Hagee Condemns Zomlot's 'Palestinian Bible' Claim as CUFI Cites 10 Million Members
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 30
Hagee Condemns Zomlot's 'Palestinian Bible' Claim as CUFI Cites 10 Million Members
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 30
Summary
John Hagee called Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot's claim that the Bible is a "Palestinian book" and all Christians are Palestinian "contemptible" bigotry, rejecting it as a false historical narrative.
Sept. 3 remarks at the University of Bradford triggered the backlash after Zomlot told an audience Jesus was "our gift to you" and said the Bible had been rewritten against Palestinians.
Hagee argued the label is anachronistic because "Palestine" was adopted by the Romans roughly a century after Jesus' crucifixion, while allies such as City of David's Ze'ev Orenstein said Jesus lived in Judea and was Jewish.
10 million-member CUFI, which Hagee founded, framed the dispute as part of a broader fight over historical claims to the land, citing past UNESCO and U.N. actions that critics say downplayed Jewish ties to key holy sites.