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Was Jesus actually born in modern day Palestine
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Anonymous 2d

Bethlehem still exists and it’s in the west bank so yeah His hometown of Nazareth though is in Israeli territory

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Anonymous 2d

It’s complicated bc of where the border is. Historically, it would be more accurate to say he was Judaean. I see a lot of people saying he was Palestinian, which is historically inaccurate bc the region only became known as Syria-Palestina after the Bar Kohkba Revolt in 70 AD

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

But it’s worth noting in this regard that Nazareth is today almost entirely Arab and is considered one of the major cultural centers for Israeli Arabs. Its population is 99.8% Arab, of which 69% are Muslim and 31% are Christian.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2d

Nazareth was historically majority-Christian but many Muslims were displaced from their villages by Israeli forces and resettled there.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2d

Yeah, that’s just a historical misrepresentation. The region became Palestine, but he was Jewish, and the region was not yet Arabized. But he was a Hellenized Jew who spoke Aramaic and likely also Greek, rather than Hebrew. It’s not the same as what israel tries to represent itself as.

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