The Celebrity-Backed Nonprofit Facing Scrutiny over Alleged Terror Ties
Barbara Lubin founded the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) to provide aid to Palestinian territories and other Middle Eastern regions. U.S. officials are now questioning the charity over alleged links to terrorist financing. The organization maintains that its funds are used solely for schools, medical projects, and humanitarian assistance.
- ▪Barbara Lubin created MECA in 1988 to support Palestinians and other communities in the Middle East.
- ▪MECA reports having directed more than $50 million toward schools, clinics, playgrounds, and libraries in Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine.
- ▪Washington officials have raised concerns that the charity may have funded a terrorist organization.
- ▪MECA’s activities have been associated with activist groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace.
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The Celebrity-Backed Nonprofit Facing Scrutiny over Alleged Terror TiesMECA states that it spends its money solely on schools, scholarships, water projects, and medicine. Questions are now being raised in Washington. (Illustration by The Free Press)Barbara Lubin devoted her life to fighting for Palestinians. Now, her charity, MECA, is raising alarms in Washington over suspected funding to a terrorist organization.By Jay Solomon08.10.26 — U.S. PoliticsNo description available.FOLLOW TOPIC --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration2READ IN APPREAD IN APPIn early March, around 300 people gathered at an artistic sanctuary in Berkeley, sang revolutionary songs and chants, and celebrated the life of a northern California legend and political activist, Barbara Lubin.
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