TENT OF NATIONS
June 19, 2025
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 who wrote letters of strength and encouragement from his prison cell, we too lift our voices to empower others even from this place of hardship.
We believe that even when we are physically confined, our spirit cannot be imprisoned. The Tent of Nations continues to inspire and empower people through our steadfast commitment to nonviolence, creativity, and faith. Our farm is a living testimony; we continue to cultivate the soil, plant seeds of hope in dry and difficult ground, and pave the way for justice.
This struggle is not just our story; it is a message of resilience for anyone feeling overwhelmed by injustice. Your active solidarity gives us strength, and together, we are part of a movement that proclaims hope in the face of despair.
Let us continue to walk together, sowing love where there is hatred, faith where there is doubt, and hope where there is despair. Thank you for accompanying us on this very long journey for justice, with faith, love, and hope.
With gratitude and determination,
Welcome to the Tent of Nations (ToN) website
The Tent of Nations is an educational and ecological family farm southwest of Bethlehem, Palestine. Our mission is to build bridges between people and between people and the land. Through creative resistance, organic farming, and educational programs, we seek to transform despair into hope and promote understanding, respect, and sustainability.
What we do
– Educational Programs: Children’s summer camps and women’s empowerment initiatives.
– Volunteer Opportunities: Join short-term or long-term projects caring for the land and community.
– Environmental Learning: Workshops in sustainability, organic farming, and renewable energy.
Please note that we are not an NGO. We are a small educational and environmental family farm that welcomes individuals and groups to visit, to volunteer and to be encouraged to hear our story of hope in the middle of this darkness. We are not affiliated with any organization and we are supported by church groups and other international private friends of ToN.
Our Philosophy
In the face of injustice, we refuse to be enemies. We transform pain into positive action and work for justice and peace from the ground up. We believe every person can help shape a better future by caring for one another and for the earth.
We want to help the oppressed and marginalized realize that they are powerful and can do something positive, even if they live under challenging conditions. We all have the task of creating the future with our own hands and not waiting for others to do it for us. At the ToN, we aim to collaborate with others and lay the groundwork for a better future, believing that justice and peace should emerge from the grassroots. At ToN, we connect people with the land and to our shared environment. We need them to appreciate this wonderful gift that GOD gave to humanity, and to help protect it for the generations to come.
Vision for the land
We continue to strive for self-sufficiency in food, water, and energy, building an Environmental Education Center where young people can learn about sustainability, tolerance, and community responsibility.
