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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/opinion/israel-support-built-on-holocaust-own-genocide-destroying-it

By Joseph Massad

Published October 10, 2024

The Zionist project was only able to garner the support of most Jews due to the Holocaust. But the self-defence argument no longer works during its genocide in Gaza

Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241008-the-world-after-7-october-israels-strategic-defeat-and-the-future-of-zionism/

By Nasim Ahmed

Published October 8, 2024

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/mustafa-barghouti-reflects-on-the-future-of-the-palestinian-struggle-in-a-time-of-genocide-and-ethnic-cleansing/

By Mondoweiss Editors

Published October 7, 2024

In an interview with Mondoweiss, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative Dr. Mustafa Barghouti reflects on the importance of Palestinian national unity, the challenges facing the Palestinian struggle, and the right to resist. 

Living Words from John Paul II

Edited by Abraham A. van Kempen

Published October 13, 2024

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 7)

The Hague, 11 October 2024 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

PODCAST | 'THE IRANIANS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN A LONG AND BLOODY WAR. ISRAEL IS VULNERABLE'

Source: Reckon
https://www.reckon.news/justice/2024/10/7-things-palestinians-want-americans-to-consider-about-us-role-on-israels-offensive-on-gaza.html

By Ahmed Masood
Published October 7, 2024

PERSPECTIVES: On the one-year anniversary of October 7, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank share their perspective on U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict, urging Americans to reconsider their government’s stance on its support for Israel.

Source: Mondoweiss

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/from-ethnic-cleansing-to-genocide/

By Salman Abu Sitta

Published October 7, 2024

I am a survivor of the 1948 Nakba who lived to witness the 2024 genocide. I may not live to see justice be made, but I am certain our long struggle will be rewarded. Our grandchildren will live at home once again.

Source: Haaretz

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-09-27/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/not-all-the-jews-longed-for-a-jewish-supremacist-state-in-the-land-of-israel/00000192-2e77-d76c-a3fe-7fff069d0000

By Ronen Tal

Published September 27, 2024

Israeli soldiers abhorred violence, the Arabs didn't want to throw the Jews into the sea. Through letters written in real-time, a historian sets forth what those who fought on both sides in the 1948 war actually thought

Source: Reckon

https://www.reckon.news/justice/2024/10/7-things-palestinians-want-americans-to-consider-about-us-role-on-israels-offensive-on-gaza.html

By Ahmed Masood

Published October 7, 2024

PERSPECTIVES: On the one-year anniversary of October 7, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank share their perspective on U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict, urging Americans to reconsider their government’s stance on its support for Israel.