Jesus was a Palestinian Jew
He was a Jewish Palestinian too
He realised he was a child of God
Same for you, he said, how sweetly odd.
Love your enemies, he also said
Which turned the local culture on his head
He was a light in all the fear and gloom
Some would say he couldn't read the room.
And yet we celebrate his birth by stopping
From work, then drinking beer and shopping
Or seeing in the earth and stars anew
This little baby Palestinian Jew.
Michael Leunig, from The Melbourne Age December 2023.
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