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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.

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 36)

The Hague, 16 May 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2600435

By Dr Ramzy Baroud
Published May 12, 2025

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-historic-hamas-us-deal-what-are-its-potential-implications/

By Robert Inlakesh

Published May 12, 2025

Do we employ Occam’s Razor and assume the obvious, or is the American President up to some broader agenda that is being shrouded in obscurity?

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/i-was-in-the-bbc-documentary-the-settlers-this-is-the-part-of-my-story-they-didnt-tell/

By Mohammad Hureini

Published May 6, 2025

I met Louis Theroux to share my story as a Palestinian under the constant threat of displacement. While the film is an important look into the Israeli settlers trying to erase us, there is one crucial part of our story that was left out. 

Source: Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2600435

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published May 12, 2025

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published Sunday, August 30, 2020

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 35)

The Hague, 9 May 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Sir David Attenborough holds on to what he calls the "most remarkable discovery of all" – that the ocean can "recover faster than we had ever imagined".

Source: Press TV
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/05/04/747363/Israel-s-systematic-blockaded-on-Gaza-starving-29000-children-to-death

By Press TV staff
Published May 4, 2025

Nearly 290,000 Palestinian children are “on the brink of death” in Gaza as Israel continues to use starvation as a weapon of war, Palestinian officials say.

Source: The Week

https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2025/05/05/all-of-gaza-israel-plans-full-gazan-takeover-in-new-operation-titled-gideon-chariots.html

By The Week News Desk

Published May 5, 2025

Israeli Cabinet ministers approved a sweeping military push and indefinite control of Gaza amid growing dissent among its reservists and international backlash