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Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

By: Abraham A. van Kempen, Editor

Those who commit to 'healing our broken humanity' build intercultural bridges to learn to know and understand one another and others. Readers who thumb through the Building the Bridge (BTB) pages are not mindless sheep following other mindless sheep. They THINK. They want to be at the forefront of making a difference. They're in search of the bigger picture to expand their horizons. They don't need BTB or anyone else to confirm their biases.

Making a Difference – The Means, Methods, and Mechanism for Many to Move Mountains

Accurate knowledge promotes understanding, dispels prejudice, and awakens the desire to learn more. Words have an extraordinary power to bring people together, divide them, forge bonds of friendship, or provoke hostility. Modern technology places unprecedented possibilities for good at our disposal, fostering harmony and reconciliation. Yet its misuse can do untold harm, leading to misunderstanding, prejudice, and conflict.

Source: Jonathan Cook Blog
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-03-24/hamas-hospital-strike-netanyahu/

By Jonathan Cook
Published March 24, 2025

Israel has justified bombing a Gaza hospital, killing civilians, because an injured Hamas politician was there. The laws of war only ever seem to be forgotten when it is Israel violating them

Source: The New Arab

https://www.newarab.com/features/israels-ramadan-blockade-reaches-catastrophic-levels-gaza 

By Mohamed Solaimane

Published March 13, 2025

By sealing all crossings into Gaza, Israel is preventing much-needed humanitarian aid from reaching the enclave’s 2.3 million residents this Ramadan

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-03-19/ty-article-opinion/.premium/it-doesnt-matter-what-the-un-report-on-gaza-says-israel-will-ignore-it-anyway/00000195-ae75-d9db-a3bf-ff7f2c5f0000

By Becca Strober

Published March 19, 2025

Israeli officials labeled the report on gender-based violence 'antisemitic' and 'a blood libel.' Israeli society too dismisses human rights abuses. We have mastered the art of willful blindness

Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2025-03-24/hamas-hospital-strike-netanyahu/

By Jonathan Cook

Published March 24, 2025

Israel has justified bombing a Gaza hospital, killing civilians, because an injured Hamas politician was there. The laws of war only ever seem to be forgotten when it is Israel violating them

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published May 15, 2022

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 29)

The Hague, 21 March 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2593895

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud
Published March 17, 2025

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2593895

By Dr. Ramzy Baroud

Published March 17, 2025

Source: The New Arab

https://www.newarab.com/features/william-schabas-genocide-others-why-not-gaza

By Sebastian Shehadi

Published March 11, 2025

The New Arab Meets: Lawyer William Schabas to examine why Israel's genocide in Gaza, including its self-defence rhetoric, are unlikely to succeed in court