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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: Middle East Eye
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/peter-beinart-being-jewish-after-gaza-destruction-book-review

By Azad Essa
Published February 14, 2025

Beinart's latest book treats Zionism as a given, erases historical Jewish opposition to the racist ideology, and gives credence to a Jewish claim over Palestine

Source: The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/rabbis-ad-trump-gaza-plan

By Maya Yang

Published February 13, 2025

Jewish creatives and activists also sign New York Times ad after US president’s proposal to ‘take over Gaza’

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/from-turtle-island-to-palestine-on-the-forced-transfer-of-indigenous-people-from-their-land/

By Benay Blend

Published February 14, 2025

Source: Middle East Eye

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/peter-beinart-being-jewish-after-gaza-destruction-book-review

By Azad Essa

Published February 14, 2025

Beinart's latest book treats Zionism as a given, erases historical Jewish opposition to the racist ideology, and gives credence to a Jewish claim over Palestine

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, February 16, 2025

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 24)

The Hague, 14 February 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

EDITORIAL | Why Do So Many Fall for Make-Believe – Fantasies, Illusions, Trickeries?

Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2589674

By Dr Ramzy Baroud
Published February 10, 2025

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/how-to-end-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-for-good-right-now/00000194-9466-d9aa-afff-957f2a0d0000?dicbo=v2-

By Dahlia Scheindlin

Published January 23, 2025

Israel has a pattern of leveraging wars for annexation, but what if it seized on the Gaza cease-fire as a gateway to a comprehensive vision for ending the conflict by political agreement? And what if the Palestinians and world powers joined? Here's one scenario

Source: Al-Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/2/5/trump-must-not-be-allowed-to-torpedo-the-palestinian-right-to

By Naama Blatman and Neve Gordon

Published February 5, 2025

US president’s latest comments confirm Israel’s wholesale destruction of Gaza is aimed at permanently removing its Palestinian population.