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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 41)

The Hague, 20 June 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Source: Jonathan Cook Blog

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2025-06-12/greta-thunberg-shame-west-leaders/

By Jonathan Cook

Published June 12, 2025

Middle East Eye – 12 June 2025

Israel is completing its genocide. Keir Starmer says the aid blockade is ‘intolerable’. And yet day after day he tolerates Israel’s bombs, gunfire and mass starvation campaign

Source: Jews for Justice for Palestinians

https://jfjfp.com/israel-no-longer-hides-its-genocidal-aims-in-gaza-will-the-world-keep-looking-away/

Omar H. Rahman writes in +972 on 3 June 2025

Since Trump's return, Israel has dropped all pretenses of self-defense. But even as it evades accountability, it has cemented its legacy as a global pariah.

Source: 5Pillars

https://5pillarsuk.com/2025/06/14/not-in-our-name-historic-anti-zionist-congress-underway-in-vienna/

By Rob Carter

Published June 14, 2025

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity

The Hague, 17 June 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Helping to Heal a Broken Humanity (Part 40)

The Hague, 13 June 2025 | If you know of a decisive story, tell the world! We're still searching.

Source: The Chris Hedges Report
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-last-days-of-gaza

By Chris Hedges
Published June 9, 2025

The genocide is almost complete. When it is concluded it will not only have decimated the Palestinians, but will have exposed the moral bankruptcy of Western civilization.

Source: Middle East Monitor

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250604-gazas-humanitarian-facade-a-deceptive-ploy-unraveled/

By Dr Ramzy Baroud

Published June 4, 2025

Source: Palestine Chronicle

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hamas-has-defeated-us-ret-israeli-maj-gen-brik-speaks-of-collective-suicide/

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Published June 8, 2025

The retired general directly addressed the ongoing war on Gaza, now entering its twentieth month, dismissing official Israeli claims of progress.