Renate Künast in criticism: scandal about Palestinian Jesus

Renate Künast in criticism: scandal about Palestinian Jesus

What a turmoil in the middle of established winter peace! Renate Künast, the quick-witted Greens politician, triggered a media earthquake with a single tweet. In times when migration policy already causes heated discussions, she unexpectedly put the fireplace on Jesus herself. "A Palestinian Jew," she described the historical Jesus in her tweet, which is equivalent to a bang in political Germany.

This statement, as it may sound, not only let the opponents outline out loudly within the political arena, but also resulted in sharp criticism from their own ranks. The reaction of Volker Beck, a party friend and president of the German-Israeli society, was particularly remarkable. He referred to the theological faux pas and bluntly explained that Jesus was not a "Palestinian Jew". According to Welt also expressed that this was a misstep in the tradition of the "Kairos-Palestine", who pranks Jesus' legacy from Jewish history.

a failure and its consequences

While many Greens and historians such as Andreas Hallaschka expressed their disappointment with Künast's words, critical comments also found their way from former Greens members such as Jutta Ditfurth. The historical inaccuracy, according to Ditfurth, is not only embarrassing, but dangerous. It is a memory of how little understanding of history issues, especially Christian anti -Judaism, in the left and left -liberal circles.

But if you believe that the shitstorm ended here, you are huge. Under Künast's posting on X - the platform, which was previously known as Twitter - opinions exploded like a comet shower. Arnd Diringer, a well -known lawyer, took a breath and accused his anger and accused that such “Fakenews” return every year to support individual worldviews. In the spirit of the digital present, Künast's statements were given by the "Community Notes" with contextic information such as "Jesus was a Jew" or "The parents were not central".

criticism and responsibility

And we have arrived at a point that shows all too clearly: to carefully deal with the responsibility of people in public life. Such slips as that of Künast demand for clarity in the presentation of historical facts and once again illustrate the dangers of unclean historical revisionism. On the platform X.com Serten Diringer attempt to turn the Christmas story into your own concept.

In the end, a bitter aftertaste remains and the realization that - even at the contemplative Christmas season - we should not stop operating with arguments and historical accuracy. Because every word, whether online or offline, can be like a pebble that gets avalanches roll.