New York Times: Jesus Was 'Most Likely a Palestinian Man'

    Based on a recent correction, the New York Times took a week to conclude that Jesus was Jewish.
    An April 19th article entitled "As a Black Child in Los Angeles, I Couldn’t Understand Why Jesus Had Blue Eyes" addressed the frequently-voiced observation that many artists' renderings of Jesus portray him as a "fair skinned, fair haired, blue eyed" man, a likely inaccurate Westernized version of Jesus, a middle eastern man.
    However, the article also asserted (because of an "editing error," according to the Times) that "Jesus, born in Bethlehem, was most likely a Palestinian man with dark skin." A screenshot of the article as it originally appeared (April 19th online, April 20th in print on page A2) is shown here:

    On April 27th, the article was updated to say, "But Jesus, a Jew born in Bethlehem, presumably had the complexion of a Middle Eastern man," as shown here:

    The full correction reads, "Because of an editing error, an article last Saturday referred incorrectly to Jesus’s background. While he lived in an area that later came to be known as Palestine, Jesus was a Jew who was born in Bethlehem."

Farrakhan On Exclusive Use Of "The Holocaust" For Jews During WW2: "To Them, The Suffering Of Six Million Jews Is Worth Seven Billion Human Beings"

   Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan continued his public haranguing of the "Satanic Jew," his term for his Jewish critics, in his 2019 Saviours' Day event keynote address in Chicago at the United Center on Sunday. At one point, Farrakhan addressed the issue of the Holocaust and how he believes Jewish people have unjustly appropriated the word "holocaust" to apply exclusively to Hitler's attempt to wipe out Jews worldwide during World War II (video, 2:39)*:

"Now some of the Jewish people who are under the Talmud - Lord have mercy - they think so much of themselves -- that you black people -- you look at 400 years, you look at the transatlantic slave trade you look at them hanging us up, burning us at the stake, raping us, robbing us, and you call it "the Holocaust," and a Jew will say to you, Uh uh, you can't use that term. How many of you have heard Jewish people tell you you can't use "holocaust" when you talk about black suffering.  Do you know why? Because to them, the suffering of six million Jews is worth seven billion human beings on our planet. So when you say "holocaust" that's to them, blasphemy. That's how cheap they think of Palestinian life, the life of the Gentiles - only their life is sacred." [emphasis added]

Farrakhan addressing crowd at United Center (screenshot from NOI video)

   Earlier on Sunday, Michael Hoffman, a man that both the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center have called a "Holocaust denier," addressed the gathering at the United Center. A photo was posted on Twitter by someone in the crowd:

   Hoffman had visited with Farrakhan at Farrakhan's house on the eve of the Nation of Islam conference and posted a photo on Twitter of himself with Farrakhan:

   Hoffman has written regarding his own books, "it is necessary to have the courage to point out the many parallels between Nazi ideology and the Israeli Zionist ideology which is engaged in the on-going dispossession and murder of Palestinians." He also has a photo of himself from the year 2000 holding a banner equating the Star of David to the Nazi swastika:

   Two years ago at Saviours' Day 2017, Farrakhan's hosted 9/11 Truthers who gave a presentation alleging Jewish responsibility for the terror attacks as a false flag excuse to start a "War on Islam." The Truthers used this graphic in their presentation:

   The Script reported on this 2017 presentation last week.



*Correction. Originally said "2:42".

Farrakhan's Nation of Islam Defends Rep. Ilhan Omar “All About The Benjamins” Tweet

   An article posted this week on the Nation of Islam's "Research Group" website defends Rep. Ilhan Omar's widely condemned tweet this week, "It's all about the Benjamins baby." Rep. Omar's remark's was a response to a report that Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy threatened to punish Omar and fellow House member Rep. Rashida Tlaib over criticism of Israel. When asked "who [Omar] thinks is paying American politicians to be pro-Israel," Omar responded "AIPAC!"
   Members of both parties, including Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, roundly condemned Omar's remarks as an anti-Semitic trope, and the House voted 424-0 on a motion to recommit to "combat anti-Semitism around the world" just days after the incident. Omar offered a half-hearted apology for her remarks, tweeting that she was "[l]istening and learning, but standing strong." Rep. Omar was rebuked for her comments, but has suffered no consequences from her party.
   As if on cue, the notoriously anti-Semitic Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam trotted out a defense of Rep. Omar's remarks, writing:

Rep. Ilhan Omar was called “anti-Semitic” for tweeting that American politics is “all about the Benjamins”—Benjamins being slang for cash money. Jews, who are 1.4% of the U.S. population, took offense to the suggestion that their money inordinately influences the electoral process. According to the election watchdog organization Center for Responsive Politics, the top 20 donors to federal candidates in 2018 contributed $532,225,145. Of those top 20, 12 (60%) are Jewish. The total contributed by those 12 Jews amounts to $416,291,558 or 78.2% of the total. 

 

   Notably, the article does not make mention of Israel or America's policies, only that "Jews... took offense" over the suggestion that "their money" had undue electoral influence. The article links to a summary of the top 20 individual donors to federal candidates in 2018 with columns added to indicate "Jewish" donors versus "Gentiles":

   The split between donations to liberal/Democratic versus conservative/Republican candidates by those donors identified as Jewish is roughly 60/40. This document makes no reference to the donors' or the candidates' positions on Israel or US policy towards Israel, only the donors' identities as Jewish or Gentile.

   The Nation of Islam also takes the opportunity to promote a The Secret Relationship Between Blacks & Jews, a Nation of Islam polemic blaming virtually every ill suffered by African Americans in the United States going back hundreds of years on Jews.

   This weekend, the Nation of Islam and Farrakhan hold their 2019 Saviours' Day convention in Chicago. As The Script reported earlier this week, a presentation by 9/11 Truthers at the 2017 Saviour's Day event blamed Jews for the 9/11 attacks as a false flag operation to justify a War on Islam. The presentation included this image:

   The Nation of Islam's 2019 Saviours' Day event kicks off today, Friday, February 15, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Conference Center in Chicago and is expected to be attended by thousands if prior years are any indication. Louis Farrakhan will address the crowd on Sunday at the United Center.