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By email letter dated January 22, 2020, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro explained why she removed her co-sponsorship of H.R. 2407.  This pending legislation introduced by Congresswoman Betty McCollum and currently co-sponsored by 23 additional Congresspersons prohibits U.S. funds granted to a foreign country from being used for the military detention, interrogation,... Read More

  Greetings from Palestine, Last fall our family had an unforgettable journey to the United States, we have been generously invited by the Tree of Life Organization to share our music, and to spread the joy of the Palestinian culture. We really enjoyed every moment as it was a delight... Read More

By John Fussell  President Trump’s Israel/Palestine peace plan is one more U.S. Middle East foreign policy blunder in a long line of tragedies during the past 30 years that has produced endless wars, death, destruction, and drained our nation’s human and financial resources. Trump’s plan annexes the Palestinian’s Jordan Valley... Read More

This article was originally published in the Hartford Courant, January 16, 2020.  By Bethe Dufresne   Photo: Ghoufran Allababidi, president of the Tree of Life Educational Fund, and her daughter Sena, in Be’er Sheva in Israel during an interfaith Tree of Life journey Allababidi led to the Middle East in... Read More

Each year at our Tree of Life annual meeting, we present our Siraj Awards to those who have distinguished themselves by their volunteer spirit. In their own quiet ways, they have helped to strengthen the work we do. The Arabic word “Siraj” means torch, and it’s good to remember those... Read More

Tree of Life Educational Fund Westmoreland UCC Mideast Committee and the 2019 North America Nakba Tour invite you to The Exiled Palestinians Stateless Palestinians from the Camps in Lebanon   On May 14, 1948, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine, his troops drove... Read More