HEAL Palestine, founded in January 2024, is a US-based 501c3 charity. It claims to provide humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, as well as facilitate travel to the US from Gaza for medical treatment.

Steve Sosebee is the founder and director of HEAL Palestine. He was also the founder of Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), serving as president from 1991 to December 2023. In January 2024, PCRF announced that Sosebee left the organization effective December 31, 2023, following media coverage of antisemitic statements allegedly made by Sosebee on social media.

A large contingent of PCRF officials have joined Sosebee at HEAL Palestine, including Naseem Tuffaha (chair of the board), Tania Nasir (co-founder and vice chair), Mohanned Awad (treasurer), Dr. Zeena Salman (co-founder), Dr. Gregory Stocks, and Ali Alireza – all of whom previously held leading positions at the PCRF. Salman is married to Sosebee.

Under Sosebee’s leadership, PCRF maintained partnerships and relationships with entities accused of terror-financing – including by supporting Hamas.

(For more information, see NGO Monitor’s report on PCRF)

Funding

As a relatively new organization, its tax filings and other financial information are not yet public. However, independent research reveals details on several donations from HEAL Palestine from US entities.

  • A September 2024 e-mail to Palo Alto city council members claimed that the organization Vigil4Gaza “has to date raised over $50,000 for the organization [HEAL Palestine] through previous fundraising efforts.”
  • $300,000 from the Awad Foundation
  • $257,750 from the National Philanthropic Trust
  • $125,000 from Pledges Inc
  • $35,000 from the Amity Foundation
  • $13,804 from the Kbk Relief Foundation
  • $12,672 from Analog Devices Foundation
  • $10,000 from the Jewish Communal Fund
  • $10,000 from Operation Usa
  • $6,000 from Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
  • $5,000 from the Weinberger Family Foundation
  • $1,500 from the Khan Family Foundation

Steve Sosebee Genocide Accusations and Holocaust Rhetoric

Since October 2023, just days after the Hamas-orchestrated October 7th massacre, Sosebee has accused Israel of committing “genocide”:

  • On October 23, 2023, Sosebee described his interview on MSNBC as “concerning the genocide in Gaza.”
  • On October 23, 2023, Sosebee retweeted a video of Gaza that said, “Praise be to God who saved us from the massacres committed by the Zionist occupation against the Palestinian people and gave us a new life.”
  • In July 2025, Sosebee tweeted, “Egypt has provided free medical care for thousands of injured children from your genocide, but none rightfully will be part of an illegal ethic cleansing campaign. Let them live free on their own land instead of starving and massacring them. Simple.”
  • On July 20, 2025, Sosebee tweeted, “We’ve entered the Schindler’s List phase of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.”
  • In August 2025, Sosebee stated, “It doesn’t take courage to call it a genocide. It just takes honesty. Long live freedom.”

HEAL Palestine activities and statements

  • In August 2025, HEAL Palestine mourned the loss of journalist Anas al-Sharif and other Al Jazeera employees, claiming “they were civillians documenting their own oppression and genocide…Glory to the truth tellers.”
    • On October 7, 2023, Al-Sharif posted on Telegram, “9 hours and the heroes are still roaming the country killing and capturing…God, God, how great you are.”
    • Al-Sharif has appeared in a photograph together with the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
  • In October 2024, HEAL launched a mental health program “in response to the ongoing genocide.”