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Daoud Nassar and his family have been friends of Tree of Life for many years, and our 2023 journey will be visiting the Tent of Nations farm soon. We urge you to support the Nassar family in their efforts to keep their land near Bethlehem and contact your members of Congress as described below. Dear Friends: Please Act to Support... Read More

In our annual Tree of Life journeys, we have learned the importance of the arts for the Palestinian people. The 28-foot wall that imprisons them has been turned into an art gallery, and their Debbke dances, orchestras and ensembles express their ebullient spirit, as if to say, “We will not be silenced!” Thanks to our good friend and member of our... Read More

  Dear Friends, April marks the confluence of the sacred seasons of Passover, Easter and Ramadan, and I believe one of the best ways to honor our Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions is by offering a confluence of compassion for our Palestinian brothers and sisters who have suffered so much from the Coronavirus pandemic. Early in March – during the... Read More

  Dear Friends, Each year for our Tree of Life journey, we urge our travelers to recognize not only the occupation of Palestinian land and resources in an insidious system that can only be called Apartheid, but we also visit the unrecognized Bedouin communities of the Negev where Bedouin, even though citizens of Israel, are treated as second class citizens,... Read More