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June 2025 FOTONNA Newsletter

Update from Daoud Nassar Dear Friends: Greetings from the hills of Bethlehem, where the Tent of Nations continues to live out its mission under occupation—surrounded by settlements, locked gates, flying checkpoints, and daily restrictions that try to suffocate hope. It feels at times like we are in an open-air prison. And yet, like the Apostle Paul […]

FOTONNA Newsletter April 2025

Update from Daoud Nassar Dear Friends: As we celebrate Easter this year with heavy hearts, we are reminded that light breaks through the darkness, that pain, injustice, and even death do not have the final word, and that the empty tomb is not just a symbol of victory over death, but a promise that love […]

December 2024 FOTONNA Newsletter

FOTONNA Newsletter December 2024 Update from Daoud Nassar “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in God, and God helps me.” (Psalm 28:7) Dear Friends: It has been a very long year, but you have been with us throughout this time of darkness. You have brought light and love with your […]

August 2024 FOTONNA Newsletter

Update from Daoud Nassar Dear Friends: We remain forever grateful for all the love and support you have given us over the years. You know that with peaceful persistence we have prevented the confiscation of the farm which has been in our family since 1916. Over these 108 years, the family has faced a great […]

Nicholas Kristof Article

July 2024 Dear Friends of Tent of Nations, Please follow the link below to read Nicholas Kristof’s article, “Meet the Followers of Martin Luther King Jr. in the West Bank,” in the New York Times. (From July 6, 2024. You may have to create a free account with NYT, but no subscription is needed. You […]

June 2024 Newsletter

June 2024 FOTONNA Newsletter Update from Daoud Nassar The Nassar family welcomes the season’s new visitors and volunteers to the family’s farm, Tent of Nations! We are grateful for the fellowship of visitors and the efforts of volunteers staying to help our farm flourish. During these difficult times, the presence of international visitors and volunteers […]

Re-registration Background – Aug 24

Background Information on Tent of Nations and the Nassar family’s 33 year legal struggle Tent of Nations is a peace project located on a farm owned for over 100 years by the Nassar family, located 6 miles southwest of Bethlehem in the occupied Palestinian territories. Situated in Area C under Israeli administrative and security control, […]

08/24 – Phone Call Script to Members of Congress

Sample Phone Call Script Hello, I am ______ , residing at _______.  I am calling (Senator/Representative) about an urgent human rights situation.  Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli government and settlers have intensified efforts to confiscate land of Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank.  I bring your attention to the Nassar family, Palestinian […]

08/24 Email – Members of Congress

Sample  Email template for use with Congressional members with asks for September 11 re-registration hearing Dear…… With all eyes focused on Gaza, more Palestinian agricultural land in the West Bank is being taken by Israeli settlers and the military. Tent of Nations, a family-owned farm located in Area C has not escaped these circumstances, and […]