"The official Facebook page of Israel’s embassy to Ireland this morning posted,
and then abruptly deleted, a provocative message arguing that “hostile
Palestinians” would “lynch” Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary, if they lived in
today’s Bethlehem. The town of Jesus’s birth is today part of the Palestinian
West Bank. The Facebook message, which begins “A thought for Christmas,”
included an image of Jesus and Mary. It was live for about two hours before
being deleted.
A spokesperson for the embassy told me in an e-mail that “the image and the caption were posted without our consent. It has been removed; in its place now is the following:”
A spokesperson for the embassy told me in an e-mail that “the image and the caption were posted without our consent. It has been removed; in its place now is the following:”
To whom it may concern: An image of Jesus and Mary with a derogatory comment about Palestinians was posted without the consent of the administrator of the Facebook page. We have removed the post in question immediately. Apologies to anyone who may have been offended.
Merry Christmas!" (thanks John)
