The only thing that really bothers me is that people are trying to take away his heritage. The man Jesus, was Jewish, he wasn't anglo saxon, he wasn't african american, he wasn't Italian, he wasn't arabic, he wasn't Irish, he wasn't english, he wasn't asian, he wasn't russian, he was Jewish. You are correct in saying that many people in the middle East are dark, but these people are not Jews, Jews are light skinned. some of them very light, almost more of an olive skinned, but they are not black, not that there is anything wrong with being black. And the whole purpose of people saying he was, takes away from the fact that he was a Jew. Jews are still the chosen people and many people have problem with that. *** bless the Jewish people...