Gerry Adams clashes with 90s sitcom star over claims Jesus was a Palestinian

Gerry Adams and Roseanne Barr

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January 03 2017 01:28 PM

Gerry Adams has clashed with Hollywood comedian Roseanne Barr over claims by the Sinn Fein leader that Jesus was a Palestinian.

Writing on his blog just after Christmas, Mr Adams said Jesus was “probably was a little swarthy skinned black haired wee lad” from Palestine.

“Just like three year old Aylan Kurdi lying drowned on a beach in Turkey or other wee kids we see on television fleeing war and poverty and being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, or scrambling for food in a refugee camp or playing in a bomb site in Gaza city,” Mr Adams said.

The Sinn Féin leader also said Mary, the Mother of Jesus, reared a “good son…like many Palestinian mammies”.

Roseanne Barr

His comments led to a divisive online debate with members of the Jewish community insisting Jesus was a Jew from Bethlehem, which is currently a city in the Palestinian held West Bank.

Ms Barr, who was the star of the 1990s sitcom ‘Roseanne’, responded to Mr Adams with a series of bizarre comments on Twitter.

“Imperialist Vatican Banks & Swiss Knights Templars r trying 2 destroy & erase Tribal Rights of Tribe of David in City of David (sic),” the comedian said.

“That is Y they r attempting 2 create ONE WORLD religion,” Ms Barr added.