the river to the sea.”
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