People visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is so desperate to invent an ancient Palestinian history that it repeatedly lies about Jesus and his life.

Fully misrepresenting Christian tradition, the PA presents Jesus as a Palestinian, a Muslim, and even as a Palestinian terrorist who married 72 virgins in paradise.

The following is the latest deconstruction of the Christian beliefs by the Palestinian Authority:

Christian Bible: Jesus lived a Jewish life 

Luke 4:14-16: “Jesus … went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read… the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.”

John 5:1: “Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.” 

PA lies: Jesus practiced Islam

PA TV interview: “The history, the land, the birthplace [of Jesus], the mission, Jesus, Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Islamic Jesus…”

[Official PA TV, Capital of Capitals – Beirut, Jan. 6, 2026]

Christian Bible: Jesus lived in Judea

Luke 4:14-16: “Jesus … went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read … the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.”

John 5:1: “Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.”

PA lies: Jesus lived in Palestine

Christian Bible: Jesus was a Jew

John 4:9: “The Samaritan woman said to him [Jesus], ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman…'”

PA lies: Jesus was a Palestinian

Official PA TV host: “Palestine is the birthplace of Jesus, and we always say with full pride: Jesus is Palestinian.”

[Official PA TV, March 29, 2026]

Christian Bible: Jesus promoted peace

Matthew 5:39: “Do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.”

PA lies: Jesus was a terrorist

Official PA TV narrator: “Prophet Jesus …  the first fida’i  [i.e., self-sacrificing fighter].

“Fida’i” is one of the PA’s euphemisms for Palestinian terrorists. For example: “Self-sacrificing fighter Dalal Mughrabi …” was a terrorist who led murder of 37.

[Official PA TV, Dec. 12, 2025]

Christian Bible: Jesus promoted celibacy

Matthew 19:12: “… and others who decided to remain unmarried because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it.”

PA lies: Jesus married 72 virgins in paradise

Official PA TV narrator: “Prophet Jesus … He is the first Shahid [i.e., Martyr.]”

The PA teaches that all Shahids marry 72 Dark – Eyed Virgins in paradise.

[Official PA TV, Dec. 12, 2025]

Christian Bible: Jesus was Messiah of the Jews/Israel

John 1:49: “Rabbi … You [Jesus] are the King of Israel”

Matthew 1:1: “This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David…”

Matthew 2:2: “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?”

Note: in Hebrew Messiah means anointed king, priest, etc.

PA lies: Jesus was Messiah of the Palestinians

Ramallah District Governor Laila Ghannam: “We are all children of lord Jesus Christ, the Palestinian Messiah of whom we are proud.”

[Official PA TV News, April 12, 2026]

The Palestinian Authority knows that there never was an ancient Palestinian people, and that applying the term “Palestinians” exclusively to Arabs of the land of Israel only happened after the State of Israel was created. Before that, Jews and Arabs of the British Mandate were all equally “Palestinians.”

The PA routinely lies to its people, saying they are part of a 5,000-year-old nation. To give that lie credibility, they must identify some people of the past as Palestinians. They have chosen to identify Jesus and the Jews as the ancient Palestinians.

The author is the Founder and Director of Palestinian Media Watch, where a version of this article first appeared.